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Oh well, maybe the alligator on his page will turn around and bite his head off..... Feb 3, 2012 WASHINGTON, FEB. 3, 2012 – “In response to the original decision by Susan G. Komen for the Cure to stop funding grants to Planned Parenthood, Planned Parenthood raised the equivalent funds within 24 hours. Although I wasn’t involved in either decision, it is clear that Planned Parenthood doe...
DailyKos (Florida) - 4:20 p.m. - 7 clicks 
Here's another example of a politician who wants to be a backdoor friend . These insufferable idiots suffer under the preconception that just because they don't really believe their public anti-gay stances, we should welcome them with open arms and a wink, wink, nod. Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has threatened to veto New Jersey's upcoming marriage equality legislation. In...
Bilerico Project Florida - 3:07 p.m.
You weren't able to read every post on Bilerico Project last week? Don't worry! Every Friday I round up the best Bilerico posts from the past seven days to help you stay up to date on the latest queer news and analysis. Saturday Research Study: Low IQ Correlates With Prejudice and Bigotry Filed by Michael Hamar Christie Sees Future, Santorum Does George Wallace in Drag Filed by Mar...
Bilerico Project Florida - 3:07 p.m.
A funny thing happened on the way to completing legislative redistricting in Pennsylvania: diverging from all prior experience, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court determined that the plan adopted by the Legislative Redistricting Commission (LRC) was invalid and remanded it back for a second drawing. In so doing, the court threw PA's primary process--scheduled to be held at the end of April--into cha...
DailyKos (Florida) - 1:43 p.m. - 8 clicks
Last night, The Daily Show featured an interview with ACLU of Florida client Luis Lebron, a single father and full-time student who cares for his disabled mother. Luis, a Navy veteran, took a stand for his constitutional rights after learning the state of Florida wanted to force him to take a drug test before he could receive temporary cash assistance from the state. Fortunately, Florida’s dr...
DailyKos (Florida) - 1:43 p.m. - 5 clicks
Now that Mitt Romney is getting Secret Service protection, let's guess what his super secret codename is going to be. My bet is on R-money . $10,000? Here's a list of former President and presidential wannabees' Secret Service codenames to get you started: John F. Kennedy - Lancer Jacqueline Kennedy - Lace Lyndon Johnson - Volunteer Richard Nixon - Searchlight ...
Bilerico Project Florida - 11:25 a.m.
After a huge public backlash following their decision this week to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood, breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure has reversed their decision . But Komen's reversal leaves unclear their reason for initially denying Planned Parenthood funding and whether they'll approve future grant requests from the reproductive and child health organization. T...
Bilerico Project Florida - 11:25 a.m. - 7 clicks
For a nice change of pace – this video was uploaded by fiercelightfilms on Jan 31 and includes an interview with ecofeminist Starhawk and this message: Love is not a product! This Valentine season let’s reclaim love. A call to action for Occupies everywhere – how will you occupy Valentines? A flash mob kiss-in at the corporate criminal of your choice? At banks, ...
Bilerico Project Florida - 11:25 a.m.
Remember the news over Aasif Mandvi from the Daily Show confronting Florida Governor Rick Scott (R) over his plan to drug test welfare recipients? Well, it finally aired last night! ( in response to a Navy veteran who refuses to take the drug test ) FLORIDA STATE REP. SCOTT PLAKON (R): Any citizen, whether a veteran or not, should be happy to take the drug test. As a veter...
DailyKos (Florida) - 10:02 a.m. - 8 clicks
It's interesting that HBO focused solely on the John McCain/Sarah Palin aspect of the book Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime . Some of the juiciest bits were about Hillary vs Obama and Elizabeth Edwards' machinations and foul temper. Since the McCain campaign lost, Clinton is Secretary of State, and Obama is President, I'm guessing the filmmake...
Bilerico Project Florida - 8:23 a.m.
After more than 50,000 people signed a popular online petition urging DynCorp International to protect gay employees from harassment, the U.S. defense contractor announced it is adding sexual orientation and gender identity to its workplace nondiscrimination policies. Tico Almeida, a civil rights attorney and founder of the organization Freedom to Work, started the petition on Change.org...
