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FLORIDA VOTERS REJECT ROMNEY-RYAN PLAN TO END MEDICARE AS WE KNOW IT Voters in Florida reject Ryan Medicare plan [Sun Sentinel] “most voters rejected Ryan’s plan to turn Medicare into a voucher-type system for people now 54 …

Politico reports today that, prior to their drunken swim in the Sea of Galilee, Republican Congressmen including Florida’s own Steve Southerland “racked up a tab of $340 to $500 on booze, ranging from vodka to wine.” This …

If Congressman Webster ever holds another Town Hall, he’ll have some explaining to do about his long and extremist anti-women record Tallahassee, FL — Congressman Dan Webster hasn’t been accountable to the people of his district …

NEW VIDEO: THE ROMNEY-RYAN AKIN PLATFORM ON WOMEN  DNC fills convention speakers’ list with women  [Orlando Sentinel] “On the eve of the Republican National Convention in Tampa the Democrats are signalling one of their campaign themes by naming …

Dear Friend, My name is Mae Yates, and in March I celebrated my 90th birthday. I remember a time before Social Security and Medicare. As a child growing up in the Great Depression, I know first-hand …

Tallahassee, FL — Following yesterday’s vote by Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan’s Republican Party Platform Committee to include restrictive and extreme language outlawing abortion, even in cases of incest or rape, the Florida Democratic Party issued …

IF YOU ONLY READ ONE THING Medicaid cuts [Tampa Bay Times guest column] “My son was born with a neuromuscular disease and needs a ventilator to breathe. Even though he is vent-dependent, he can use a Medicaid waiver …

Hasner Marries Himself to Ryan’s Proposal which Would Raise Healthcare Costs on Seniors and Women  TALLAHASSEE, FL — Yesterday Adam Hasner double downed on his commitment to Paul Ryan’s Budget Plan, which would turn Medicare into …

“RYAN THE PANDERING PERSUADER” Ryan the pandering persuader [Tampa Bay Times column] “Sending Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan into the Villages to defend his proposal to transform Medicare into a bingo game had all the faux moxie of …

ROMNEY AND RYAN FLOUNDERING IN FLORIDA ON MEDICARE  Behind the Mitt Romney paradox [Tampa Bay Times] “The question for voters: Who is the authentic Willard Mitt Romney? Out of apparent fear over perceptions of his religion and …