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Karl Rove to speak at Sarasota GOP’s Lincoln Day Dinner

Published on January 14, 2010 in Statewide by Peter Schorsch

The man George W. Bush affectionately – I think – nicked named “Turd Blossom,” will be the keynote speaker at the Sarasota County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner on March 24. Bush may have kidded Karl Rove incessantly with the nickname – a Texan saying that refers to a type of flower that grows in pastures from, well, you know … – but Bush also owes Rove for devising the “strategery” that took Bush from the owner’s box at Texas…

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Human Events: The Other George LeMieux

Published on September 8, 2009 in Statewide by Peter Schorsch

From Human Events: Florida Gov. Charles Crist’s appointment of his closest political associate, unknown George Lemieux, to the Senate may cause some harm to Crist’s own bid for the same Senate seat next year. Two weeks ago Crist made the appointment to fill out the remaining sixteen months of the term of fellow Republican Mel Martinez (who had resigned his Senate seat) the warning signs are clearly in sight. At first, supporters of the moderate Crist’s primary opponent, former Florida…

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ClickZ writes about Scott Wagman’s Google ads

Published on August 3, 2009 in The Bay and the 'Burg by Peter Schorsch

From Clickz, a national website covering digital advertising: Florida candidate for state representative Christopher Mitchell began running search ads on Google on Friday, but by Monday afternoon, he had pulled them down. The first-time candidate for Florida’s 47th district didn’t want to risk flouting the state’s election law. Mitchell’s ad takedown may have been the first domino to fall after the Florida Election Commission asked St. Petersburg mayoral candidate Scott Wagman to remove his campaign’s text ads on Facebook and…

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