Bilerico Project Florida - 7:01 a.m.
After six and a half hours of testimony, a New Jersey state Assembly committee passed legislation to legalize same-sex marriage . The measure passed 5-2 along party lines; Governor Chris Christie has said he will veto the legislation if it's passed by both houses. The full Assembly will vote on the bill on February 16. The state senate will vote on the matter on February 13. The bill has alr...
Bilerico Project Florida - 6:47 a.m.
"I've been saving my clothes for her since before she was born. I was like, I'll bet you anything I'll have a daughter, and she'll be a really cool butch lesbian and be so above clothes, and I got a very clothes-obsessed child. So if she's a lesbian, she's a lipstick lesbian." -- Gwyneth Paltrow talking about her expectations for her 7 year old daughter in a Harper's Bazaar interview. Hat tip...
Bilerico Project Florida - 6:47 a.m.
I am cautiously optimistic about President Obama winning reelection this November. It appears that the investors at www.intrade.com agree. They give the odds of his reelection as 55.6% . There are important caveats. It is very , very early. President Obama is below 50 in many important states. President Obama's FAVS are only mediocre in many important states. The economy is still growing sl...
DailyKos (Florida) - 6:22 a.m. - 11 clicks
Ricky Martin's turn as the Glee celebrity flavor of the week is next week. So what song do you give the hot Latino gay guy? Sexy & I Know It , of course . ...
Bilerico Project Florida - 5:02 a.m.
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decided not to release the Prop 8 trial tapes , overturning the district court's earlier ruling that the public had a right to see the video recordings of the Perry v. Brown trial. The decision [pdf] can now be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Chris Geidner at MetroWeekly writes: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled today th...
Bilerico Project Florida - Thu 3:44 p.m.
It's not every weekend you get to help save the earth and hang out on a brand-new trilevel 200-foot yacht, but due to a unique collaboration between Greenpeace and queer organization MIX NYC, I recently enjoyed this privilege. In an unexpected partnership, MIX NYC - producers of the New York Queer Experimental Film Festival, now in its 24th year - was hired by Greenpeace to create two ...
Bilerico Project Florida - Thu 2:46 p.m.
The Beltway conventional wisdom : If Obama is on the rebound, someone forgot to tell swing voters in the most important up-for-grabs states in 2012. The idea is that while Obama may be up nationally, he's lagging in the battleground states. But is that true? It's not. You'll see why below. FLORIDA : It looks like the week of GOP primary campaigning in Florida didn't help their chanc...
DailyKos (Florida) - Thu 2:46 p.m. - 18 clicks
I'm continuing the reportage of the new regulations that could potentially bar some trans Canadians from being able to board a plane. Here's part one for the background , and a statement from the Trans Equality Society of Alberta . There are a few online petitions to address the issue, including this one at Change.org . Xtra is reporting that "Lebel and other Conservative MPs wer...
Bilerico Project Florida - Thu 1:43 p.m. - 12 clicks
Recently described as "The greatest cabaret artist of (v's) generation" by Hilton Als in The New Yorker , singer, songwriter and Tony-nominated performance artist Mx Justin Vivian Bond shared this VIP Q Movie Pick with us: "I have found myself thinking about Marlon Riggs ' film Tongues Untied a lot lately. I first saw it in the Castro Theater in 1991 and was deeply affected by it...
Bilerico Project Florida - Thu 12:44 p.m.
In this clip from a recent episode of Joan and Melissa: Joan Knows Best on the WE network, we see that Joan knows the best place to buy some weed--with a prescription in California. The video does not say what ailment has brought her to the alternative therapy (I'm assuming facial numbness), but I do love seeing the elderly rediscovering old vices. It's a long clip, but worth waiting for the en...
Bilerico Project Florida - Thu 11:50 a.m.
The writers Edmund White and Michael Carroll said, "We have not discussed it. We are not big on discussion. Everything is a tacit discussion." Such was their first response to the suggestion that White's having suffered a stroke may have upset their seventeen year partnership, enduring companionship, and deep affection for each other - a mutual devotion that rings clearly between the lines ...
