It’s a particularly strange time for the Democratic Party of Florida, considering that two of the bigger names considering a run for the party’s 2014 gubernatorial nomination have never held office as a Democrat before. Now one of them, former Miami Mayor Manny Diaz, may pull out of the race…
Marco Rubio has never been shy about his rap fandom, telling GQ that Tupac’s “Killuminati” is among his favorite songs and offering Spotify playlists packed with Kanye, Pitbull, and Flo Rida.But last night probably marked the first time Rubio took his hip-hop love to the Senate floor, where he quoted…
State Sen. Audrey Gibson, a Democrat from Jacksonville, has drawn the ire of gun rights groups after introducing a bill that would require anyone who wishes to buy ammunition in Florida to complete an anger management class. The bill would also require a three-day waiting period for the sale of…
The Miami Dolphins are failing miserably in their efforts to convince the public to fund half of the $400 million proposed upgrades at their stadium. A new poll shows that 73 percent of Miami-Dade resident oppose the idea, with not a single group, not even residents who live near the…
OK, meme over. The Harlem Shake officially died yesterday in the Florida Senate.Yes, our legislators took on the popular meme, but not everything went well. Apparently, Republican Sen. David Simmons decided not to partake and got yelled at by a colleague who shouted, “C’mon, Simmons! For God’s sake, dance.”…
Every spring, they pour into Tallahassee like a gaggle of clowns falling out of a tiny car, except much less funny and far more harmful to Florida’s residents. They’re members of the Florida House of Representatives, and as 2013’s legislative session opens this week, they’re set to wreak havoc on…
Congress has until midnight tomorrow to avoid the threat of a sequester, and Florida’s two most prominent Republicans seem to have different attitudes on the situation. Sen. Marco Rubio, oddly, doesn’t think sequestration is ideal, but doesn’t seem to mind it too much. He told Fox News this morning that…
It might have seemed that Rick Scott’s defeat in the 2014 gubernatorial race was pretty much a done deal a year before the campaigns even really began, but the latest poll shows Scott might not be such a pushover. The poll of 600 registered voters conducted earlier this month shows Scott is in…
Seventy-five prominent Republicans have signed a legal brief backing the idea that gay people have a constitutional right to get married according to the New York Times, but to give you an idea of how contentious (and possibly electorally damaging) the issue still is within the party, only two of…
Come 2014, Florida may join the ranks of states that legalize medical marijuana. There is talk of putting the measure on the ballot in the next state-wide election, and a new poll conducted by People United for Medical Marijuana finds that nearly seven out of ten Floridians back the idea…
Rick Scott’s supposed plan to derail voter fraud in Florida resulted in nothing but long lines and the discovery of very little voter fraud. But now it seems there was at least one case of fraud in the past presidential election: a convicted felon wore an “I Voted” sticker to a…
Is the Florida government about to enter a fray that already includes the NCAA and the University of Miami? State Senator Joe Abruzzo, a Democrat from Wellington, sure hopes so. He’s written a letter to state Attorney General Pam Bondi asking her to investigate the NCAA…
Sure, he might have raised a lot of money selling those water bottles, but it appears Marco Rubio’s response to the State of the Union didn’t do him any favors in the favorability department.The GOP golden boy is accustomed to sterling poll results, but a new Pew poll shows that…
What did our mothers tell us about overindulgence? “Oh no, don’t worry about it. We swear we’re just going to have one more cup of this tea,” we all said back in 2010 while we were busy here in Florida electing anyone remotely connected to the Tea Party. Next thing…
Obviously, one of the very important political questions many of us had following Marco Rubio’s State of the Union rebuttal and the gulp heard round the world was who would play him on Saturday Night Live? Obviously, the show couldn’t resist, and sent out Taran Killam to play our junior…
Ever had a sinking feeling that something isn’t quite right while surveying the beers at your grocery store? Sure, the selection is fine — maybe not as many local craft beers as you’d like to see, but hey, this is Miami after all. But wait. Why are all the beers…
Rejoice, everyone who frantically slams the gas whenever a yellow light pops up (AKA every single driver in Miami-Dade): A bill that would forbid cities from using red-light cameras narrowly passed its first test in Tallahassee yesterday. While Riptide supports any plan to ax the cameras, it’s worth noting that…
Talk about trying to turn lemons into lemonade. Or at least into handsome water bottles to keep your lemonade cold.Yes, after Tuesdays’ embarrassing “Watergate” flap, Marco Rubio is now literally selling water bottles with his name on them…
During President Obama’s State of the Union address he honored Desiline Victor, a 102-year-old North Miami Beach resident who waited hours in line to vote, as a symbol of voter’s rights issues. Of course, leave it to Fox News to mock her.Fox and Friends’ Brian Kilmeade hosts a radio show…
Another reason why being chosen to give the State of the Union rebuttal is a thankless task: You’re guaranteed to get made fun of on The Daily Show.Or as Jon Stewart put it last night, “The State of the Union rebuttal is most often handed to a rising party star,…
Last night, Florida Senator Marco Rubio was tasked with the high profile but ultimately thankless job of delivering the opposing party’s response to the State of the Union. These things are almost always awkward (remember Bobby Jindal’s Kenneth the Page delivery a few years back?), and never match the intensity…
One of Norman Braman’s main beefs with the Marlins shady stadium deal was that the public never got to directly vote on the matter. Though, the fact that Dolphins are supporting a public vote on their quest to get tax money to fund a portion of their planned upgrades to…
