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Who Dat?

by: Robert McKnight

Sat Feb 06, 2010 at 15:24:44 PM EST

Who is most powerful person in American politics right now?  It can be argued among many, but certainly one that surfaces this year, in particular, is the Secretary of Commerce, former Washington Governor Gary Locke, a Democrat.  The Chinese American is responsible for the conduct of the U.S. Census.  That tabulation in turn dictates the representation in the House of Representatives, by state; and the formula by which billions of federal revenue sharing dollars are distributed. 

In Florida, the Republicans are already arguing about whether unregistered or undocumented aliens should be counted.  It is widely anticipated that traditional Rust Belt states, like Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Katrina-torn Louisiana will lose states in the Congress.  The winners, driven by the surge in immigrants coming from their borders, will probably be Sun Belt states like Florida, Texas and Arizonia, among others.  It will get particularly ugly when incumbents run against each other for consolidated existing seats.

The stakes could not be higher.  That's who dat--Gov. Gary Locke 

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But Who Brought 'Em To The Dance?

by: Robert McKnight

Sun Nov 29, 2009 at 17:26:07 PM EST

The mid-term elections, since the President's historic win last year, occur in 2010.  As typical of most elections, some surprises occurred in 2008--notably, Democrats elected from districts where the voters also preferred Barack Obama's opponent, Senator John McCain (R., AZ).  Lumping first and second term members together, the total number falling in this category is approximately 50 members of the U.S. House of Representatives.  Now the question is 'who brought them to the dance?'  Said differently, one of the following probably apply to the 50:

1.  They won their seats based upon their original conservative and perceived independent campaigns, and they created a comfortable distance from the Obama Campaign.

2.  Their opponents were vulnerable and probably too tied to the unpopular President George Bush.  However, their electorate supported the Republican nominee, thinking Senator McCain was sufficiently different from President Bush.

3.  These districts had unusually discriminating voters.

What ever the reason, these 50 folks have problems now, and they are creating additional problems for their Democratic President.  The Republicans are obviously targeting them, and the Administration cannot necessarily count on them on make or break votes on health care, energy and financial services reform, among many others.  Also, keep in mind, historically the majority party usually loses seats in a mid-term election like this.

The outcome of these 50 House races may very well dictate the success or failure of this historic President's first term.

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LeMieux Blockbuster

by: Florida Politics

Fri Sep 04, 2009 at 10:07:19 AM EDT

"The law firm led by newly appointed U.S. Senator George LeMieux was responsible for securing dozens of visas for foreign workers to enter the country and help construct the St. Regis hotel and condominiums in Bal Harbour – a move that left American sheet metal workers out of a job."
LeMieux is chairman of Gunster Yoakley, a Florida-based law firm which specializes in helping companies hire foreigners to replace American workers inside the United States.
"LeMieux's Firm Aided Foreign Workers" (via The Buzz).
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An Imbalance of power

by: Mike Coleman

Mon Aug 31, 2009 at 09:39:53 AM EDT

As a result of the media evolution,  those who have ready access to mainstream media have shifted the balance of political power away from the Voters towards entities who have the ability and money to drive and influence national conversations towards their point of view.

This very public access creates instant attrition to any Election result, as the winning Politician breaths a sigh of relief from the Voters and then begins facing anywhere from 730 to as many as 2192 days where Lobbyists and Media attention comprise their worst fears for no less than two years without end. 

Today our news comes in undending fashion, 24/7 relentlessly requiring something either new and different from all sources.

This 24/7 society has led to the weakening of the Voter's Election Day power, rendering decisions made on election day that direct their Officials to do their bidding or else, be fired at the next election.

Voters now have one day that their Representatives must either respect or fear, namely Election day.

All other days belong to whomever can afford to relentlessly pound their messages into the consciousness of the Nation, all it takes is the money, and a strategy that feeds the media culture by providing "intellectual" analysis from Institutions set up to advance a philosophy, usually conservative, generally from a think Tank with a name that is designed to multiply it's authority.

Think about the disparity between "endless 24/7" and elections conducted every two, four, or six, years.

