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By Jeannette Rivera-Lyles, Orlando Sentinel 5:58 p.m. EDT, June 14, 2011 When President Barack Obama entered a hangar at San Juan’s Muñiz Air Force Base on Tuesday, Oviedo resident Betsy Franceschini had a front-row seat for …

By George Bennett Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Updated: 9:59 p.m. Saturday, June 11, 2011 Posted: 8:42 p.m. Saturday, June 11, 2011   HOLLYWOOD — Amid the rah-rah partisanship of a statewide gathering of Democrats, party Chairman Rod Smith sounded a sobering note today. “Here’s the …

Written by Bill Cotterell HOLLYWOOD — Leaders of the Florida Democratic Party on Saturday heard a four-point turnaround plan for recovering from last year’s rout at the polls. The party will take a business-like approach to …

By Adam C. Smith, Times Political Editor In Print: Sunday, June 12, 2011 HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Close to rock bottom after the last election, the Florida Democratic Party is gearing up to transform itself. State party …

The Florida Democratic Party wrapped up a series of meetings Sunday connected to the party’s annual Jefferson-Jackson fundraising dinners. A party spokesman said about 1,200 people attended the get-together, which pulled in $700,000 for the state’s …

Florida Democrats call for Marco Rubio to give up his new gig That didn’t take long. Hours after news broke that Marco Rubio is back teaching part-time at FIU, the state’s Democratic party is calling for …

By Jeremy Wallace H-T Political Writer   Published: Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at 10:34 p.m.   U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Longboat Key, still has not shaken allegations …

A Times Editorial In Print: Thursday, June 2, 2011 Perhaps now House Speaker Dean Cannon and Senate President Mike Haridopolos will hear the message that 63 percent of voters delivered unequivocally in November: Florida has new …

Dems call on Vern Buchanan to resign from GOP campaign committee Posted by Mitch Perry on Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 4:51 PM Remember a few years ago, when there was all types of negative information …

U.S. Senate candidate and Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos was essentially booted off a conservative St. Augustine radio show when the Republican refused to tell host Ray Junior if he’d vote for or against U.S. Rep. …