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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), …

GOP’S CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING MAPS UNDER FIRE Dems battle GOP congressional district map lines in court [Palm Beach Post] “Marc Elias, attorney for seven Florida voters the state’s Democratic Party has gotten to serve as plaintiffs in …

Key Points: U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson has a double digit lead on every GOP contender including the frontrunner by 10 points; Nelson is polling strongly among Republicans and Independents; and PPP describes his opponents as “a …

Today, the Florida Democratic Party is hitting vulnerable, top-targeted Republican Congressman Steve Southerland’s district with this flyer. FDP asks if Southerland’s constituents have seen this Tea Partier Congressman who campaigned on changing the ways of Washington …