At TheGrio.com: Can the Congressional Black Caucus clean house?

September 3, 2010 · Posted in Opinion, Politics · Comment 

Maxine Waters, Charlie Rangel

The Black Caucus is part of the old school of black politics, and that isn’t going to change anytime soon. My piece at TheGrio.com this week. BTW, I spoke to the great Joe Madison, the “Black Eagle,” for this one. Major shout outs to him. Read on.

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(Video) Talking ‘gridlock’ with Kudlow and Taylor Griffin

September 3, 2010 · Posted in CNBC, Elections, Joy Reid, People, Politics, The Media · Comment 

My Thursday with CNBC’s Reagan revolutionary, talking future gridlock if the Republicans gain seats in Congress. Scary thought: Republicans think they can compel Democrats to reinstitute George W. Bush “voodoo economics.” Will Senate Dems cave?


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Congratulations Beth! Herald’s Reinhard headed to National Journal

September 3, 2010 · Posted in The Media · Comment 

Couldn’t happen to a nicer lady, or a better reporter:

The National Journal Group, in the middle of a big expansion of its blogs, weekly magazine and other media ventures, lately has been on a hiring spree, hauling in reporters from newspapers and bureaus all over Washington, D.C. Today, the Journal announced it’s dipped into the Florida reporting corps, announcing it’s hired veteran Miami Herald political writer Beth Reinhard as its chief political correspondent. Read more

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Charlie Crist’s Democratic campaign

Charlie Crist’s march to the center-left continues. His campaign has apparently kicked into gear, complete with a friendly 527 raking in big dollars from an eclectic donor group, and Crist’s second high profile endorsement by an African-American lawmaker. Coming on the heels of the endorsement last week by St. Pete-area state Rep. Darryl Rouson, Crist can now count an even bigger catch: Senate Minority Leader Al Lawson.

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(Video) Rick Scott and his Ezola Foster … Jennifer Carroll

September 3, 2010 · Posted in Florida, News and Current Affairs, Political News · Comment 

The new pitchfork brigade meets the press, and stick to the talking points. Courtesy of The Buzz. Listen to Scott’s answers on immigration and particularly education, and see if you can hear the still, small voice of Jeb Bush, who is clearly injecting his ideological juju into Scott (and note the absence of the “Obamacrats” trash talk Scott is treating his mailing list to):

With that accent, Ms. Carroll is going to have a tough time getting pulled over in Rick Scott’s Florida.

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The flawed logic in the Times’ Jennifer Carroll launch

September 2, 2010 · Posted in Elections, Florida, Jennifer Carroll, Opinion, People, Politics, Rick Scott · 1 Comment 

Rick Scott and his LG pick: State Rep. Jennifer Carroll.

Immigrant … check … Tallahassee experience … check … military background … check … and hey guys, she’s BLACK! That might as well have been the slogan behind today’s launch of the Rick Scott/Jennifer Carroll ticket.

An insider to the former McCollum campaign tells me several people close to poor old Bill had been pushing Carroll with him and that he was considering it. Black Republicans were also trying to market her to Charlie Crist when Crist had the chance to fill Mel Martinez’s Senate seat. For Black GOPers, Carroll is the dream — a woman … like SARAH PALIN, even! … with an immigrant story that they hope will soften her conservative edges and woo more blacks to the Republican cause. But there’s so much wrong with that set-up, it’s hard to know where to begin. So first, let’s start with the Steve Bousquet story on the launch, in the SPTimes. It’s got some doozies in it. Read more

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It just never stops: Rick Scott’s ‘shady hospital transaction’

No, not the one involving record Medicare and TRICARE fraud … another one. Jesus, take the wheel … Read more

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Chiles endorses Sink

From the in-box:

Tampa, FL – Florida CFO and Democratic gubernatorial nominee Alex Sink was endorsed by Lawton “Bud” Chiles III today, after Chiles ended his own gubernatorial bid.  Chiles cited Alex Sink’s commitment to cleaning up Tallahassee and their shared priorities on issues such as education and new energy as reasons for his support. Read more

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Crist internal poll says governor still leads Rubio, Meek

September 2, 2010 · Posted in Charlie Crist, News and Current Affairs, People, Political News · 1 Comment 

Steve Schale’s eulogy for the Crist for Senate campaign, which he elaborated on in this post yesterday, bringing in the additional factor of where the black vote will go in November (at least 75% to Meek, accounting for up to 14% of the vote) has gotten lots of ink (even netting a lengthy response from the Weekly Standard.) Steve’s basic premise is that the share of the Democratic and Republican base votes that Crist needs in order to pull of a win in the Florida 3-way is too steep a climb, even for the best political chameleon in the business.

Schale’s premise will soon meet resistance from Camp Crist. The Reid Report and St. Petersblog have learned that the Crist campaign an internal poll in hand that shows Kendrick Meek getting no bounce out of his primary win, and Crist leading Marco Rubio by 1 point. Read more

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Scott picks Carroll: disses ‘liberal Obamacrats’

Forwarded to The Report by a former member of Bill McCollum’s African-American leadership team. Ah, unity …

Full text of the Scott campaign email after the jump. Watch how quickly the tone switches from gauzy, aw shucks Americana to tea party basic … Read more

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