Oct 24 2010

Palin Tells Florida Rally ‘Dig Deep’ For Closing Stretch of Campaign

Sarah Palin told a crowd of cheering, flag-waving Florida Republicans Saturday to “dig deep” and carry on the momentum for the GOP side into the Nov. 2 election. Palin, joined by conservative activists and Florida Republican Senate candidate Marco Rubio at a rally in Orlando not far from Disney World, exhorted supporters not to let [...]


Oct 24 2010

Florida Senate Debate: What’s an Independent? What’s Compromise? And Football

There’s not a lot new to learn about the policy positions of the three candidates for Senate in Florida who have been engaging in debates since mid-September and had yet another on Sunday, this one nationally-televised on CNN’s State of the Union. So it came down to this: – Is Charlie Crist a principled independent [...]


Oct 24 2010

Florida Senate Debate: What’s an Independent? What’s Compromise? And Football

There’s not a lot new to learn about the policy positions of the three candidates for Senate in Florida who have been engaging in debates since mid-September and had yet another on Sunday, this one nationally-televised on CNN’s State of the Union. So it came down to this: – Is Charlie Crist a principled independent [...]


Oct 14 2010

Arnold Schwarzenegger Endorses Charlie Crist for Senate in Florida

Showing that independent-minded governors of sunny coastal states ought to stick together, Arnold Schwarzenegger has endorsed Charlie Crist for Senate in Florida. The California governor tweeted his backing Tuesday while traveling in Europe. “I endorse Gov @charliecristfl for Senate. Great leader, works with both parties, and our country needs someone like him in DC right [...]


Oct 13 2010

Florida Governor’s Race Being Shaped by the Economy and a Battle Over Ethics

Polls of Florida’s gubernatorial race have bounced back-and-forth between having Democrat Alex Sink or Republican Rick Scott in the lead, but what the recent ones have in common is that this is a very close race. A new survey by Quinnipiac University underlines that point. Scott, the former chief executive of Columbia/HCA, had led Sink, [...]


Oct 12 2010

Rick Scott, Alex Sink Locked in Tight Race for Florida Governor

Republican Rick Scott holds a statistically-insignificant 50 percent to 47 percent lead over Democrat Alex Sink in the Florida governor’s races, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Oct. 7. The margin of error is 4 points. Rasmussen’s latest result is somewhat the reverse of a Mason-Dixon Research survey conducted Oct. 4-6 that had Sink, [...]