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Trump’s slash and burn approach is working. Heaven help us.
Donald Trump attends the South Florida Tea Party’s third annual tax day rally on, April 16, 2011 at Sanborn Square in Boca Raton.. (AP Photo/Palm Beach Post, Gary Coronado) Donald Trump’s approach to...
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Should the names of all donors to political campaigns be disclosed?
Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., shakes hands during a campaign event on July 11 in Henderson, Nev. A nonprofit supporting Rubio — Creative Solutions Project — has already...
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Should all 16 Republican presidential candidates be allowed to participate in...
Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump continues to lead in major polls despite comments such as those saying Arizona Sen. John McCain, a former Vietnam POW, was not a war hero. (Photo by Scott...
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Florida’s never-ending story on redistricting, cont’d: Senate admits...
Capitol building, Tallahassee Yep, we’re guilty, the Florida Senate says: our districts are unconstitutional. The Senate made the surprising concession in a court filing Tuesday that points to a...
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Wanted: Primaries that pull pols toward the center
Palm Beach County Supervisor of Election personnel, process absentee ballot casts for primary candidates August, 2014, in Riviera Beach. (Bill Ingram / Palm Beach Post) Who hates America’s political...
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Detzner fiddles as Florida’s voting system burns
Secretary of State Ken Detzner Florida, the state that’s way too familiar with election catastrophe, has new reason to worry about its elections system. With the 2016 presidential election cycle just...
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Legislators’ cries on redistricting ring hollow
Senate attorney Raoul Cantero addresses joint meeting of the Florida House and Senate redistricting committees on Tuesday (Palm Beach Post) The Republicans who run the Legislature are in a foul mood....
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Dysfunctional Legislature blows it (again) on redistricting
Florida representatives greet each other on the house floor prior to the start of the special session, August 10, , in Tallahassee. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon) Well, that was special. The Florida...
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Say no to Legislature’s request for more time on redistricting
The Florida Legislature, which has made a hash of redistricting at every turn, is now indicating that it wants more time to work out a compromise on drawing congressional districts. Senate President...
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Time for politicians to wear corporate logos?
We know which corporations are behind NASCAR drivers. Politicians? Not so much. (Photo by Jonathan Moore/Getty Images) In case you weren’t keeping score, on Aug. 27, Sen. Joe Negron, R-Stuart, boldly...
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Will Carly Fiorina bring women’s issues to the front in the GOP presidential...
Carly Fiorina, according to most observers won Wednesday night’s Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif (Monica Almeida/The New York Times) The...
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To avert another Florida elections mess, state needs to act soon
Susan Bucher The courts and legislators need to hurry up and finally get their act together. Florida’s elections clock is ticking down fast. According to state’s elections supervisors, congressional...
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Is reality TV influencing the Republican presidential race?
Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump holds a Bible as he speaks during the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition’s annual fall dinner in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie...
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Democratic Party finally schedules 6 presidential debates… but are debates...
Democratic National Committee Chair, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fort Lauderdale. (AP Photo/Joel Auerbach) Finally! The Democratic Party will have its first debate for 2016 presidential candidates...
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Incoming Florida House speaker touts ethics. But his actions?
Rep. Richard Coccoran, R-Land O’Lakes, speaks about the house budget concerning health care during a legislative session, Wednesday, April 1, 2015, in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon) It was...
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The struggle to restore ex-felons’ voting rights in Florida must go on
Pamela Goodman The uphill battle to restore voting rights to ex-felons seems even tougher now that the League of Women Voters of Florida has dropped out of a drive to get an amendment on the 2016...
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To debate or not to debate, is that still the question for Dems?
LAS VEGAS, Nev. — (L-R) Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) Hillary Clinton and Martin O’Malley walk on the stage at the end of a presidential debate sponsored by CNN and...
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Editorial: 2016 race starkly shows money’s clout
America is being reshaped by the young, by women, by people of color: blacks, Hispanics, Asians. But the bulk of the 2016 presidential campaign so far has been brought to us by a different America: a...
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Today’s Talk Back Question: Should Citizens United be overturned?
More money — from fewer people — has poured into the early stages of the 2016 presidential race than at any time since Watergate. “It’s just oligarchy,” says former President Jimmy Carter. But...
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Poll: Does it matter that Sen. Marco Rubio is a no-show for so many Senate...
Since the launch of his presidential campaign in April, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has skipped a whopping 59 votes, leaving Florida with only half of its elected representation in the upper chamber for...
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