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Robaina-Gimenez Run-Off Election Approaches

Robaina-Gimenez Run-Off Election Approaches

by Javier Manjarres With the Miami-Dade County special election behind us, the forthcoming run-off elections on June 28th are expected to be even more contentious and controversial.  Both Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina and County Commissioner Carlos Gimenez failed to secure the needed majority vote to win the mayoral special election, we we can now expect [...]

by Javier Manjarres Miami Beach Mayoral candidate Steve Burke’s unorthodox campaign is continuing to gain traction from clever and well targeted press conferences, over the top events with scantily clad models, and now a  video parody of Singer Bruno Mars’ song, ‘Grenade’.  Until now, Comedian Berke’s run for office has not been taken seriously partly because [...]

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by Javier Manjarres Does the Republican Party of Florida’s loyalty oath apply to all Republican committeemen throughout the state? With Republican registration in Broward County having dropped off substantially, the local GOP is now the “third party” in the county behind the Democrat Party and ‘other’. While many of the Republican faithful wonder why their [...]

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St. Pete Times’ Ginned Up Marco Rubio Illegal Immigration Controversy

by Javier Manjarres Alex Leary’s latest piece in  the St. Petersburg Times’ on Senator Marco Rubio (“Tea Party wants to U.S Senator Marco Rubio to step into contentious immigration debate”) can best be described as yet another establishment media attempt to cause friction and/or division between the Tea Party and its preferred candidates before a real [...]

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Who Will Attack Sarah Palin First? POLL

by Javier Manjarres If and when former Governor Sarah Palin jumps into the 2012 Presidential race, she will be attacked by the left almost immediately. The real question is, of the Republicans candidates already announced, or those on the verge of announcing, who will be the first  to take a swipe at Presidential candidate Palin? [...]

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by Javier Manjarres One can agree or disagree with just how funny and talented George Lopez is as a comedian- it’s true that he is one of America’s most popular comedians with a large following.  But Lopez’s schtick becomes old really fast when he perseverates race and ethnic relations, and he’s often guilty of the [...]

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Both the House and Senate approved a four-year extension of expiring provisions of the Patriot Act yesterday evening,  250-153 in the House, and 72-23 in the Senate.  Congressman Allen West was one of the House’s “NO” votes.  Recall that West earlier this year voted “YES” to extending the Patriot Act provisions. Here’s the press release from [...]

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Which Candidate Will Break Out from the Senate Field?

by Javier Manjarres Florida’s Republican U.S. Senate Primary, much like the 2012 Republican Presidential race has no clear front runner at his juncture. The GOP candidates in the race- Adam Hasner, Mike Haridopolos, Mike McCallister and George LeMieux are facing a much different campaign dynamic than did now Senator Marco Rubio, While Rubio was a [...]

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Allen West for President in 2012? – POLL

by Javier Manjarres With no clear-cut front runner emerging from the current field of GOP Presidential candidates, many GOP voters are expressing the sentiment that none of the announced Republican candidates for President have that much coveted “wow factor” or buzz surrounding their candidacy.  With ‘Tea Party’ favorite Congresswoman Michele Bachmann possibly days away from [...]

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Trump Preparing To Launch Presidential Bid as an Independent?

by Javier Manjarres A source close to businessman Donald Trump has divulged to the Shark Tank that Trump is “seriously considering” running for President as an Independent because he believes the current Republican field of Presidential candidates is “weak”.   The source also disclosed that Trump was overwhelmed with e-mails, letters, and phone calls from [...]

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