For every Congressional election there are a minimum of 730 24/7 cycles that 435 members of Congress can be subjected to the infamy that comes from being publicly excoriated by the political power of money, legally screaming loudly from any media outfit that lives off of Advertising revenue.

Presidents have a minimum of 1461 of those daily news cycles per Election.

Senators face the electorate at a rate of once every 2191-2 of those 24/7 news cycles. It's little wonder that Senators are the least responsive to the Voters, and appear always to be pondering their positions. The insulation from the Electorate enjoyed by Senators ensures them little Voter pressure while exposing Senators to three times the amount of  "high priced political speech" from entrenched interests.

While the Internet has given rise to the Blogger and commentators of all types and from all political views. This type of speech is powerful only in as far as the Bloggers have to either get noticed by feeding into the mainstream 24'7 news cycle. 

This isn't an easy task, and the blogging world knows that most media look for our shiny aluminum helmets prior to involving themselves, unless their point is to make fun of a blogger.

Breaking that barrier requires quite a bit of ingenuity, hard investigative work, or by doing something strange and off the wall.

The other way is for the individual sources to come together and by using financial appeals gather the necessary funds to message as media Advertisers.

The evolution from Voter Power to Messaging Power driving Congress and Legislatures decision making processes is a 21st century problem that must be addressed.

Perhaps the best solution will never occur, because only a few brave Politicians would be willing to face the electorate more often, nor would such a change necessarily be beneficial in the long term.

Absent that, a US Supreme Court decision, removing the free speech rights from any non human entity, would go far to re-leveling the political playing field.

Corporations will not go away, nor will the nation's political discourse be impinged, the change will merely recognize that it is the individual citizen that holds the reins to his/her own Government.

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About George

by: Florida Politics

Thu Jul 30, 2009 at 08:14:38 AM EDT


Yesterday we asked, "Who hired this lawyer?", about Charlie's pal George LeMieux, and his bungled negotiations over the gambling deal between the state and the Seminole Tribe. (Background: "Talks over Seminole gambling agreement on hold").

Roger Stone also had a piece yesterday, "Crist's Vulnerability", subtitled "It's the little Frenchman", pointing out that "Crist's former Chief of Staff George LeMieux has made millions since leaving state government. Now LeMieux's business dealings are likely to become the focus of Democratic attacks on U.S. Senate candidate Charlie Crist."

"Huge State contracts with LeMieux's law-firm, awarded at the time LeMieux left the governor's office and which LeMieux claims he had nothing to do with, will be the focus of FOIA requests."

Stone goes on to mention that

worrisome to the Crist camp are conversations LeMieux had with indicted viatical scamster Joel Steinger of Mutual Benefits while Steinger was wearing a wire for the Feds. The Mutual Benefits scandal will take down more Florida politicians who the company approached to stem the federal investigation that ultimately brought the company down. LeMieux may be the biggest fish.

See also "Joel Steinger and Mutual Benefits Corp. Stole a Billion Dollars by Peddling Bogus Life Insurance Policies" and "Mutual Benefits Con Man Joel Steinger Spent a Lifetime Getting Mobbed Up".

If LeMieux goes down, can Charlie be far behind?

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Will Charlie Crist digorge his McKalip contributions?

by: Florida Politics

Sat Jul 25, 2009 at 10:22:47 AM EDT

Some of the receipients - via political contributions - Dr. McKalip's largesse:

Atwater, Jeff (REP)(STS); many contributions to People for a Better Florida Fund, Inc. (ECO), "sometimes called the 'political arm of the Florida Medical Association'", and the Florida Medical PAC (CCE); Cappelli, Angelo (REP)(STR); Constance, Chris (REP)(STR); Frishe, James C. "Jim" (REP)(STR), Johnson, Randy (REP)(STR); Cut Taxes Now PAC, Inc. (PAC), an entity he incorporated; Citizens For A Fair Share, Inc., a tort reform PAC; Berfield, Kimberly "Kim" (REP)(STS); Cappelli, Angelo (REP)(STR); Crist, Charlie (REP)(GOV) [twice], Eaton, Christopher (DEM)(STR); Hasner, Adam (REP)(STR); Sullivan, Don (REP)(STR); Cut Property Taxes Now, Inc. (PAC); and Long, Janet C. (DEM)(STR).