Bilerico Project Florida - Thu 11:50 a.m.
After the hate group One Million Moms announced they were calling on their supporters to replace Ellen Degeneres as their new spokesperson because she's a lesbian, GLAAD and some gay bloggers sprang into action . Sadly, they're just playing into a controversy that benefits no one but the group and the department store chain. Let's look at this logically for a second. JC Penny's new C...
Bilerico Project Florida - Thu 10:07 a.m.
Talk about tone deaf... The HRC Manhattan gala dinner will honor Goldman Sachs . The Occupy Wall Street offshoot Queer Caucus has announced they will picket the event and I don't blame them in the least. The event is being held at the Waldorf Astoria on Saturday. The group is condemning the equality group for honoring Goldman Sachs, which QE says helped spur the global financial meltdown....
Bilerico Project Florida - Thu 10:07 a.m.
"As a divided Senate struggled for a second day over a prison privatization plan, its biggest critic was stripped of a chairmanship and an 'extremely disappointed' Gov. Rick Scott twisted opposing senators' arms to no avail." The chaos leaves a priority of Senate leaders in grave jeopardy a year after a similar plan was thrown out by a judge because it was tucked into the budget and not debated s...
Florida Politics - Thu 7:07 a.m.
Good news out of Washington state yesterday evening after the state senate passed marriage equality legislation by a 28-21 vote. Supporters announced last week that they had the required 25 votes when Democratic Senator Mary Margaret Haugen declared her support for the bill. The measure passed with bipartisan support and now moves to the House where it is expected to pass easily. Senat...
Bilerico Project Florida - Thu 6:26 a.m.
"These people claim to be Christian, New Gingrich and Mitt Romney and some of them others. They aren't pure followers of Jesus Christ. I wouldn't trust [any] of them with a handful of change to go get me some bubble gum. There's nothing of any value in [any] of those human beings. I would rather have Obama..." -- Timothy Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church on his choice for president ...
Bilerico Project Florida - Thu 5:42 a.m.
The election results will be unveiled on Tuesday at eight o'clock in the evening (summer time). Hispanic voters joined the Republican Party represents 13.1% of registered voters in Florida, which is equivalent to 452.000 members. Polls indicate that Newt Gingrich will probably be defeated by Mitt Romney in the crucial Florida primary elections taking place on Tuesday. State voters may be submi...
DailyKos (Florida) - Thu 2:41 a.m. - 12 clicks
With the confidence of being the favorite, Mitt Romney came in the last 48 hours of the major campaign for the Republican presidential primaries in Florida, predicting that tomorrow's vote will win while focusing on future contests. Its main rival, Newt Gingrich, traveled the state trying to revive energy led him to victory in the South Carolina primary on Jan. 21. Gingrich admitted the possibi...
DailyKos (Florida) - Thu 2:41 a.m. - 11 clicks
Last Saturday we spent the day out birdwatching near and along the coast of the Florida Panhandle. At the end of the day we made a small detour to drive out on Alligator Point to check it out before it got dark. We were very glad we did. When we parked at the beach access point and headed onto the boardwalk over the dunes this is what we saw. Note - none of this pictures ...
DailyKos (Florida) - Wed 5:47 p.m. - 11 clicks
Someone forgot to tell Newt he lost. (Octavian Cantilli/Reuters) If you were lucky enough to miss the post-Florida primary night speeches from Mitt Romneybot and Newt Gingrich, here are some select choice snippets. MITT ROMNEY : This campaign is about more than replacing a President. It is about saving the soul of America. President Obama and I have two very different visions of Americ...
DailyKos (Florida) - Wed 1:02 p.m. - 9 clicks
It is now the common wisdom of millions of interested parties that ALEC does not work for the vast majority of citizens, that it is a vicious corporate lobby and that it is thee main force behind the deterioration of personal liberties and workers' rights in the United States. Arguing against ALEC's influence over state legislation has become more difficult thanks to efforts such as ALEC Ex...
