THE CUBA travel embargo remains one of the worst relics of a bygone era. Now Florida Republicans Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Mario Diaz-Balart want to know what the hell Beyonce and Jay-Z are doing in Cuba. … In a letter to the Treasury Department, which issues such licenses, south Florida Republicans Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Mario Diaz-Balart [...]
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Charlie Crist Changes Party Affiliation to Democratic
The Tampa Bay Times reports that Charlie Crist, former Republican governor of Florida, “signed papers changing his party from independent to Democrat.” The Times described the move as “highly anticipated,” and Crist certainly chose a “media” moment to make the change, on Friday evening. He did so during a Christmas reception at the White House, [...]
News Desk: Tea Party Bomb Thrower Allen West Concedes to Patrick Murphy
THE SEXIST throw back to the 19th century and all round crazy wingnut, Allen West, has finally thrown in the towel. Florida Rep. Allen West — the tea party pugilist and face of the class of House Republicans that stormed to power two years ago — conceded Tuesday to 29-year-old construction executive Patrick Murphy in [...]
College Sports Roundup: The BCS is Still Screwed Up!
TM NOTE: The following post is authored by my big brother, Larry Marshall, who is an “incurable college sports fan.” He’s visiting and we spent Saturday glued to college football until the remote cried for mercy at around midnight. The fun we had also inspires a huge shout out to Gary Danielson of CBS for [...]
News Desk — With Florida, It’s Obama 332 – Romney 206
MITT ROMNEY conceded Florida this afternoon, with there just not enough votes left to push him over the top. From the Miami Herald: “The numbers in Florida show this was winnable,” Brett Doster, Florida advisor for Romney, said in a statement to The Miami Herald. “We thought based on our polling and range of organization [...]
News Desk: About That “MIT” Photo
THIS STORY spread pretty quickly on Election Day. The facts surrounding it are hilarious. A woman attempting to vote in West Boca Raton this morning was initially prohibited from entering the polling place because she was wearing a t-shirt with the letters MIT. BocaNewsNow.com has heard from multiple sources that an election supervisor at the [...]
Joe Scarborough: What Voting Problems in Florida?
MEDIA MATTERS catches the moment where Joe Scarborough makes light of what’s been going on in Florida, which I wrote about early this morning. “It’s absolutely a story,” David Gregory added. And, yes, so is Benghazi, which I’ve been covering more than any other liberal in new-media. In response to these reports, Brzezinski said “We’ve [...]
News Desk: Florida Becomes Voting Disaster 12 Years After 2000
WHAT’S IT going to take for our Congress and this country to make voting the right it’s meant to be? It’s unfathomable that Governor Rick Scott and other Republicans are getting away with what’s going on, which includes trying to stop people from casting a vote. From the Miami Herald : What began Sunday morning [...]
The Debate: Joe Biden Versus Mitt Romney
PAUL RYAN is on the stage, but Joe Biden is debating, taking on, doing battle with Mitt Romney. It’s Joe Biden splaying Mitt Romney’s policies. Paul Ryan has to hope he doesn’t lose seniors in Florida, now that a new poll out of Florida shows Mitt Romney leading 51 to 44. @chucktodd Not good in [...]
Top Story: Mitt “Stench” Romney Losing 3 Big Swing States by Large Margins [updated]
“If Stench calls, take a message” and “Tell Stench I’m having finger sandwiches with Peggy Noonan and will text him later.” – Paul Ryan [via Roger Simon, Politico] IT BEGAN with Mitt Romney’s 47% disaster in front of mega-wealthy donors. Paul Ryan saying that Mitt Romney was “obviously inarticulate.” But according to multiple reports now, [...]
News Desk: Romney in Trouble in Ohio, Down in Florida
Among likely voters, Obama is ahead of Romney in Ohio 52 percent to 44 percent. In Florida, the president leads 51 percent to 47 percent, a numerical but not statistically significant edge. Among all registered Florida voters, Obama is ahead by nine percentage points. – Washington Post polls: Obama lead in Ohio, edge in Fla. [...]
Romney Lets It Fly in Florida, As Campaign in Free Fall Gets More Bad News
“.. I mention my dad. My ad was born in Mexico of American parents living there. … ..they came back to the United States and my dad had to get help, financial help, the government helped his family to be able to get on their feet again. By the way, that’s the way America works. [...]
Battleground Blues Means Romney Needs a Reset
“If Barack Obama wins this election the Republican Party as we know it is finished, it is dead, it is toast — you can stick a fork in it.” – Bryan Fischer, Values Voters Summit [TPM] In both Florida and Virginia, Obama is ahead of Romney by five points among likely voters (including those leaning [...]
Top Story: Al Gore, Time to End the Electoral College
“I’ve seen how these states are written off and ignored, and people are effectively disenfranchised in the presidential race. And I really do now think it is time to change that.” – Former Vice President Al Gore AMEN. …and hallelujah. If you don’t live in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North [...]
News Desk: Voter Registration Restrictions in Florida Rejected
During the 13 months beginning July 1 the year before elections in 2004 and 2008, registered Democrats increased by an average of 209,425 voters. From 2011 to this year, that number was 11,365. [Jacksonville.com] EFFORTS TO BLOCK registration drives in Florida has disproportionately hurt the Democratic Party. So, League of Women Voters of Florida, Rock [...]
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