The most comprehensive coverage of the Florida's latest "After All, He Is Black" moment is at Talking Points Memo Muckraker, including: "Beat Goes On For Florida Doc: McKalip To Step Down As AMA Delegate", "McKalip is resigning as president-elect of the Pinellas County Medical Association", the classic "McKalip: I'm No Racist -- I Once Had A Career Counseling Day For Black Kids", and much, much more.

Here's the money: "Rubio Won't Say Whether He'll Sever Ties With McKalip" (via Pushing Rope's "Rubio Won't Distance Himself From McKalip").

From the Reid Report: "Limbaugh on Obaa: ‘let’s face it, he’s Black…’".

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Context For Battle

by: dantilson

Thu Jun 11, 2009 at 23:12:39 PM EDT

While writing about the Florida flavor of politics for the last couple of months, I've been watching as battle lines get drawn over Obama administration initiatives meant to fix some of the more badly broken pieces of The American Dream - the healthcare system, the environment, the working middle class, for starters.

And I want to get in the game.  While I'll keep covering Sunshine State doings, I'm also going to start writing more about these core national issues, and the related legislative reform efforts so necessary to restore -- and create anew - some semblance of socioeconomic equilibrium in our American Democracy.

But first, I need to get some Big Picture context off my chest - hanging a frame, if you will, in which the canvas of those and related stories can then be methodically mounted for maximum cumulative impact.  

Because, if taken individually and out of their larger context, each of the aforementioned political battles now raging - and those yet to come -- may seem to some Americans to be just another round of partisan political bickering and business as usual BS - which is just what cynical Conservative and Republican politicians and pundits want people thinking.

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Beware the McCollum Makeover

by: dantilson

Wed May 20, 2009 at 20:27:13 PM EDT

In announcing his candidacy for Governor of Florida on Monday, Bill McCollum described how if elected his administration would demonstrate "a renewed commitment to our environment." It sure better be "renewed", given that in McCollum's last year in the U.S. House of Representatives, the estimable League of Conservation Voters gave him a dismal 26% lifetime environmental rating, gaining him infamous addition to their "Dirty Dozen" list of the most anti-environment members of Congress -- see http://tinyurl.com/q6aymn).

But that's not the only "Dirty Dozen" list that McCollum has been named to.  No, in fact the venerable Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence put the then-congressman in its own hall of shame, citing him as having one of the "worst records on the issue of guns" of anyone in Congress  -- see http://tinyurl.com/o5tybz.  Of course, McCollum describes that status as nothing more than support of the constitutional right to bear arms.

What chilling examples these are of the kind of Herculean makeover campaign the McCollum team has already begun to mount, in hopes of finally getting him the kind of high profile statewide gig he has so longed for. His 2006 election as Attorney General just doesn't seem to have done enough to heal the wounds of unsuccessful U.S. Senate runs in 2000 and 2004. He is an ever-ambitious lifer in the grimy game of electoral politics, which usually means prioritizing one's own advancement over and above the positive impact one can have at any particular level of achievement, or responsibility.

 Read entire article at http://tinyurl.com/pfogeq
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Sorry, Charlie

by: dantilson

Thu May 14, 2009 at 07:13:36 AM EDT

I'm tired of hearing Florida Democrats tell me how much they like Governor Crist, now an official candidate for the U.S. Senate seat soon to be vacated by Mel Martinez.  "He’s such an improvement over Bush.” they say, or ”He's not a real Republican." Really?  Okay, maybe Charlie Crist is the Florida Republican version of Miller Lite Beer -- you know, “Tastes Great!” -- compared to the bad taste Jeb left on our political palates.  No, wait; make that “Less Filling!” -- of our heads with empty Republican rhetoric. But that's not good enough for me, and it shouldn't be good enough for any self-respecting Florida Democrat.

