Crist garners more DC endorsements…

May 20, 2009 | 6 Comments

United States Senators John Cornyn, Mitch McConnell, Lamar Alexander, Mel Martinez, and now John McCain… all lining up behind Governor Charlie Crist.
Rubio has… um… well… let’s see. I know there is a big grassroots push behind former Florida House of Representatives Speaker Marco Rubio. But, my fellow Republicans, ask yourself when the last [...]

May

20

Crist leading Rubio in Mason-Dixon poll

May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment

The Buzz has a report on a recent Mason-Dixon poll:

Crist leads Rubio 53% to 18% — this is a minor change since an April Quinnipiac poll showing Crist with a 54% to 8% lead. Rubio’s numbers have gone up as he’s toured the state, but Crist’s have not changed.
Among Republicans, Crist has a huge [...]

May

20

GOP “Outrage” is almost farcical

May 20, 2009 | 4 Comments

At last night’s Hillsborough County Republican Executive Committee, Chairwoman Deborah Cox-Roush gave her report on the recent resolution adopted by the leadership of the REC to express their displeasure at Republican party leaders getting involved in primary races. While I am paraphrasing her speech, she said the GOP should wait and let the voters [...]

May

11

Tampa Mayor Iorio Issues Statement on her immediate political future

May 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Received this via email:

A Statement from Mayor Iorio May 11, 2009
There has been a lot of political interest generated since Florida’s Senator Mel Martinez made his announcement about stepping down in 2010. I have gotten my share of phone calls and letters from people wanting to know what political plans I had for the [...]

May

5

Marco Rubio’s Secret Recipe

May 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment

What a relief! Former Florida House Speaker, Marco Rubio, is in the run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Mel Martinez. He indicated his desire for the post on Univision-Miami, however the official announcement is to be aired on Cinco de Mayo on his website www.MarcoRubio.com at 10:00am.
Why not a press conference? Who [...]

Mar

10

Doh! Hagan’s Hillsborough Commission seat will be elected after all

March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Okay. I goofed. Y’all read it. I proclaimed Hillsborough County Commissioner Ken Hagan’s to-be-vacated seat would be appointed. Allow me to clean the egg off my face.
You see, I was going on the literal reading of the Florida Constitution … but I knew the entire case hinged on the definition of “vacancy.” [...]

Mar

3

Marco Rubio will run for Senate

March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Beth Reinhard of the Miami Herald is reporting that former Republican House speaker Marco Rubio will run for the United States Senate seat:
Okay, so it’s not unexpected that former House Speaker Marco Rubio is actively running for the U.S. Senate. Except that he never made a formal announcement.
But apparently he told Alan Mendelsohn, a [...]

Mar

2

Ken Hagan’s seat will be filled by appointment in 2010

March 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment

A few weeks ago, the news broke that Hillsborough County Commissioner Ken Hagan, currently in District 2, has filed to run for outgoing Commissioner Jim Norman’s District 5 seat. I posted about this a few weeks ago. Wayne Garcia posted last week that State Senator Victor Crist has filed to run for Hagan’s [...]

Feb

5

Hagan running for Norman’s seat; Governor may have to fill vacancy

February 5, 2009 | 1 Comment

With a hat-tip to Mariella Smith, who posted a note on Facebook, it seems County Commissioner Ken Hagan has decided after all to run for outgoing County Commissioner Jim Norman’s seat. This could trigger Governor Crist to appoint a replacement to fill the remainder of his term.
The issue is, Hagan’s was just re-elected to [...]

Feb

2

Ken Welch has decided to remain on the county commission

February 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment

It came in the form of a Facebook status update: Ken Welch is remaining on the County Commission, and looking forward to the challenges ahead…
This comes the same day that State Representative Rick Kriseman decided not to run for mayor. When Kriseman bowed out, conventional wisdom was that Welch was getting in. Guess [...]

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