Obama’s fast rise had as much to do with his natural charisma and thoughtful, powerful speeches as the fact that he wasn’t Hillary Clinton. The former first lady a year ago seemed like a lock for the White House, but the anti-Clinton factions in her party needed a superstar challenger…
Babalu Blog and its ilk haven’t picked up on this, but we can already imagine their response: “That dirty socialist mainstream media is trying to pull one over on the Cubans by implying that this new attorney general isn’t a godless prick who jumped for joy at the though of…
Chuck Todd of MSNBC just broke news that Mayor Manny Diaz is being vetted for the cabinet positions as head of Housing and Urban Development or the Department of Transportation. The role at HUD is the most likely appointment. Riptide first speculatedlast week on Diaz’s chances for the HUD position,…
If you’ve been keeping up with blogdom for the past couple of days, you’ve probably come across the site How Obama Got Elected. The premise is basically “people who voted for Obama are stupid and misinformed, and it’s the media’s fault.” The guy behind it commissioned a Zogby poll to…
All three of Miami’s Republican representatives staved off Democratic challengers in the election, but the brand of Republicanism they represent is losing influence in their own party. While last week’s Republican Governors Association conference didn’t come to a clear conclusion on which ideological shifts the GOP should make, the Republicans…
Lieberman gets to keep his chairmanship of the Homeland Security Committee and instead loses his position on a subcommittee of the Environment and Public Works Committee. Maybe Bill Nelson changed a few votes with his phone campaign. Lieberman seemed to think so and publicly thanked him. Now let’s hope Nelson…
You can tell information is factually accurate when the author prefaces his little article with a boast about how one time he called a Democratic congresswoman a “poverty pimp” to her face. Oh snap. He then blathers on, “If her constituents somehow became affluent — in spite of her best…
via Ybor City Stogie Yeah it’s all insider baseball type stuff that most voters don’t care about, but I am pretty sure Floridians didn’t elect Bill Nelson on a platform of Save our Liebermans. After the weird psychodrama that has been Joe Lieberman’s political life of the past few years…
Republicans across the nation may, for some reason, prefer Sarah Palin over Charlie Crist in an imaginary primary, but Crist can take solace in knowing he’s the most popular man in Florida. According to the latest numbers 68% of voters approve of Crist’s handling of his job. 50% said they’d…
Charlie Crist’s orange-y skin tone proves he’s not someone who’s afraid of the bright lights, but he completely got overshadowed at the Republican Governor’s Conference. A recent Ramussen poll, taken before the conference, showed Crist coming in dead last in a completely speculative competition for the 2012 nomination, with only…
Oh, Hell no New England Republicans. You do not come down to our town and try to ignore the Riptide! No one ignores the Riptide! You can try New England Republicans, but the writing is on the wall. Unless you heed our call for trickle-down truck nutz policy, abolishing the…
Oh, Hillary Clinton. She’s a bonafide superstar deserving of a continued media frenzy (unlike, say, another recent failed candidate) whose inspired a rabid political fanbase through out the country. Maybe it’s because she represented a certain brand of feminism and the real redefinition of marriage in this country – that…
Two main camps of thought are emerging at the Republican Governor’s Conference as to what the Party’s most pressing concern is. On one side you’ve got this “We’ve lost our way, and our credibility on fiscal conservative policy thanks to Bush and his $11.3 trillion dollars debt and his record…
When Hillary Clinton was the front runner in the race towards the White House, University of Miami’s campus was aflutter with rumors that President Donna Shalala might be headed back to Washington. Possibly to extend her lead as longest serving secretary of Health and Human Services. A couple of fantasy…
Celebs like to get away to Miami because the swarm of paparazzi is a little less thick here than it is in LA. That general rule has its exceptions, and Sarah Palin is one of them. Palin arrived in town today, and is expected to address the Republican Governer’s confab…
TBO.com has the details for the Wedding. Of. The. Century. In just 29 days Gov. Charlie Crist will walk down the isle to marry a real life woman, Carole Rome. And just as we thought Crist was too busy picking out floral arrangements to help out Ol’ John McCain’s campaign…
Manny-appointment Mania just keeps going. On Monday, we discussed Mayor Diaz’s chances at HUD. Yesterday, we weren’t too keen on the idea of Manny as Homeland Security Chief. Today, The Herald steps in and throws out the idea he might be a perfect fit to head a new department Obama…
I have a confession to make. I took this job only because I needed the money. The policies enacted by the Pelosi Congress and secret President Hillary Clinton (You thought it was Bill? Ha!) led to this horrible financial crisis (You know … women and money). I played the part…
The protests in California over the passage of Prop. 8 have gotten heated, and an ugly problem is the bit of racism that’s emerged after exit polls showed 70% of African-Americans voted in favor of its passage. This Saturday will see a nationwide protest against the passage of Prop. 8…
What is up with you, Washington Post blogs? You keep coming up in my internet reading, so you must be doing something right, but you always manage to rub me the wrong way. First, you had incorrect information about the Spanish version of the Obama infomercial and called Manny Diaz…
Yesterday we dreamed up all the future career steps Miami Mayor Manny Diaz could take next. The most interesting was as Obama’s Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Today, The Washington Post’s blog is the latest to put Diaz’s name out as a possible contender for that job, but also…
via Faith Mouse As of this morning it wasn’t 100% certain that everyone’s favorite failed VP candidate would be gracing the Republican Governor’s Association Conference with her presence. Now it’s official, Palin will make her first trip back to just about the lowest part of the Lower 48 since 46.1%…
