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Pitbull releases $1M Visit Florida contract on Twitter; state suit still pending

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In a surprise move, Miami rapper Pitbull released his entire controversial contract with Visit Florida this morning by posting it onto a tweet Thursday, revealing the breadth of duties he’d signed onto as a celebrity tourism ambassador for the state, and Florida’s fee for his service — $1 million per year. The move comes just over a day after Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran sued his production company to get a judge’s ruling against him. Corcoran was challenging claims that…

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Darryl Paulson: White knight refuses to be dark horse

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Republican Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, Mitt Romney’s 2012 running mate and the current Speaker of the House, ended the speculation that he would be the white knight who would save the party from Donald Trump. The white knight refused to become the GOP dark horse. “Let me be clear,” said Ryan in his brief address at Republican National Committee headquarters, “I do not want, nor will I accept, the nomination of our party.” Not only did Ryan reject any nomination,…

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David Jolly hits national media to explain support for Daniel Webster

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U.S. Rep. David Jolly took to national airwaves to explain his support for fellow Floridian Daniel Webster for the next Speaker of the House. “I believe Dan is the right candidate to get us back to governing, to achieving conservative results through governing,” Jolly told Neil Cavuto of Fox News. “We’ve gone from the ‘do-nothing’ Congress to the ‘try-nothing’ Congress. We need to let the House work its will on behalf of the American people who entrust us to serve.” A take…

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On Fox News, Speaker candidate Dan Webster says he thinks he can win some people over

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Florida U.S. Rep. Dan Webster has an even bigger eye on the speakership now that Kevin McCarthy has removed his name from the hat. During an interview on Fox News’ Shepard Smith Reporting, Webster said this may be an opportunity. “I believe I can win some people over,” he said. McCarthy, the former centrist pick to replace John Boehner, who abruptly announced he’d be leaving his post at the end of October, announced he was dropping out of the speakership…

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Is Marco Rubio a creation of term limits?

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An interesting position from Governing‘s Josh Goodman: But, here’s something I feel as though I can say with a fair amount of confidence: Rubio would not have been speaker of the House in 2007 if it weren’t for term limits. He might not have been a state legislator at all. In Florida, House members only can serve 8 years before they have to leave office. Without that rule, it’s possible that the South Florida delegation would have been filled with politically…

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