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How Meek Can Beat Greene

by: Tally

Fri Jun 25, 2010 at 13:15:18 PM EDT

After watching all 90 minutes of the debate between Kendrick Meek and Jeff Greene I kind of felt like the St. Pete Times editorial that called them "two seriously flawed candidates."

But then I read the Washington Post piece on Jeff Greene and things started to fall into place again.

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Ron Howard on Jeff Greene

by: Tally

Fri Jun 25, 2010 at 11:57:37 AM EDT

Forget the "Financial Weapons of Mass Destruction" stuff Kendrick. The Washington Post spills the beans on what's REALLY wrong about Jeff Greene.

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Gov. Crist, FDF, Sink, and Saint Bud

by: Tally

Fri Jun 25, 2010 at 11:07:49 AM EDT

Gary Fineout has a nice article on how Gov. Crist is continuing to get behind the Fair Districts Florida amendments.

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Saving the Gulf

by: Tally

Wed Jun 23, 2010 at 13:19:36 PM EDT

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Doing His Part to Save the Gulf

by: Tally

Sat Jun 12, 2010 at 14:06:25 PM EDT

Tallahassee Democrat article on this.

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Whoa!

by: Tally

Sat Jun 12, 2010 at 10:53:36 AM EDT

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Saint Bud

by: Tally

Sat Jun 12, 2010 at 10:27:52 AM EDT

Here's the take-away from a nice article about Bud Chiles from the St. Pete Times:

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Tea Party For Two

by: Tally

Fri Jun 11, 2010 at 18:00:49 PM EDT

In retrospect, we all should have expected the meteoric rise of Rick Scott.

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Lessons From Arkansas

by: Tally

Thu Jun 10, 2010 at 19:03:50 PM EDT

This is from a Politico article where a number of consultants discuss Tuesday's results.

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Talking Straight On TV

by: Tally

Thu Jun 10, 2010 at 13:00:53 PM EDT

I recently heard a radio show where poltiical consultant Steve Schale commented on the effectiveness of Blanche Lincoln's final tv ads and how she was able to "close the deal" with them.

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Chasing Charlie

by: Tally

Wed Jun 09, 2010 at 12:20:42 PM EDT

Post on Politics had a recent piece titled Meek, Rubio Ready to Pounce If Pro-Life Crist Vetoes Ultrasound Bill.

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Great Quote

by: Tally

Wed Jun 09, 2010 at 11:42:38 AM EDT

From Lance DeHaven-Smith:

If it's not cleaned up, it'll be washing up on the shores as people go to the polls.

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Comment to Bud

by: Tally

Tue Jun 08, 2010 at 11:25:32 AM EDT

Here's a link to Bud Chiles' website where you can leave a comment.

Here's the one I left:

The effect of your campaign will be to elect Bill McCollum, just like Ralph Nader's self-righteous effort in 2000 cost Al Gore the presidency.

With the likes of Dean Cannon and Mike Haridopolos running the legislature we can't afford to have a rubber stamp Republican governor. You need to withdraw and support Alex Sink.

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Academia and the Oil Spill

by: Tally

Tue Jun 08, 2010 at 10:48:38 AM EDT

Our own local FSU Oceanographer Ian McDonald has been in the media the past few weeks with his comments on estimating the flow from the spill.

Here's another professor who is using his expertise to address the problem:

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Bad Bud

by: Tally

Thu Jun 03, 2010 at 14:54:32 PM EDT

So why is Bud Chiles channeling Ralph Nader?

His decision to run for governor as an independent can only have one outcome -- electing Bill McCollum.

I always thought Alex Sink could win, but I felt it would be a very close race. So, with whatever votes Bud pulls away from her, it's over.

The self-righteous prig has condemned us all to another decade of Republican domination in the state.

With a legislature led by Haridopolos and Cannon and McCollum to rubber stamp everything, we can kiss the state goodbye.

Thanks for nothing, Bud.

It's unbelievable to me that even with the complete collapse of the RPOF, the Dems will probably end up losing every statewide race.

That's sad!

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Having Fun With Rick

by: Tally

Tue Jun 01, 2010 at 21:39:06 PM EDT

The guy's just too much fun to beat up on. Who can resist?

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"Mistakes Were Made"

by: Tally

Tue Jun 01, 2010 at 15:05:52 PM EDT

After going thru a bunch of different sources trying to find out what really happened with Rick Scott and Columbia/HCA I have to go with the PolitiFact article as the best summary of the issue.

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Who Is Rick Scott?

by: Tally

Mon May 31, 2010 at 15:49:53 PM EDT

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Forget NASCAR

by: Tally

Sat May 22, 2010 at 14:08:21 PM EDT

(As his difficulty in obtaining a clear union endorsement shows, Rep. Meek needs to get back to BASE-ics. - promoted by Tally)

Recently Scott Maxwell made fun of Marco Rubio's campaign for still putting out press releases touting support from people like Liz Cheney.

But I don't think all of us have really come to terms with what it means to have a true three-way race for US Senate.

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Double Down

by: Tally

Fri May 21, 2010 at 13:22:07 PM EDT

Can Rep. Kendrick Meek fight off the Jeff Greene cash-fueled juggernaut? And even if he does, what are his chances in a three way race with Marco Rubio and Charlie Crist?

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