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Untruth and Consequences

by: dantilson

Tue May 12, 2009 at 15:07:55 PM EDT

While political pundits turn their -- and the public's -- attention to Charlie Crist's U.S. Senate run and a series of chain reaction announcements to follow from Florida pols like Alex Sink and Bill McCollum, it's worth taking one more look at what the state's Republican leadership "accomplished" by the time they finally passed a budget and adjourned last Friday.

Forget the spin coming out of self-congratulatory press conferences like the one on Friday afternoon that featured Crist, Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottcamp, Senate President Jeff Atwater and House Speaker Larry Cretul patting one another on the back for reaching compromise "agreements" and making "tough choices".  The Governor's office immediately issued a long list of accomplishments in the new budget.  Atwater and other Republican leaders went on their own media tour,  desperately trying to re-frame the legislative session as some kind of a mixed-bag success.  The economic crisis, of course, became the be-all, end-all explanation for their more glaring slaps across the faces of Florida's already reeling Middle Class and working families.

Slaps such as...

Read entire article at  http://www.examiner.com/x-9540...

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Florida Republicans hold legislature hostage

by: dantilson

Sat May 02, 2009 at 21:44:23 PM EDT

May 1st marked the official end of the 60-day legislative session in Tallahassee. No balloons or ticker tape. No, you see, the one and only task that the legislature was actually required to accomplish by May Day was to pass the state budget for the next fiscal year, which starts July 1st. They couldn’t get it done. So now House and Senate “leaders”, Republicans like House Speaker Larry Cretul and Senate President Jeff Atwater, huddle over the weekend and try to come up with a final budget that the entire legislature can vote on next week. These are the same Republicans who had promised an open budget process last week -- just before making a mad dash for closed-door budget negotiations amongst themselves. Talk about an economic strategy echo chamber. After their secret meetings, they refused to reveal any details of what they’d discussed. But they did want to make an announcement: that the budget negotiation “will be an open process…a very, very open process.” Does that sound more than a little like the twisted double-talk that came out of the Bush administration for eight long years?

This, after weeks and weeks of the usual Florida legislative war dance -- the overwhelmingly Republican House vs. the less-overwhelmingly Republican Senate. How about a couple of examples? Well, Florida homeowners’ “insurer of last resort”, government-backed Citizens Insurance, wanted a rate hike. The state Senate approved a 5% hike. Then the House said no, that’s not enough. They wanted to give them increases of up to 20%. That's called chutzpah in Yiddish, cujones in Spanish, shameless in any language. Then there’s the Clean Energy bill, intended to force electric utilities to use more renewable energy sources, like wind and solar. Even our Republican Lite governor, Charlie Crist, is a big advocate of the legislation. But House Republicans blocked the bill throughout the session.

What are badly outnumbered Democrats to do? Some continue to fight for what's right. Others are just desperate for a win. In the case of the Clean Energy bill, at the last minute the Senate tacked on a ridiculous new feature that would allow nuclear power to also be classified as a renewable energy source. And that, folks, is the kind of wrong-headed cave-in that leaves so many principled citizens disgusted or disengaged with politics, and politicians.

However, it is important to note that there are in fact some hard-working, ethical, progressive Democrats in the state legislature, fighting the good fight against all odds -- people like Dan Gelber, Ted Deutch, Dave Aronberg, and others. But far too often, their hands are tied. There just aren’t enough of them. And that’s because of how successfully the Republicans have gerrymandered our legislative districts. The good news is, there's hope on the horizon. A vitally important new ballot referendum initiative called Fair District Florida may just be the beginning of a new day in state politics. Stay tuned for an upcoming article on this potentially game-changing new initiative.

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To Florida GOP: Return "toxic" campaign contributions

by: Ray_Seaman

Mon Apr 27, 2009 at 09:06:39 AM EDT

Progress Florida Executive Director Mark Ferrulo sent the following letter to Republican Party of Florida Chairman Jim Greer this morning:

April 27, 2009

Dear Chairman Greer,

The trustees of Northwest Florida State College have called an emergency meeting for tomorrow in response to developments surrounding the $6 million of taxpayer funds appropriated for an aircraft hangar at Northwest Florida State College.

