If you live in South Florida, you witnessed first-hand a nasty bit of weather today. After the morning rain subsided, I made my way up to Coral Springs to say hello to my ole buddy Senator George LeMieux, who was having lunch at a popular wings eatery. Senator LeMieux has just recently been appointed by … Read more
The long awaited appearance of Governor Charlie Crist at the Broward Republican Executive Committee finally came to pass last night. In front of a crowd of about 300 people (Yes, 300-including press, security and the BREC board) the Governor gave another one of his not-so-memorable speeches. Just another speech, just another day, in the life … Read more
The Republican Senate Primary race in Florida between Governor Charlie Crist and Speaker Marco Rubio will be one of the widely-watched primary contests leading up to the 2010 mid-term elections. In addition to the front-runners, there are also several lesser-known candidates that are campaigning for the Republican nomination as well. One of those is former … Read more
Not known to be a politician that shies away from tough questions, Florida House Majority Leader Adam Hasner sat down with me to give his insight on what’s going on in Tallahassee, as well as to give me his take on several current issues of import. Representative Hasner is a favorite amongst conservatives because of … Read more
One of the things we like to do here in the Tank is juxtapose left or “progresssive” thinking/perspectives vs. right or conservative thinking/perspectives from the blogosphere up close and personal and completely in context, so that you, dear reader, can make the determination whose logic, ideas, and conclusions closer approximates the truth. Over at one … Read more
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Paula Dockery, the charismatic state senator from Lakeland, Florida, has just announced that she will be entering the Gubernatorial race here in Florida. Dockery is raising a lot of eyebrows amongst grassroots activists around the state because of her no-nonsense approach to governance and firm stance against the some of the more dubious activities of … Read more
Well, the battle is joined in the quest for the title of “True Conservative” in Florida’s Republican Senate primary. Charlie Crist, stung by recent criticism concerning his opportunism, lack of conservatism, and man-hug of President Obama, has sent his supporters forth to cast Marco Rubio, Crist’s primary opponent, in the image and likeness of Crist … Read more
Today, I took a field trip to Tallahassee to meet up with several notable Florida politicians, but I had the good fortune of holding court with the most important Florida politico of them all, Governor Charlie Crist. Many thanks to the Governor for making the time with your humble correspondent and two other media outlets … Read more
Kingsley Guy’s recent analysis of and admonition to Republicans – “Rubio’s Dilemma- Moving too far right can be dangerous” is certainly worth a read. While Mr. Guy’s article makes some salient points about the divisions that exist within the Political Right, it misidentifies who those factions are, and also what “true conservatives” believe. Since the … Read more