By Javier Manjarres Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul spoke at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in Charleston, South Carolina, to about 50-60 attendees. Noticeably absent at his speech were the usual throngs of supporters that tend to follow the congressman’s every move. The one constant about the Ron Paul campaign is his support base. But is [...]
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By Javier Manjarres Back on March 15th of last year, we laid out a possible Allen West for U.S. Senate candidacy scenario at the same time scores of his supporters were hoping that West would declare what in actuality was an improbable candidacy for President. Soon after our piece ran, West ruled out running for [...]
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By Javier Manjarres Former Speaker Newt Gingrich’s famous unapologetic, red-meat hurling persona was on full display today in South Carolina. While out on the stump, Gingrich, the walking political soundbite, took the liberty to take some pretty funny shots at both Mitt “The Massachusetts Moderate” Romney, and President Barack Hussein Obama-Alinsky during a campaign stop in [...]
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By Javier Manjarres Three GOP presidential hopefuls- Rick Santorum, Rick Perry, and Newt Gingrich addressed the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce’s ‘Business Speaks’ conference in hopes of wooing its business leaders’ support of their jobs and economic agendas. During his speech, Santorum stated that the North American Free Trade Agreement, aka “NAFTA” was a “good [...]
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By Javier Manjarres Day 1 of my South Carolina GOP primary trip ended with both a good laugh and an inadvertent encounter with a made for TV drug transaction- not funny. After the final campaign event in Columbia, South Carolina, I made a unplanned ‘detour’ through one of the most, umm, ‘diverse’ neighborhoods in the city, [...]
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By Javier Manjarres Naples, FL- The Chabad of Naples opened their new Jewish Community Center on Sunday to a crowd of about 500. The inaugural event included invited guests Governor Rick Scott, his wife Ann, Senator Garrett Richter(R), and Congressional candidates Karen Harrington and Trey Radel. Rabbi Fishel was the master of ceremonies and Governor [...]
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By Javier Manjarres With the Republican Presidential primary season coming to a critical juncture at South Carolina and Florida’s primaries, all signs are beginning to point towards a Mitt Romney nomination. Former Speaker Newt Gingrich has been enjoying a mini-surge of late after seeing his campaign nosedive as his campaign was bombarded with a heavy [...]
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By Javier Manjarres As tensions continue to escalate between the United States and Iran due to recent aggressive posturing in the Straits of Hormuz and its nuclear proliferation efforts, the chances that a military engagement will occur in the not too distant future are only increasing. With the possible exception of Ron Paul’s supporters, it [...]
Continue reading …RPOF’s Blaise Ingoglia Wins Re-Election, Challenged by Charlie Crist Republicans
January 14, 2012 2 Comments
By Javier Manjarres Republican Party of Florida Vice Chairman Blaise Ingoglia overwhelmingly won his re-election bid at the RPOF Quarterly meeting in Orlando. Ingoglia was running unopposed until late this week until Tea Party activist and Committeewoman Patricia Sullivan decided to challenge him. Ingoglia, who is also the Hernando County REC Chairman enjoys substantial statewide [...]
Continue reading …By Javier Manjarres Prior to the beginning of Congressman Allen West’s monthly townhall meeting in Fort Lauderdale FL, West presented to Vietnam veteran Edward Ayers all of the service medals that he had originally received while serving in Vietnam but then lost. The medals included three purple hearts as well as the Republic of Vietnam [...]
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