DailyKos (Florida) - Wed 10:46 a.m. - 15 clicks
Good Morning Kossacks and Welcome to Morning Open Thread (MOT). We're known as the MOTley Crew and you can find us here every morning at 6:30 Eastern. Feel free to volunteer to take a day - permanently or just once in awhile. With the auto-publish feature you can set it and forget it. Sometime, the diarist du jour shows up much later, that's the beauty of Open Thread...it carries on w...
DailyKos (Florida) - Wed 3:42 a.m. - 11 clicks
Bwahahahahaaaa!!! I just got DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz's response to Mitt Romney crushing Newt Gingrich in Florida's primary tonight. And it's good. Very good. But the best part? The preface that came before it from her media person Greg Greene: Before I give you the Chair's comments about tonight, it's worth underscoring that Mitt Romney had the best victory a massive financi...
DailyKos (Florida) - Tue 7:48 p.m. - 15 clicks
Polls are closed in Florida, and we're liveblogging the results of the Republican presidential primary. Results : AP (By county) | CNN | Google | Politico 6:18 PM PT : Gingrich says he'll abolish White House czars, because as a dictator, he won't need them. 6:19 PM PT : You will always know where you where when Newt gave his "I have a dream" speech. 6:20 PM PT ...
DailyKos (Florida) - Tue 6:25 p.m. - 12 clicks
Polls are closed in Florida, and we're liveblogging the results of the Republican presidential primary. Results : AP (By county) | CNN | Google | Politico 5:47 PM PT (Jed Lewison): Father of Obamacare on the TelePrompter! 5:49 PM PT (David Jarman): Here's a quick update on the actual counting: we're up to 70% reporting, with the statewide tally Romney 47, Gingr...
DailyKos (Florida) - Tue 6:07 p.m. - 12 clicks
Polls are closed in Florida, and we're liveblogging the results of the Republican presidential primary. Results : AP (By county) | CNN | Google | Politico 5:24 PM PT : Team Romney spent 1.5 as much as the entire GOP field spent in FL in 08 on TV. $10m in 08 versus $15m just for Romney in 12.  — @billburton716 via Twitter for BlackBerry® 5:2...
DailyKos (Florida) - Tue 6:07 p.m. - 12 clicks
Polls are closed in Florida, and we're liveblogging the results of the Republican presidential primary. Results : AP (By county) | CNN | Google | Politico 4:58 PM PT (Jed Lewison): This is pretty funny... Can we now stop pretending that winning a majority of Republican voters in SC means anything except that you can out-cracker someone? — @ESQPolitics via web...
DailyKos (Florida) - Tue 6:07 p.m. - 12 clicks
Polls are closed in Florida, and we're liveblogging the results of the Republican presidential primary. Results : AP (By county) | CNN | Google | Politico 4:31 PM PT : Remember, the story of the night isn't so much that Rommey is going to win big, but it's HOW he won big: Here’s all you need to know about the Florida campaign: amidst the blizzard of campaign ads there wa...
DailyKos (Florida) - Tue 6:07 p.m. - 12 clicks
Polls are closed in Florida, and we're liveblogging the results of the Republican presidential primary. Results : AP (By county) | CNN | Google | Politico As we wait for votes to be counted in Florida tonight, what could possibly go wrong? — @politicalwire via Twitter for Mac FLORIDA TV AD BREAKDOWN: 68% of ads were anti-Gingrich, 23% anti-Romney, 9% pro-Gin...
DailyKos (Florida) - Tue 4:08 p.m. - 12 clicks
Well at least in my area, the re-drawn CD22. West announced today that he is giving up on CD 22 and will run in the redrawn 18th. (see announcement here ). The 18th is due north of his current district, CD22, and most of the area is currently represented by Tom Rooney, who earlier this week announced he is going to run in the re-drawn and open 17th, which is due west of the 18th. (You...
DailyKos (Florida) - Tue 3:05 p.m.
My voter registration has been "R" for years. I don't remember when I changed it (I registered in Louisiana, at 19, as an "Other" - writing in the American Meadow Party from Bloom County), but somewhere along the line, I chose to switch it to Republican. I've described myself over the years as a Roosevelt Republican - as in Teddy. Pro-environment, anti-corporate, Progressive . . . they kind th...