Gov. Crist, State Attorney Willie Meggs and others have stated publicly that these funds should be returned to taxpayers. Last week Sen. Don Gaetz indicated that the $6 million had become a "toxic issue" in the legislature, and that lawmakers would take steps seeking return of the funds if the board of trustees doesn't vote to do so themselves.

We're writing to find out if you agree with Gov. Crist and others that the aircraft hangar project should be abandoned and the funds returned by the school.

If so, we'd like to know why the money that the Republican Party of Florida received as part of this scandal shouldn't be given back to contributor Jay Odom, for whom the hangar was allegedly to be built.

Returning Mr. Odom's campaign contributions would help restore people's faith in the integrity of the political process, and make clear that the days of allowing political donors to dictate public policy and abuse taxpayers are over.

Progress Florida joins with Gov. Crist, State Attorney Meggs and others in urging the trustees of Northwest Florida State College to return the $6 million so it can be used for more critical needs by the citizens of Florida. In the spirit of good government, we also call on you to return the more than $1 million in tainted political contributions that Jay Odom leveraged through the Republican Party of Florida to help create this debacle.


Sincerely,

Mark Ferrulo, Executive Director
Progress Florida

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Florida Republicans: Trying to Restrict Voting Again

by: meowmissy

Tue Apr 21, 2009 at 11:07:13 AM EDT

Cross-posted at Florida Netroots

St. Pete Times writer Steve Bousquet has two must read articles regarding Republican efforts in both the House and Senate in the Florida Legislature to change the rules to restrict voting.  

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Charlie's Pusillanimity, Florida's Shame

by: Florida Politics

Tue Mar 10, 2009 at 06:45:43 AM EDT

"Farm workers from Immokalee traveled to Tallahassee to ask the state to fight 'modern-day slavery' and improve working conditions." "Farm workers from Immokalee protest conditions".

 Meantime, Charlie hides under the Chamber of Commerce's skirt. The Tallahassee Democrat editorial board takes the self-proclaimed "People's Governor" to task this morning:

Taking a stand against the beating, threatening and restraining of employees, the act of locking them in trucks to force them to work, should be among the easiest calls a politician ever makes.
That's why it's dumbfounding that Gov. Charlie Crist refuses to meet with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers [the "CIW"]. ...
For some inexplicable reason, Crist has remained silent on what Gourmet magazine recently dubbed "Florida's slave trade," the scourge of our state's agricultural industry. There have been seven federal prosecutions for slavery in Florida's fields since 1997, freeing more than 1,000 people ... .

"Slavery lingers here" (editorial originally published by The News-Press (the Democrat's sister paper in Fort Myers)).

Notwithstanding Florida's newspaper companies' relative silence (with occasional exceptions like this extraordinary work)*, the existence of Florida's "Modern-Day Slavery" is no secret.**

However, and although the law is stacked in favor of the slave-owners, there has been occasional litigation. See e.g., "Ag-Mart to pay for limbless child's needs" (about a court settlement to provide "care for 3-year-old Carlitos Candelario, born without arms and legs to parents who picked tomatoes in fields sprayed with pesticides.")

Bill Maxwell wrote this about a recent slavery case:

Five Immokalee field bosses, all relatives, pleaded guilty to several charges of enslaving Guatemalan and Mexican farmworkers, forcing them to work and brutalizing them.

[the slaves were] kept more than a dozen men in boxes, shacks and trucks on their property. The workers were chained, beaten and forced to work on farms in North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida. Incredibly, the indictment shows that the men were forced to pay rent of $20 a week to sleep in a locked furniture van. They were forced to urinate and defecate in a corner of the vehicle. ...

A federal plea deal was entered, giving the two ringleaders 12 years and fines from $750,000 to $1-million each. Formal sentencing is at the end of the year.

