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DRIP, DRIP, DRIP Fla. Republican: We wanted to suppress black votes [Salon] “Florida’s disgraced former GOP chairman says the party had meetings about ‘keeping blacks from voting’” Fla. Republican Chairman Embroiled In Criminal Charges [CBS Miami] “Even as embattled …

RICK SCOTT DAMAGING THE REPUBLICAN BRAND The GOP’s Rick Scott Problem [Bloomberg] “All this has helped make him the country’s least popular Republican governor, with a 31 percent approval rating, according to Public Policy Polling. ‘Obama’s more …

Early next week, embattled used car-salesman Vern Buchanan will have to testify under oath in Orlando in the ongoing investigations into his attempts to bribe a witness and force his employees to illegally launder campaign contributions through …

“RIGHT WING CRAZIES” Jim Greer denounces Florida Republican Party officials as liars, ‘right-wing crazies’ in deposition [Tampa Bay Times] “In a wide-ranging deposition that spanned two days in late May, former Florida Republican Party chairman Jim Greer …

Key Point: “One problem with having Ramos and Smith, both registered Republicans, as speakers on this topic: they both said they didn’t see the entire Obama speech that they find so personally insulting… But the other, …

OFA UP WITH NEW AD: “ALWAYS”    WRITING WHINY OPEN LETTERS INSTEAD OF SHOWING UP FOR WORK, Connie Mack competing with Charlie Rangel for most missed votes [Tampa Bay Times] “Over the first half of the year …

MUST READ: Bain Capital Created ‘Demoralizing’ Culture of Layoffs At Florida Plant [Huffington Post] “So many Dade workers lost their jobs — 1,700 in the United States, 850 in Miami alone — that the Bain-Dade dealings have become a …

Someone get the Florida GOP some Advil, because Rick Scott is turning into a big headache for his party. Florida Republicans have tried to pretend Scott is “invisible,” but he’s making it tough — trumpeting Florida’s …

BIDEN TO FLORIDA  Joe Biden to address S. Florida law enforcement gathering today [Sun Sentinel] “Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to address a law enforcement gathering in Palm Beach County today”   THE TOXIC BRAND Gov. Rick Scott …

FL DEMS OUT-REGISTER GOP FOR 5 STRAIGHT MONTHS [FLDems] ” As the President travels to Florida, the Florida Democratic Party today released state June voter registration data showing that, for the fifth consecutive month, Democrats out-registered Republicans …