Latest News Archive

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 …

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 …