The Coalition of Immokalee Workers conducted the initial investigation in this case and six other successfully prosecuted cases that have freed more than 1,000 field hands.
"Florida's leading lawmakers [many who wear their religion on their sleeves],
not to mention ordinary citizens, have rarely expressed outage over such abuses, and even fewer have raised a finger on behalf of farmworkers. Former Gov. Jeb Bush and his labor emissary openly criticized the coalition for its work, and Gov. Charlie Crist has yet to show real interest.

"Farmworkers exploited, even enslaved, in Florida". See also "Five to plead guilty on charges of enslaving immigrant laborers,".***

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*See also "Sheriff: There is slavery in Florida tomato fields". We've been covering the issue for years; e.g., "Out here in the fields ...".

**If you haven't seen excerpts from the U.S. Senate hearings on Florida's shame, see the "HELP Committee Hearing - Immokalee Tomato Farmers -- 04/15/2008".

Strange that there have been no recent hearings on this issue in the Florida Legislature.  Can't imagine why.

***However, slavers with money - and slave-owners tend to have cash on hand - can litigate the cases for years, and win on occasion if they can find friendly judges. See "Slavery Update". More here.

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Sansom Is Sacked

by: Ray_Seaman

Fri Jan 30, 2009 at 13:55:10 PM EST

Democracy defeats Ray Sansom:
Besieged by criticism and facing criminal and ethical investigations into his dealings with a state college, House Speaker Ray Sansom resigned his post today. "Effective immediately, I have decided to recuse myself from the exercise of my duties as Speaker of the House of Representatives," Sansom said in a statement.
Here's a statement from Progress Florida's Executive Director, Mark Ferrulo:
"This is a perfect example of democracy at work. Engaged and informed citizens, combined with a vigorous and undeterred media, have forced one of Florida's most powerful politicians to answer for his actions.

"For months, Ray Sansom has been a student of the Rod Blagojevich school of denial. In the end, the tide of public opinion trumped personal ego. In December we launched SackSansom.com after our online poll found that 96% of respondents wanted Speaker Sansom held accountable for his 'cash and carry' style of leadership.

"Today Sansom got sacked, and it was long overdue.

"Floridians are tired of hypocrisy and abuse of power in our political system and Ray Sansom is the embodiment of both.

"This is a victory for good government and a testament to the importance of an independent press. From today forward, Florida's elected officials should be on notice - they will be held accountable."

We undoubtedly have big problems to solve in Florida right now, but none of them can truly be addressed with a tainted leader. This is both a testament to how democracy works, and a step forward for Florida.

I also want to thank those of you who participated in all of Progress Florida's Sack Sansom activities - this is your victory, too.

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Poor Mel

by: Florida Politics

Thu Jan 29, 2009 at 12:01:44 PM EST

Missed this in the traditional media today:
President Obama overturned Bush's ban on aid to international organizations who provide information on birth control, i.e., contraceptives, last Friday. So now the ReThugs, led by Mel Martinez of Florida, introduced an amendment to the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), the so-called Mexico City amendment, which would reinstate that ban. The good news is, it was just defeated by a vote of 37-60.
"Martinez Amendment to CHIP Easily Defeated" (via dKos).
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Sansom: I'm Not Talking

by: Ray_Seaman

Tue Jan 13, 2009 at 12:38:33 PM EST

Cross-posted at Progress Florida

10 Connects is solidifying a strong media narrative against Sansom that he's just another sneaky politician:

Watch the video here

The drumbeat continues as Sansom digs the hole by not answering tough questions, avoiding the public, and writing editorials which very few believe.

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Feeney Apology Remix

by: quinnelk

Mon Oct 06, 2008 at 11:44:39 AM EDT

(Sent to me by a friend in South Florida who wishes to remain anonymous...)

Tom Feeney gave a fake apology over his ethical troubles, here are the facts...



If you want Feeney out of Washington, contribute to Suzanne Kosmas
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McCain: How will you get your party on the same page?

by: America's Voice

Wed Oct 01, 2008 at 12:06:50 PM EDT

Securing the votes in Congress to pass real immigration solutions into law isn’t going to be easy. The next President – no matter who wins – will need to lead his own party first to get it done.