DailyKos (Florida) - Tue 12:29 p.m.
Florida's Republican primary election has turned into a much less interesting one than it looked several weeks ago, with Newt Gingrich unable to sustain much of a bounce from his South Carolina victory and Mitt Romney poised to win by double digits, according to almost all pollsters. With Florida a winner-take-all state (the first we've seen so far), there's no partial credit for Gingrich either...
DailyKos (Florida) - Tue 11:42 a.m. - 15 clicks
Following Newt's pronouncements the 24 hrs up to FL primary: If Newt's words were posted on the Internet, coming out of a compound in Montana in which 75 people resided, we'd be seriously worried. Same can be said for some of the Repub droupouts. But Americans normalize the crazy talk. Computing generously, in a head-to-head vote against Obama Newt would be sure to get, what, 30%...
DailyKos (Florida) - Tue 10:42 a.m.
Florida Governor Rick Scott spent more than $50 million of his own money to defeat fellow Republican Bill McCollum in the Florida primary election of 2010, thus buying the nomination and ending the political career of an honorable man. Scott then spent an additional $20 million of his own money to defeat Democrat Alex Sink in the gubernatorial race. Florida voters flocked to the polls in 201...
DailyKos (Florida) - Tue 7:41 a.m.
Our "Fun with Highways" series comes to the Sunshine State, just in time for the primaries. Starting from the greater Miami area, we explore outward in a variety of directions, and even give a nod to a new moon base. Florida is, of course, a big state and I only cover a fraction of it. So please feel free to add you own facts, ideas and experiences in the comments. In particu...
DailyKos (Florida) - Tue 7:05 a.m. - 15 clicks
Finally, after the hype, all the analysis and $18 million in commercials (most of it attacking Newt), it's voting day in Florida. So here we are, ready and waiting to see if Floridian seniors will vote for Mitt Romney, whether evangelicals and tea party adherents will show up for Newt Gingrich and whether Boca Raton will vote for Pat Buchanan one last time. The Daily Kos Elections Polli...
DailyKos (Florida) - Tue 6:28 a.m. - 11 clicks
No, David Gregory wasn't at the Florida debate. At least, not on stage. He may have been in the audience rooting for his favorite candidate, though. Gregory is a hack in the same way that Wolf Blitzer isn't a wolf. On last week's show he accused Obama of raising the dreaded Fed deficit more than Shrub when, in fact, it's lower. Obama raised it $600B whil...
DailyKos (Florida) - Tue 6:28 a.m. - 12 clicks
To the richest who can advertise longest, the spoils. That should be Florida's official electoral motto. After more than a year of saturation marketing, if Romney doesn't beat Gingrich by 20% or more, the momentum effect may be offsetting Romney's millions, even with the early voting lock that the Mittster had going into today's primary here. ...
DailyKos (Florida) - Tue 6:28 a.m. - 13 clicks
Roxanne You don't have to wear that dress tonight Walk the streets for money You don't care if it's wrong or if it's right Roxanne. The Police. ...
Talk to Me - Mon 9:21 p.m.
I thankfully missed the last GOP debate, but from what I've read, Cuba was mentioned more than once. Perhaps more than a dozen times? Look...I know this is the Florida primary, but this American has to ask..."What the fuck is so special about Cubans, Cuban "exiles", and the history of Cuba, that enables this immigrant enclave to retain its vitriol and its political relevance after 53...
DailyKos (Florida) - Mon 7:47 p.m. - 8 clicks
Burmese Pythons as large as 20 feet lone have escaped from captivity, invaded the Everglades, and wiped out populations of mid-sized mammals. Python populations have expanded rapidly to nearly all of south Florida and now they are expanding north. These huge snakes thrive in urban and suburban environments where they may hide unobserved between feedings. The adaptable pythons are battling with a...
DailyKos (Florida) - Mon 7:47 p.m. - 7 clicks
If there is one thing we can say about the polling coming out in advance of tomorrow's Florida primary, it is that somebody is going to wind up having serious egg on their face tomorrow. The range of the pre-election polling in the Sunshine State? Well, maybe it is tightening, and Newt Gingrich is back within the margin of error. Or maybe Mitt Romney is now staked to a 20 point advanta...
