Allen West Questions Florida Legislators’ Motives
By Javier Manjarres Unfortunately, some of my friends have jumped the shark in their efforts to protect Representative Will Weatherford, who is also the Redistricting Chairman in the Florida Legislature, and happens to have been singled out as the sole villain regarding the ‘Screw Allen West’ campaign. Fellow Florida blogger Sarah Rumpf unfortunately jumped blindly [...]
By Javier Manjarres The so-called “Most Conservative Legislature” in Florida’s history is having a bit of an identity crisis of late as Republican legislators are somewhat split on whether to back SB 2038, a bill that privatizes the 28 correction facilities in South Florida. Senator President Mike Haridopolos recently stripped State Senator Mike Fasano of [...]
Continue reading …Mitt Romney’s decisive victory in Florida by 14 percentage points (46%-32%) over Newt Gingrich is not only a huge momentum booster for his campaign, it also reestablishes the “inevitability” narrative that Mitt had lost coming out of his South Carolina defeat. After looking at the exit polling data, it’s pretty clear that the issue of [...]
Continue reading …South Florida Congressional Delegation Calls Attention to Cuba’s Offshore Drilling
January 31, 2012 13 Comments
By Javier Manjarres South Florida’s Congressional delegation-minus Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Ted Deutch- attended a congressional sub-committee hearing that addressed the oil drilling that is about to commence off of Florida’s coast with the approval of the Cuban government. The Spanish Oil exploration company Respol, using a Chinese oil drilling platform has been tapped by [...]
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By Javier Manjarres The firestorm that has erupted over our article on Florida redistricting (Will Weatherford Confirms Redistricting Will Leave Allen West’ Congressional Seat Vulnerable) has generated more than a little misguided speculation by significant number of our friends in the conservative blogosphere, including ‘El Rushbo’ himself, Rush Limbaugh. Aside from the fact that we [...]
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By Javier Manjarres Florida’s uber-popular Attorney General Pam Bondi, introduced Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney at his Pompano Beach rally on Sunday. Bondi believes that Romney’s executive and business experience will lead the country out of the economic crisis that it currently finds itself in, and she gushed over the prospect of a potential Romney/Rubio [...]
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By Javier Manjarres Former Republican Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann made her very first televised appearance since exiting from the Republican Presidential primary race after the Iowa Caucuses. Bachmann appeared on ‘Face the Nation’ and was part of a congressional panel that was made up of fellow Republican Congressmen Allen West, and Mario Diaz-Balart. After doing [...]
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By Javier Manjarres The pro-amnesty for illegal immigrants movement was out in full force in Miami as it used several public Republican primary events to stage their protests. Senator Marco Rubio was heckled last Friday, and now it was Governor Mitt Romney’s turn have his stump speech interrupted. The group of younger activists that heckled [...]
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By Javier Manjarres Herman Cain made a surprise visit to Florida for the purpose of endorsing Republican Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, who was the keynote speaker at the Palm Beach GOP’s annual Lincoln Day Dinner, held in West Palm Beach. Cain’s enthusiastic endorsement of Gingrich drew a standing ovation from the crowd that included Palm [...]
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The FL Senate Race and The Lesser of Two Moderates
February 2, 2012 18 CommentsBy Javier Manjarres With the recent news that Adam Hasner has dropped out of the Republican U.S. Senate primary race in Florida, the field of candidates narrows, leaving two men standing. The focus will be primarily on Congressman Connie Mack as the frontrunner and presumptive nominee. Former Senator George LeMieux has been running a distant [...]
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