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Kathy Castor tells John Kerry lines to get passports at TPA post office are “unacceptable”

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While members of Congress continue to demand answers to exceedingly long lines at some of the nation’s airports, Tampa-area Democratic Representative Kathy Castor is calling the long lines that have been forming at the Tampa International Airport’s Post Office recently to get passports are “unacceptable.” “It is not unusual for individuals and families to wait all day at that location for passport processing,” Castor wrote to Secretary of State John Kerry on May 9. “This is extremely disruptive to my…

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The Bernie Sanders campaign signs up more recruits in Tampa

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Zach Exley has been working for the Bernie Sanders campaign since last July as a senior adviser on digital operations. He previously worked on campaigns for Howard Dean, John Kerry, and Barack Obama‘s 2008 effort, but says they all pale in comparison to what the Sanders campaign is doing this cycle with phone volunteers. Speaking at the North University Area Community Development Center in Tampa Saturday morning, Exley said, “This calling program is literally a hundred times bigger than anything any campaign…

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Jeb Bush’s ill-starred campaign follows track set by earlier Florida governors

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As Jeb Bush struggles to win the Republican nomination for president, it’s a reminder that he’s sadly following a string of other successful Florida governors who came up far short of capturing the party’s brass ring. Every Florida governor from 1967 to 1979 ran for president, but none of their candidacies went anywhere. Claude Kirk, elected in 1966, was seriously considered as Richard Nixon‘s running mate in 1968 but lost out to Maryland Gov. Spiro Agnew. Kirk lost the governorship…

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Today on Context Florida: Sympathy, solidarity and unity with France after the Paris attacks

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Today on Context Florida: Martin Dyckman reminds us about “freedom fries,” and how Americans expressed spite towards France after they wisely declined the opportunity to participate in George W. Bush’s ego-driven war in Iraq. But in Paris on Friday, France paid a terrible price for the chaos we created when we invaded Iraq and destroyed its government with no thought of history or of the consequences beyond the premature boast, “Mission accomplished.” The evil we didn’t know proved to be worse…

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History shows Marco Rubio resignation would be rare event

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The South Florida Sun-Sentinel’s editorial on Wednesday that called on Marco Rubio to resign “and not rip us off” ignited a number of others to follow suit. It came as Rubio has continued to miss votes in the upper chamber of Congress while on the campaign trail and unapologetic about it. Instead, he’s indicated he doesn’t even really like the job. Historical precedent, though, indicates  that if Rubio quit, it would be the exception to usual presidential politics. On his…

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Lois Frankel knocks Marco Rubio’s absentee record, says Florida needs two senators

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Marco Rubio is far from the first U.S. senator to miss a number of votes while he runs for president, but he seems to be getting bashed more than most. By most accounts, he’s missed up to 30 percent of his votes in the Senate this year. While that makes him worse than fellow GOP senators/presidential candidates like Ted Cruz, Lindsey Graham and Rand Paul this year, it’s not as bad as John Kerry in 2003 or Barack Obama in 2007. Kerry…

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Meet Christina Barker, one of the ’30 under 30′ rising stars of Florida politics

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Thirty-year-old Pasco County resident Christina Barker has been working as Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn’s special assistant since December, but her public profile rose this summer when City Hall staffing changes made her Buckhorn’s interim director of communications. Barker became politically aware after John Kerry’s 2004 presidential bid, and  was totally inspired by Barack Obama’s run for the presidency in 2008. It was then,  she said, she decided to pursue a career working in the political arena. After finishing graduate school…

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