DailyKos (Florida) - Mon 6:27 p.m. - 13 clicks
I've been nursing some frustration with Allen West for some time. During his initial run and shortly after he took office I rememer hearing non-stop about how he was great and it was because he was a retired Colonel. ...
DailyKos (Florida) - Mon 1:01 p.m.
After a small post-South Carolina surge, Newt Gingrich's standing in the polls has steadily eroded, as this chart from FiveThirtyEight shows: The newest batch of polling all agrees on one broad point: Mitt Romney still leads. But by how much—and whether Newt still has any mojo left—there is no consensus. Quinnipiac : Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has a 43 - 29 percent lead over ...
DailyKos (Florida) - Mon 9:06 a.m. - 7 clicks
Newt Gingrich’s thorough pounding in South Carolina has set up Florida as the next important primary. If Gingrich is able to win Florida as well, then Mitt Romney will be in a heap of trouble. At this point a Gingrich victory is an eminently possible event. Throughout November and December Gingrich was posting enormous leads in Florida; for some reason the seniors there seem to really like him...
DailyKos (Florida) - Mon 8:25 a.m. - 12 clicks
"Newt Gingrich is determined to turn the next seven months into a battle between conservative activists and the Republican establishment." "The Washington establishment is coming unglued," Gingrich said Sunday before several thousand people in the Villages. "I am not running for president to manage the decay of the U.S. to the satisfaction of the establishment. And I am not running for president ...
Florida Politics - Mon 6:20 a.m.
The party is over. (...) As of Feb. 6, FLORIDA TODAY will be discontinuing the citizen-opinion features on (the) Public Interest pages, in print and online. FLORIDA TODAY is relaunching under a new business model, to include online subscriptions and new host technology. The same changes has forced updates to our content. For you, it means: 1. ...Opinion Matters bl...
Talk to Me - Sun 9:42 p.m. - 23 clicks
Zen Bassoon commented in Lefty Coaster's diary Allen West tells Obama Reid Pelosi to "get the hell out of the United States of America." They're redistricting him [Allen West] out. As the other comments in the diary detail well, West is quite repulsive and we'd be better off without him polluting public discourse. The redistricting comment compelled me to understand the reference. ...
DailyKos (Florida) - Sun 8:46 p.m.
(crossposted from Buffalo Ridge Blog ) Yup, this is Florida's week in the sun(?), as the four survivors of the seven dwarfs AKA the republican presidential candidates are making the rounds. The other day we were underwhelmed with Newt, today it was Mitt's turn to enable noontime napping...Too bad there wasn't anyplace to lay down at the event. Let's set the scene: Downtown Naples, home to ...
DailyKos (Florida) - Sun 1:41 p.m. - 16 clicks
National standings from Gallup.com, 1/29/12 1. What we wrote at the beginning of the month ( Four reasons why Mitt Romney will be the nominee ) is still true. Those four reasons were Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, and Rick Perry, although without Perry I suppose we are now down to three reasons. But reason number #1 that Romney will win is Newt Gingrich, who remains a pompous w...
DailyKos (Florida) - Sun 11:00 a.m. - 12 clicks
Update : "Herman Cain, once considered the preferred choice of conservatives in the GOP presidential race, endorsed Newt Gingrich at the Kravis Center Saturday night. ... Cain's surprise appearance at the Lincoln Day Dinner came as Romney has overtaken Gingrich in the polls just three days before Florida's crucial primary. " " Gingrich garners Cain endorsement at Kravis Center GOP event ". Fur...
Florida Politics - Sun 9:10 a.m. - 14 clicks
Obamacare versus Romneycare. Governor Romney has said that he will repeal Obamacare if elected (a not-so-easy promise to keep, mind you). In the video below, he fumbled through the attack from Rick Santorum and his answers sounded evasive. He was visibly frustrated. This comes against Santorum who is known for passion but not necessarily for strength at debating. When the same question comes u...
