President Barack Obama’s 2008 victory was fueled in no small part by Hispanic voters. He pulled off a major 36-point victory over John McCain in the Latino vote, and new poll numbers suggest he’s poised to pull off a major Latino landslide against his top Republican challengers. Assuming, of course,…
Last night was a big night in Marco Rubio’s career. Not only did he make his first major speech outside of Florida and D.C., but he also saved a collapsing Nancy Reagan. Rubio was walking down the aisle before his speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California with…
Marking his first major speech outside of D.C. or Florida, Marco Rubio will speak tonight in California at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Of course, some spectators can’t help but make comparisons between Reagan and Rubio (high office aspirations and all), but one group says Cuban-American senator is much farther…
Despite Michelle Bachmann’s recent Iowa straw poll victory, don’t be surprised if the GOP field eventually winnows to Rick Perry and Mitt Romney. If the latest Florida poll numbers from McLaughlin & Associates are any indication, the two are at the top of the pack. Plus, both are showing traction…
While some people want to see the Miami Hurricanes scandal wind up with congressional hearings, at least one prominent Senator says he’d rather see the NCAA shape up than ship the Hurricanes out. Of course, that Senator is Marco Rubio, who just happens to be a former college football player…
Republican insiders aren’t exactly thrilled with the crop of candidates who have entered the race for the GOP nomination to take on incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson. Chris Chocola, president of the Club for Growth, a powerful and influential fiscally conservative 527 group that endorsed Marco Rubio in 2010, says neither…
Sure, the Tea Party may be economically illiterate and prone to asking stupid questions of important people, but if its pols are booted out of office in 2012, it won’t be because of poor communication. Those online commenters are really on their collective game. They hunt in packs, like wolves,…
The nation is all atwitter over Michele Bachmann. Not only did she thoroughly corn-poll Iowa this past Saturday — winning the state’s straw poll over Smucker’s jam spokesman Ron Paul — but also the congresswoman claimed the scalp of fellow Minnesotan conservative Tim Pawlenty.Bachmann’s surge is particularly significant in Florida,…
Because the race for Florida’s Republican Senate nomination is wide open, there’s room for just about anyone to get in the race. Heck, according to the latest Q poll, some guy named Mike McCallister is leading the pack. Anything is possible. So meet the latest entrant into the fray: Marielena…
Congressman and possible senator Allen West lives in his own serene and strange reality where, no doubt, his recent response to a local Islamic group makes perfect sense. In early August, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) sent a 679-word letter to West urging him to cut ties with “anti-Islamic…
Though guys like George LeMieux and Adam Hasner have for months been running for the GOP nomination to take on Senator Bill Nelson, no one has made much headway with voters. That leaves the field wide open for a potential late entrant. Rep. Adam West, Florida’s most Tea-soaked new congressman, might be…
Florida’s economy still sits in the dumpster. A recent study shows that Sunshine State ranks fourth in the nation for percentage of children whose parents can’t afford to feed them. Yet the Florida Senate has announced plans to form a committee to tackle the fallout from the tabloid-friendly Casey Anthony trail…
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, the average health plan costs an American family $13,770 in premiums a year. Gov. Rick Scott pays just $360 to insure himself and his wife thanks to a state government plan he’s enrolled in. Yep, the average American pays 38.25 times percent more for…
Citizens for National Security, a Boca Raton-based group that’s dedicated itself to identifying pro-Islam bias in textbooks, has filed suit against the state of Florida, Gov. Rick Scott, and the state’s Department of Eduction, claiming that a new law concerning the review of textbooks would not do enough to make…
Yesterday the beleaguered presidential campaign of Jon Huntsman sent a mysterious notice to the press about a “major announcement” to be unveiled at Scotty’s Landing in Coconut Grove. Well, that announcement is happening as we type this post. The big hoopla was all about Jeb Bush Jr. joining the campaign. Yes,…
The morning after the police union overwhelmingly voted to back a recall of Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado, union lawyers are drafting a lawsuit to force the city to figure out how to make it happen. The problem, according to union chief Armando Aguilar, is that the city charter specifies officials…
Former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman’s campaign has promised that the struggling presidential candidate will make a major announcement tomorrow at, of all place, Scotty’s Landing in Coconut Grove. Our first instinct was that he’d be announcing his exit from the race, but that seems unlikely. Word is now that he’ll…
OK, I’ll be honest. It was hard logging onto my computer last week and seeing Mayor Tomás Regalado’s face pop up with an article listing ten reasons why he should be recalled. Every time his kindly mug cycled on the homepage rotator, I thought about my uncles and older cousins, the…
Have you ever listened to Tim McGraw… in zero gravity? The Tea Party — those jolly maniacs who use this communist, liberal, Rosie O’Donnell-edited rag to line their iguana solariums — has already conquered ‘Merica. Evidence: You recognize the name Todd Palin. Next stop: the universe. South Florida Tea Party…
Gov. Rick Scott’s popularity is climbing ever so slightly out of the toilet. Now 35 percent of Floridians approve of the way he’s handling his job. That’s up from only 29 percent in May. That makes Rick Scott probably the only politician in America who’s happy with a 35 percent…
We’re still in that uncertain season of the 2012 election cycle where every poll will show some different and somewhat surprising result. Quinnipiac is the latest to crunch the numbers and shows that Mitt Romney is the favorite to get the presidential nod from Republican voters in Florida. Meanwhile, a…
Still doubt that the beef between Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado and his police chief Miguel Exposito has reached Biggie-vs-Tupac-ian heights? Here’s some more kerosene to toss on the campfire: Regalado has just sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder asking him to investigate the killing of seven black…