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Ammunition

by: quinnelk

Tue Sep 16, 2008 at 22:21:42 PM EDT

The latest links to the information you need to counter right-wing spin...

John McCain Used the "Lipstick on a pig" comment as well

Wall Street crisis is culmination of 28 years of deregulation

No Energy Expert At Senate Hearing Willing To Say That Oil Drilling Is America’s Most Important Issue

Hardwired

2008 marks deadliest year for U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

Woodward: Quiet in Iraq Is Due to New Top Secret U.S. Weapon, Surge Played Only a Minor Role

CBO Director: ‘A Big Part Of Why The Deficit Deteriorated’ Is Falling Corporate Tax Revenue
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Media "Blog" Posts
"blog" posts by employees of newspaper companies.

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FloBama feeds
Most everything on the 'net about Obama and Florida.

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Blogs and Other Links
Links to blogs and other web sites. Please contact us to suggest links

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Feed
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The Original
- Florida Blog

Our Sister Site
- Florida Politics

DFA
- DFA
- Florida DFA
- DFA Florida

Political Action
- Register 5 Democrats
- Florida Fair Elections
- Civic Concern

News Links
- Fort Report
- Sayfie Review*
- Progressive States
- CQ Politics.com

Progressive Radio
- Florida Progressive Coalition
- American AM
- American AM Blog
- Derek Newton Interview
- Political Buzz Radio
- Political Buzz Radio Blog

Resources
- Florida PIRG
- Consumer Federation
- Office of Economic & Demographic Research
- Labor Market Statistics (FAWI)
- CanditoUSA

Think Tanks
- Money in State Politics
- Progressive States Network
- Economic Policy Institute
- FIU - RISEP
- The Florida Center for Fiscal and Economic Policy
- Collins Center for Public Policy*
- James Madison Institute*
- FIU - CLR&S

Blog Aggregators
- sourstock.com.com
- Spacecoastweb.com
- TampaBLAB
- Lefty Blogs - Florida
- BlogNetNews/Florida

Search FL Blogs

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Party Blogs
- Miami-Dade Dems
- Seminole Democrats
- Grassroots Brevard
- Marion County Dems

Florida Based Blogs

Florida

- Progressive Coalition
- Florida Kossacks
- Build Fla's DECs
- The New Argument
- O'Blog
- Bark Bark Woof Woof
- Florida Politics
- Muttering Jam
- South ... Suwannee
- Blast Off!
- Poor Richard's ...
- Pensito Review
- Discourse.net
- The 13th Juror
- Aikane Leo
- Recess Time
- Out in Left Field
- Florida Politix
- Standing the Gaff
- Last Day of My Life
- Political Bloviation
- Floridians for Change
- Truth or Death*
- Leftist Underground
- Nesting Ground
- Grapefruit
- Florida Rants
- Change In Tally
- State of Sunshine*
- Political Buzz
- Librarian
- Peer Review Florida*
- Florida Masochist*
- This From a Broad
- Conniption Fit

West Central

- Interstate4Jamming
- Fried Gator
- Putnam Report
- Saint Petersblog
- Sticks of Fire
- Seminole Heights
- Empirical Polk
- Because Everyone ...
- In Theory
- Ybor City Stogie
- FL-09 Blog
- TampaBay Democrat Blue
- Campaign Manager

Central

- Talk to Me
- What's Wrong ...
- SpaceCoastWeb
- Seminole Dems
- Space Coast Rising
- Grassroots Brevard
- CentralFloridaDiscuss

North

- Alachua Politix
- Political Indigestion*
- The Gainesville Report
- Leon Young Dems
- Pensacola Beach Blog
- JaxGOP*
- Swamp Pundette
- Truman's Conscience
- Levy County Liberal
- Politically Homeless
- Pensacola Voter
- Ricksblog.biz
- Tallahassee Sentinel*

South

- Palm Beach Prog Dems
- Miami-Dade Dems
- Generation Miami
- Blue in Miami
- Boca Raton Examiner
- The New Argument
- S. Fla. Daily Blog
- BlueBroward Blog
- BlueBroward
- Broward's Blog
- Somewhere on A1A
- Critical Miami
- Stuck on the Palmetto
- Eye on Miami
- Herald Watch
- The Daily Pulp
- Surfside

Southwest

- Old World Wolf
- Behind the Curtains?

