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@Greene4Florida writes open letter to @KendrickMeek: ‘Bring it on’

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Dear Kendrick: When I first entered the Senate race, I wrote to you to express my desire to run a campaign based on the issues that Floridians care about including jobs, the environment and healthcare. I proposed that we have a healthy debate on the topics that would help voters understand the clear difference between our candidacies. Now, with just over a month before the primary election and less than 24 hours after Democrats united at the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner, you…

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Herald: Kendrick Meek scrambles to solidify backing in Senate race

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A must-read from Beth Reinhard on how Kendrick Meek’s shoe-leather campaign that collected 125,000 voter signatures hasn’t taken Meek farther than a distant third place in the polls, behind Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio, and with Jeff Greene closing in. An excerpt: So five weeks before the primary, the Miami congressman finds himself shoring up support in his own back yard. His seven stops on Sunday included a gospel music-infused church in Lauderdale Lakes, a Miami union hall, and heavily…

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Must read from Newsweek: The Resurrection of Charlie Crist

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Newsweek goes all biblical on Charlie Crist: Not long ago, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist seemed like a dead pol walking. Tea Party favorite Marco Rubio was thrashing him in the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate. Cristā€™s 30-point lead had swung to a 30-point deficit; funding was drying up, as were endorsements. ā€œHeā€™s deader than the day before yesterday,ā€ former state GOP chair Tom Slade told theĀ St. Petersburg Times in late April. ā€œI donā€™t think thereā€™s any way in the…

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Notes from the Florida Democrats Jefferson-Jackson Dinner

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Joy Reid, last night’s recipient of the award for Best National blog, covered all of the angles at the Florida Democratic Party’s Jefferson-Jackson Dinner. Ā It’s coverage like this that helped her win her award. Ā Her notes: Kendrick Meek brought a cheering section ā€¦ Gelber and Aronberg played nice ā€¦ and Alex Sinkā€™s mike went rogue. And a good time was had by all at this yearā€™s Jefferson-Jackson dinner. The Democratic faithful gathered at the Westin Diplomat hotel in Hallandale Beach…

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‘Inception’: Let’s talk about that ending

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Pretty sure the headline makes it clear enough, but Iā€™m gonna go ahead and slap a big olā€™ Spoiler Alert on this one anyway, because some people are too busy to actually read headlines. But yes, for those who havenā€™t seenĀ Inception yet: First off, do so, because itā€™s a blast and definitely a ā€œworth seeing in the theatersā€ pic with all the collapsing cities-type effects and such. Secondly, avert your eye, because I wanna talk about that last scene. My…

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Excerpts from Jeff Greene’s Jefferson-Jackson speech

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Below are excerpts of Jeff Greene’s prepared speech for the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner: “I know some of you were surprised by my entry into this race.Ā  And, no, I’m not a politician and I haven’t spent my life in party politics.Ā Ā  But I am committed to the Democratic Party, I care deeply about our country, our state and our future and that’s why I’m doing this.” “I will stand up for real Democratic values, and the difference in November between me…

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Excerpts from Jeff Greene’s Jefferson-Jackson speech

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Below are excerpts of Jeff Greene’s prepared speech for the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner: “I know some of you were surprised by my entry into this race.Ā  And, no, I’m not a politician and I haven’t spent my life in party politics.Ā Ā  But I am committed to the Democratic Party, I care deeply about our country, our state and our future and that’s why I’m doing this.” “I will stand up for real Democratic values, and the difference in November between me…

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