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Bob Buckhorn asks NCAA to move Women’s 2016 Final Four to Tampa

Published on April 2, 2015 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Mitch Perry

Tampa is hosting the Women’s Final Four college basketball tournament this weekend, and if Indiana doesn’t get its act together regarding its controversial religious freedom legislation, Mayor Bob Buckhorn is calling on the NCAA to bring the tournament back next year to the Cigar City. “Sports teach us dedication, fair play and teamwork,” Buckhorn wrote in a letter to NCAA President Mark Emmert today. “It teaches us that we should judge others for their talents and who they are, instead of where…

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Charlie Cook on Jeb’s national favorability problem

Published on March 13, 2015 in Top Headlines by Ryan Ray

Ah, brothers. Such an embarrassment sometimes. Jimmy Carter had Billy the beer-swilling redneck, Bill Clinton had Roger the cocaine distributor and Lyndon Johnson had Sam Houston, the other beer-swilling redneck. The conventional wisdom is that Jeb Bush will have something of an albatross around his neck owing to his brother’s relatively unpopular tenure in the White House — so then why is he polling less favorably than George W. Bush among Republican primary voters?, asks Charlie Cook in National Journal: While 86 percent of those who identified themselves as Democratic primary voters said…

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Bill Clinton defends foreign donations to foundation

Published on March 7, 2015 in Top Headlines by Associated Press

Former President Bill Clinton defended his foundation’s acceptance of donations from foreign governments on Saturday, pointing to the track record of his global philanthropy as Hillary Rodham Clinton nears an announcement on a 2016 presidential campaign. In an interview at the Clinton Global Initiative University, the ex-president sought to address critics who have questioned the receipt of donations from foreign governments while the former first lady served in the State Department and after she departed in early 2013. “My theory…

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#2 on list of Tampa Bay’s Most Powerful Politicians — Bob Buckhorn

Published on March 5, 2015 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Peter Schorsch

Upon taking office, the mayor of Tampa automatically became the area’s most visible leader, which hasn’t been a problem for Bob Buckhorn to embrace. After losing a bid for County Commission in 2004, this longtime public servant/political animal’s time in the spotlight was on life support when he announced in 2010 that he would run to succeed Pam Iorio to lead City Hall. A decided underdog, he barely made it out of the primary election four years ago (topping Dick…

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Blaise Ingoglia asks if Florida Democrats are really ‘Ready for Hillary’

Published on February 27, 2015 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Phil Ammann

Blaise Ingoglia, newly elected Republican Party of Florida chair, has a question today for state Democrats: “Are you ready for Hillary Clinton, as foreign governments seem to be?” Ingoglia refers to statements made by several leading Republicans saying the William J. Clinton Foundation has taken donations from foreign governments, even while Hillary – the prospective Democratic presidential candidate for 2016 – served as secretary of state. “I wonder what Florida Democrats and Chairwoman Allison Tant have to say about this obviously ethically corrupt…

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Preparing for campaign, Hillary Clinton seizes on bipartisanship

Published on February 26, 2015 in Top Headlines by Associated Press

Not yet officially a candidate for president, Hillary Rodham Clinton is already trying to seize the mantle of problem-solver in a nation fed up with dysfunctional government. Republicans are ready to remind Clinton — and voters — of her past warnings of a “vast right-wing conspiracy.” In her first speech in the U.S. this year, Clinton this week offered plenty of hints about her likely campaign messages. Among the themes: raising wages for workers who have yet to benefit from…

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Interesting read: Washington Monthly is on the trail with Kendrick Meek

Published on July 5, 2010 in Statewide by Peter Schorsch

An interesting read from the Washington Monthly: On paper, Rep. Kendrick Meek (D), a leading U.S. Senate candidate in Florida, should be in reasonably good electoral shape. He’s a fairly popular congressman and law-enforcement officer who enjoys the backing of Democratic giants like former President Bill Clinton. What’s more, the Democratic candidate will be in a three-way contest in November, with Republican Marco Rubio and used-to-be-Republican Charlie Crist. It’s fairly easy to imagine the winning scenario — Rubio and Crist…

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Bill Clinton - page 23

Bob Buckhorn asks NCAA to move Women’s 2016 Final Four to Tampa

Charlie Cook on Jeb’s national favorability problem

Bill Clinton defends foreign donations to foundation

#2 on list of Tampa Bay’s Most Powerful Politicians — Bob Buckhorn

Blaise Ingoglia asks if Florida Democrats are really ‘Ready for Hillary’

Preparing for campaign, Hillary Clinton seizes on bipartisanship

Interesting read: Washington Monthly is on the trail with Kendrick Meek

Bill Clinton - page 23

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