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RUBIO VEEPSTAKES IMPLOSION Case against Marco Rubio for VP grows by $8,000 [Miami Herald] “Sen. Marco Rubio just gave Republican Mitt Romney 8,000 reasons to not pick him as a vice presidential running mate. Rubio’s 2010 Senate campaign …

Following Senator Marco Rubio and the Republicans’ NO vote on the Violence Against Women Act, Florida Democrats are speaking out against the GOP’s War on Women. Here’s what they’re saying:  Statement from Brannon Jordan, spokeswoman for …

Tallahassee, FL — Florida Republicans at both the state and federal level have marked National Sexual Assault Awareness month with an unprecedented level of attacks against women’s sexual safety, a new low in the GOP’s continued …

TALLAHASSEE, FL — Following Senator Marco Rubio’s no vote today on the re-authorization of the Violence Against Women Act, the Florida Democratic Party today issued the following statement:  STATEMENT FROM FDP SPOKESWOMAN BRANNON JORDAN:  “In a …

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 …