Today’s Herald column: run, Allen, run
Allen West for U.S. Senate?
Allen West said he has “cracked the door open” on a U.S. Senate run. I say “go for it.” Read more
Florida follies: Rick Scott’s default fail, A.G. fires attorneys who went after bad banks, second coming of Crist?
Hey Rick Scott: I'll bet Lord Voldemort knows what "government shutdown" means...
Rick Scott, the deeply unpopular Florida governor, takes a “what, me worry?” approach to the debt ceiling crisis in Washington … Read more
Nelson sitting pretty on fundraising
Senator Bill Nelson of Florida
It wasn’t even close. Read more
Here comes Hasner: WaPo floats the ‘new Rubio’ meme
Adam Hasner: for killing Medicare and proud of it.
It’s no secret that the right wing blogosphere, and the tea party goonies, can’t stand would-be U.S. Senator Mike Haridopolos, who currently presides over the Florida Senate. Who do they love? Adam Hasner. And so he is the new El Unico … er, without the gratuitous pimping of the party credit card. Read more
Haridopolos’ vouchercare torment just won’t end
Having a bad week: Mike Haridopolos
Mike Haridopolos just can’t get the vouchercare monkey off his back. Read more
**UPDATE: The Hair out of place: Mike Haridopolos all over the place on Ryan’s voucher plan
Florida Senate President, and U.S. Senate candidate, Mike Haridopolos
U.S. Senate wannabe Mike Haridopolos already has the tea party on his back for not pushing through anti-illegal immigrant legislation during the just-completed session. Now he’s got new drama: in the form of vouchercare. Read more
Warning sign? Haridopolos gets no love at tea party event
Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos
Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos is hoping to have the tea party movement on his side as he runs for the U.S. Senate. But a failed immigration bill may be dragging him down. Read more
Dems get their man: Sanchez to run in Texas
Retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez (left) is expected to announce for the U.S. Senate from Texas today.
Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez, who led the war in Iraq in 2003 and 2004 and then became a key critic of the Bush administration’s war strategy after the Abu Ghraib scandal, is expected to announce he’ll run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison. Read more
The survivor: how Harry Reid (and Jon Ralston) beat the pundits
In an otherwise dismal night for Democrats, Harry Reid’s improbable win in Nevada offered a moment of good news (followed by a flood of grim resignation that he will still be the majority leader, rather than a less vulnerable, tougher figure like, say, Chuck Schumer…) How did he survive, and how did the pundits and pollsters, with the exception of one lone Las Vegas journalist, get it so wrong? Read more
The Age of Orange
Republicans are poised to go from a 77 seat minority in the U.S. House of Representatives to a 37-seat majority in what is looking like the slowest wave in recorded history. Behold, the Age of Orange. Read more
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