Officials Joining Health Care Lawsuit Got $5 Million From The Industry

While we listen in on the second day of the Republicans in the House making their arguments in the charade of “repealing” the health care reform law passed last year, it’s important to point out one more development in the lawsuit filed originally by former Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum. The lawsuit argues that the [...]

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Reality And The Case For Voters Remorse In Florida

Yesterday’s New York Times published an editorial on last Tuesday’s election results. While most of the “Monday morning quarterback” analysis of the election has been to focus on the Republicans gaining a majority in the House, the editorial focused more on state elections, and for good reasons. State elections got less attention in the media [...]

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McCollum Asks Ethics Commission To Overlook….Ethics In Lobbying Request

    Facing the prospect of having to look for a “real” job just a week after losing the Republican gubernatorial primary, Bill McCollum turned to the Florida Commission On Ethics. McCollum wrote to the Commission to make a request that he be allowed to lobby the Governor’s office and the Cabinet, or, to lobby [...]

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How Do You Define “U-N-I-T-Y?”

Apparently for the Republicans in Florida, it depends on who you ask, and when you ask them. In the real world, it’s defined this way: unity |ˈyoōnətē|noun ( pl. -ties) 1 the state of being united or joined as a whole, esp. in a political context Just a couple weeks ago, they were pretty clear [...]

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A Fool And His Money, GOP To Scott: “He’ll Do!”

There’s a line from one of my all time favorite movies, “My Cousin Vinny.” If you’ve seen it you’ll know which one I mean. An attorney is asking a prospective juror her views on the death penalty. When the woman says “Fry him!” the attorney gives a thumbs up to the judge and says: “She’ll [...]

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Haridopolos To Scott: Let The Groveling Begin

Wow. Florida Republicans Mike Haridopolos and Dean Cannon, otherwise known as the Drill, Baby, Drill Twins, have wasted little time fleeing the sinking McCollum Titanic in favor of the lifeboat of desperation that is Rick Scott, the new GOP nominee in the race for Governor. The Haridopolos statement, from the Orlando Sentinel: “Allow me to extend my [...]

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And The Race Is On

It’s official. Last night voters in Florida kicked Bill McCollum and the GOP Jeb Bush establishment to the curb. On the downside however, Republicans went with the other guy. The one who barely escaped Medicare fraud charges and threw $50 million of his own into his campaign, Rick Scott, as their nominee for Governor of the [...]

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What If They Held A Party Unity Event, And Nobody Came?

Just when things were going so well for the Florida GOP, and then this happens: In the GOP gubernatorial primary, Rick Scott turned the scandals of his own party into a campaign issue. Bill McCollum won’t say if he’d support Scott as the party’s nominee. So it shouldn’t be too surprising that the state party [...]

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