DailyKos (Florida) - Sun 12:10 a.m. - 7 clicks
Short and sweet, from the New York Times : Despite signs that he could lose the important Florida primary on Tuesday, Newt Gingrich, who picked up the endorsement of a former opponent, Herman Cain, pledged Saturday to stay in the nominating race until the very end, telling reporters he would press on until the Republican convention in Tampa in August. “I will go all the way to the convention...
DailyKos (Florida) - Sat 10:23 p.m. - 11 clicks
I just returned home from a local Organizing for America (OFA) phone bank and it was very exciting today. Not only was there a German television crew, but the regional director appeared as well. I was told beforehand that the press might be there, but I wasn't expecting them to be German. I didn't catch the name, but I did some research and it was most likely Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF),...
DailyKos (Florida) - Sat 2:48 p.m.
The highlight of last week's War on Voting was South Carolina's Attorney General Alan Wilson claiming that 900 dead people voted in "recent" elections in his state based on data from the DMV. The South Carolina legislature, of course, jumped on the claim. Remember, the Department of Justice has blocked South Carolina from implementing a voter ID bill passed last year under the Voting Righ...
DailyKos (Florida) - Sat 1:07 p.m.
Randy Schultz : "One week ago, Republicans in Florida probably were excited about their decision to move up the state's presidential primary. This morning, you wonder whether they're having second thoughts." If Democratic primary voters have moved to the left in the past decade, Republican voters have moved even further to the right, especially since the financial panic of 2008. So whoever wins ...
Florida Politics - Sat 10:07 a.m. - 17 clicks
Update : "Polls earlier this week showed a huge bump for former House Speaker Newt Gingrich after his win in the South Carolina primary. Only days later, the momentum has returned to Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who is again up in the Sunshine State." "Quinnipiac Poll: Florida Becoming Romney Territory Again". "Surging since his South Carolina Republican presidential primary win, former Hous...
Florida Politics - Sat 7:04 a.m. - 14 clicks
In a case of the GOP elites thinking they know what's best for their voters more than the voters themselves, the endorsements of Mitt Romney are piling up nearly as quickly as the attacks on Newt Gingrich. ...
DailyKos (Florida) - Sat 4:03 a.m.
The Florida House redistricting committee finalized their work today and submitted plans for Congressional and Legislative districts today. Plans and data may be found here Although it's hard to believe, there weren't a lot of last minute surprises and in most cases, the small changes made were to eliminate splitting communities and fine tune boundaries. And despite the frantic efforts o...
DailyKos (Florida) - Jan 27 - 22 clicks
Mitt Romney is resurgent! (Unless he's not.) Even if he's not, though, the schedule favors Mitt Romney. After all, he is coming up on a series of contests in places like Arizona and Michigan, where he should have a real advantage. (Unless he doesn't.) There are two very contradictory themes developing as we head into the weekend before the Florida primaries. On one hand, it is becomi...
DailyKos (Florida) - Jan 27 - 19 clicks
Well there are these funny little standards, that used to be called "the Facts" back in the day. Fact check: Florida GOP debate by Brooks Jackson, usatoday, FactCheck.org -- Jan 27, 2012 Newt Gingrich falsely claimed he never favored a federal mandate requiring individuals to have health insurance. Rick Santorum claimed five times more people are seeking free care at M...
DailyKos (Florida) - Jan 27 - 11 clicks
By Matt Coles, Deputy Legal Director, ACLU Voting. It’s the key to the most basic American value, the one that makes the others real: self-government. Democracy. It’s why we fought the Revolutionary War. It’s what has made America a glowing aspiration for people around the world. The right to vote is what makes a country a true democracy. Limit the right to only some of the people and ...
DailyKos (Florida) - Jan 27
Note: Maribel Hastings, senior adviser at America's Voice, is in Florida covering the GOP primary. She'll be filing regular reports on the campaign as part of our "Voz Y Voto 2012" series. MIAMI - Maybe someone told Mitt Romney he’d have to make a serious effort to attract Latino voters, especially on the eve of the Republican primary in Florida. Whatever the cause, the former Massachusett...
