Archive for December, 2011

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The Santorum Surge

December 30, 2011

By Javier Manjarres The latest polls coming out of Iowa have former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum firmly in third with 16% behind Mitt Romney’s 23% and everyone’s favorite angry congressman, Ron Paul who has 22%. Santorum’s surge is very telling in that it signals that evangelicals are actively engaged in Iowa, as their support for … Read more

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Is Allen West Republicans’ Best Hope to Beat Bill Nelson?

December 29, 2011

By Javier Manjarres The latest Republican U.S. Senate primary poll paints a very murky picture for Republicans in Florida.  The poll has Congressman Connie Mack leading the pack with 39%, and followed by George LeMieux with 6%, McCalister with 5%, Adam Hasner at 1%, but a staggering 49% of the people that were polled are undecided, raising serious doubts … Read more

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Rick Perry, Crazy Like a Fox

December 29, 2011

By Javier Manjarres Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry is presenting himself to Republican primary voters as the true “Washington outsider” in the race as he attempts to surge in the last few days remaining before the Iowa Caucus. Perry’s campaign just released a new campaign video named ‘Fox‘ in which he calls out Newt Gingrich, Michele … Read more

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Are Republicans Headed for a General Election Trainwreck?

December 28, 2011

By Javier Manjarres As 2011 comes to a close and the primary voting season begins, there are a couple of ‘hard to ignore’ sentiments that are being expressed by a growing number of Republicans.  The first is that all of the candidates in the current field of Republican candidates are deficient in one or more … Read more

Florida CFO Jeff Atwater and the Year Ahead

December 28, 2011

By  Jeff Atwater, Florida Chief Financial Officer Since I took office almost a year ago, a few core missions and values drive my decisions as your Chief Financial Officer. You deserve a government that protects your hard-earned dollars and that is why my key initiatives continue to focus on transparency and accountability, finance and economy, and fraud and … Read more

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The Hispanic Allen West?

December 27, 2011

By Javier Manjarres The conservative movement is fortunate to count amongst its ranks several principled individuals who can effectively and unapologetically articulate conservatism and take the fight to liberal progressives- Congressman Allen West comes immediately to mind. And for conservatives who are looking for reinforcements who will get Congressman West’s back in Congress, it looks … Read more

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Ron Paul’s Bigoted Remark- “Hate Whitey Day”

December 25, 2011

By Javier Manjarres It’s been well chronicled here at the Shark Tank that we are no fans of Congressman Ron Paul’s views on foreign policy-to all but his die hard fans, such an outlook on today’s geopolitical scene is naive and dangerous.  However, we have defended his aggressiveness as it pertains to domestic spending, as … Read more

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The Shark Tank’s Top 10 Videos of 2011

December 25, 2011

By Javier Manjarres As 2011 comes to a close, we here at the Shark Tank wanted to take a look back at the video footage we’ve recorded over the past year in order to identify the best video clips captured via the infamous ‘Shark Cam.’  The Shark Tank has posted well over a hundred videos … Read more

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The Grinch Who Stole Redistricting

December 22, 2011

By Javier Manjarres The Broward Republican Executive Committee (BREC) continues to be the gift that keeps on giving- to the Democratic Party. The BREC has recently put out a ‘Call to Action’ to rally support for Congressman Allen West, as West’s congressional seat could be in jeopardy if the boundaries from the newly proposed redistricting … Read more

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Allen West, The Liberal Media’s Boogeyman

December 22, 2011

By Javier Manjarres  As the liberal media continues to swim laps in their cesspool of hate and bigotry, it can be said that we can always rely on the liberal media to bring us much needed humor with their  rantings against conservative candidates and public figures like Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Rush Limbaugh and Allen … Read more