Elected Officials

- Pensacola: Sam Hall

Media/Reporter "Blogs"

- Post on Politics
- PBP's The Forum
- Political Insider
- The Position Page
- March on Politics
- The Buzz
- Naked Politics
- Infomaniac
- Political Whore
- Q Blog
- S.V.Date's OmegaBlog
- Political Safari
- ReidBlog
- Scott Maxwell
- Candide's Notebooks
- Political Pulse

General

- A Grand Illusion
- Progressive Junction
- No Hair News f/k/a Anger Management
- Johnny Carbon
- Hatless.com
- T Rex
- Progressive Gold
- Checks & Balances
- The Spencerian
- IndependentReport
- Pushing Rope
- UTI
- Review American ...
- Boiling Mad
- Can of Worms
- Litbrit f/k/a The Last Duchess
- Stupid Enough
- Peer Review*
- Shadow f/k/a Counter Point
- Be-Think
- Smashed Frog
- Mighty Quare f/k/a Bitch Lab
- Conceptual Guerilla
- Roblimo.com
- The Florida Masochist
- In Theory
- Doomed Generation
- Anarchy in the AM

Specialized

- My Florida River
- South Florida Lawyers
- Property Tax in Florida
- Ranger against War
- Swing State Project
- Class Bias in Higher Ed
- Alan Farago
- Florida Election Law
- ActBlue Blog
- Fla Workforce Housing
- Fla Public Policy
- My Florida History
- Blog De Leon
- Abstract Appeal
- FCAR SpeakOut
- Reforming Fla's DECs
- How Shall We Grow
- The Thicket
- Terri PAC
- Sun State Activist
- Alcee Hastings
- becoming change

Other Florida Blogs
- Frappr!

Not Just Politics
- uVu [South Fla]

Other Blogs
- Dean Velvel
- Empires Fall
- Culture Kitchen
- Political Gastronomica
- Prog. States Blog

Southern Sites
- Better South
- Think South
- Facing South
- Blue Sunbelt

Resources
- Dem Youth Strategy
- Fla Common Cause
- Run for Office
- Florida Voter File Project
- FCAT Reform
- OUR Congress - Fla

Other SoapBlox
- SoapBlox

Polling
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Polling Sites
- Pollster.com
- Political Arithmetik
- TPM Election Central
- Real Clear Politics
- Cook Political Report
- Twenty Questions

Pollsters
- ABC News
- AP-IPSOS
- CBS News
- Democracy Corps
- Diageo/Hotline
- Economist/YouGov
- GWU/Battleground
- Gallup
- Harris Interactive
- IBD/TIPP
- ICR
- LA Times
- Marist
- NBC/WSJ
- New York Times
- Pew Research Center
- Quinnipiac
- Rasmussen
- Survey USA
- Time/SRBI
- Washington Post
- Zogby International

Editorials
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- News-Journal
- Times-Union
- Florida Today
- News-Press
- GainesvilleSun
- Miami Herald
- Orlando Sentinel
- Palm Beach Post
- Pensacola News Journal
- Sarasota Herald-Tribune
- St. Pete Times
- Sun-Sentinel
- Tampa Tribune
- Tallahassee Democrat

Columnists
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- Blumner
- Bousquet
- Cotterell
- Engelhardt
- Hiaasen
- Deslatte
- Littlepage
- Maxwell
- Mayo
- Otto
- Reinhard Ricker
- Ruth
- Schultz
- Smith
- Thomas
- Troxler
- Wallace

Diversions

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- Arts & Letters Daily
- Economic Policy Inst.
- Grammar Slammer
- Lifehacker
- London Rev. of Books
- NY Rev. of Books
- Online Slang Dictionary
- Krugman
- The Nation
- The American Prospect






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