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How novel! Another former journalist launches a political blog

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C’mon guys, leave the blogging to those of us working at home in our underwear.  Michael Bender notes that former Palm Beach Post political editor Brian E. Crowley has unveiled a new political blog in anticipation of Gov. Charlie Crist’s big announcement. The Crowley Political Report debuts with an original sketch of Crist pulling a dead rabbit from his hat and a quick analysis of the expected announcement today that he’ll abandon the Republican Party and run for U.S. Senate…

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St. Petersburg Times’ political editor Adam Smith fails to give credit where credit is due

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Two similar national stories about altered photos of Barack Obama, each with a local connection, have captivated both the traditional media and the blogosphere. The first centered around St. Petersburg’s Dr. David McKalip’s e-mailing of a photoshopped picture of Obama depicted as a witch-doctor, the second was about Florida state Rep. Darryl Rouson’s denouncement of the posting on the Pinellas County Republican Party’s Facebook page of a widely disseminated image of Barack Obama painted in whiteface, supposedly to look like a…

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