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NOT SO FAST Why Marco Rubio won’t be Mitt Romney’s running mate [LA Times column] “Rubio comes with downsides. He’s unproven on the national stage; the last time a GOP presidential candidate opted for a fresh …

U.S. Rep. Connie Mack, running in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate, held an event at a Miami gas station to urge the public to sign his petition calling for the Keystone XL Pipeline. “I have …

ANOTHER SARAH PALIN? Marco Rubio Is This Election’s Sarah Palin [Slate] “Picking a vice president is the only presidential-level decision Romney will get to make before Americans vote in November. Romney has argued that his business …

ON RYAN BUDGET, FIRST CONNIE MACK IV FLIPS: Fla. Rep. Connie Mack calls Paul Ryan’s budget ‘a joke’ [Miami Herald] “Republican Congressman and Senate candidate Connie Mack called the budget plan, drafted by fellow Rep. Paul …

Florida Governor Rick Scott signed the 2012 state budget at a Jacksonville elementary school, presumably to emphasize the budget’s inclusion of an additional $1 billion for education. That would be impressive, if not for the fact …

Tallahassee, FL —One of the investigations into GOP Congressman David Rivera might be over, but the ugly details of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s report are starting to surface. Now public, the investigation — as detailed …

ATWATER OUT — GOP NERVOUSNESS, 2012 STARTING TO LOOK LIKE 2006 Looking beyond Connie Mack and U.S. Senate race [Miami Herald] “Jeff Atwater’s just-ended flirtation with a U.S. Senate bid speaks volumes about the nervousness of Florida …

Tallahassee, FL – Florida Democratic Party spokeswoman Brannon Jordan today issued the following statement condemning Gov. Rick Scott for signing a bill to create a Polytechnic University in Lakeland, a pet project of Sen. JD Alexander. …

Southerland a top target of state and national Dems, said he’d change Washington but all he’s done is gone Washington  TALLAHASSEE, FL — Tea Partier turned insider Congressman Steve Southerland ran on “reforming” Washington — but …

WHAT TO READ ON CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING: Drawing the lines — again [Miami Herald editorial] “As it is, the Senate’s second attempt to do right by voters still managed to protect virtually all incumbents (of both parties), …