DailyKos (Florida) - Jan 27 - 10 clicks
One doth find most amusing the current jousting of opposing wits. Two of the elite battling as to whom to represents the rest the best. "Show me your tax returns and I'll show you mine, you're such a snob!" "Oh really, well you shop at Tiffany's." "Well Tiffany's is downmarket for you." "Look I'm breaking into a sweat, oh ick" "Gosh, this debating is such hard work, oh swoon." "Oh ...
DailyKos (Florida) - Jan 27
Florida Gov. Rick Scott and Republican legislative leaders continue their ongoing quest to privatize every function of the state's government. Currently on deck: prisons. Wednesday the Florida Senate Budget Committee passed a bill to privatize South Florida's 29 prisons, turning them over to for-profit companies that would be required to produce costs 7 percent below the cost of state-run ...
DailyKos (Florida) - Jan 27 - 9 clicks
For any who may be reading this series for the first time : this is a thought experiment where I try to see what would happen if the size of the House of Representatives were doubled to 870 members from 435. And yes, I know Republicans have the trifecta in Florida. This entire series is theoretical to begin with, gimme a break. With the Florida primary rapidly descending upon us, I thought ...
DailyKos (Florida) - Jan 27 - 14 clicks
Hey now baby, get into my big black car Hey now baby, get into my big black car I wanna just show you what my politics are. Hey, hey, hey I wanna just show you what my politics are. Politician. Cream. ...
Talk to Me - Jan 26
Well, I can see why Mitt Romney hesitated the release of his tax return and I'm not buying his story he feared the $4.1 million tithe to his church would be used against him by his challengers. The man is clearly a one percenter. I'd stake my claim the man's estimated worth of $250 million will not sell to those living in tents pitched throughout...
Talk to Me - Jan 26
Highlights I took away from last night's State of the Union address . Feel free to post highlights of your choice. Manufacturing: (...) "Tonight, my message to business leaders is simple: Ask yourselves what you can do to bring jobs back to your country, and your country will do everything we can to help you succeed. ...
Talk to Me - Jan 25
In the first of two debates before Florida's Jan. 31 primary, Mitt Romney tried, but failed to take the edge off of Newt Gingrich's post-South Carolina lead in the GOPer primary. In one of the very few remarkable moments in the "debate", Romney magically solved the problem of illegal immigration: "Romney was asked to explain how he could say he does not want to round up illegal immigrants but als...
Florida Politics - Jan 24 - 4 clicks
Florida Reps head to the polls, Ron Paul skips the sunshine. President Obama is expected to set the tone for his reelection through delivery of the State of the Union address this evening. Expect a reach out to the middle class via his vision for college affordability. Gabrielle Gifford s calls it a day. We wish her the best. The Supre...
Talk to Me - Jan 23 - 3 clicks
The latest Insider Advantage and Rasmussen Florida polls have Gingrich with 9% and 8% leads respectively: The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Florida Republican Primary Voters, taken Sunday [(yesterday)] evening, finds Gingrich earning 41% of the vote with Romney in second at 32%. Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum runs third with 11%, while Texas Congressman Ron Paul attracts ...
Florida Politics - Jan 23 - 6 clicks
As reported by The Baltimore Sun , 1/20/2012: (...) "...the U.S. Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigations ... shut down file-sharing website Megaupload and charged seven people associated with it of running an international enterprise based on Internet piracy. Megaupload is one of the most popular Internet services that le...
Talk to Me - Jan 22
Dan Balz asks: "does South Carolina mark the beginning of real erosion in Romney’s standing that could lead to the former House speaker winning the nomination, something unthinkable only a month ago?" That’s what Florida — and then Nevada, Michigan, Arizona and perhaps other states on the calendar — will tell us. But there is no doubt that the defeat here on Saturday represents a setback to Romne...
Florida Politics - Jan 22
"In what is organized labor's first major investment in the Republican presidential primary, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees is spending almost $1 million in Florida on a television ad attacking Mitt Romney's business career." The new ad links Romney's business career to that of Florida Gov. Rick Scott. "Corporate greed. Medicare fraud. Sound familiar?" the narrat...
Florida Politics - Jan 21
