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Phil AmmannJuly 31, 2015

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson pledged to use “every possible procedural move” to prevent legislation opening areas off the Florida Gulf Coast to offshore drilling. In a letter to Senate leadership on Thursday, the Florida Democrat voiced his opposition to a vote by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, which narrowly approved a GOP-backed offshore […]

Associated PressJuly 8, 2015

Marco Rubio is campaigning for president on the promise of a better future and on his powerful personal story about the American Dream. As he treks across Iowa this week, however, he often leaves unmentioned a record of accomplishment that is thin next to that of some rivals, thanks to his youth if nothing else. […]

Phil AmmannMay 4, 2015

Establishment Democrats endorsing Patrick Murphy in his Senate bid – including Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid – will surely backfire in 2016, predicts the National Republican Senatorial Committee. Murphy, who is seeking Marco Rubio’s seat as Rubio runs for president, received a significant establishment endorsement Monday from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Both Reid and DSCC […]

Phil AmmannApril 16, 2015

Outspoken U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson will “probably yes” run for U.S. Senate in 2016, leading to an ideological primary battle against the announced candidate Patrick Murphy, a more centrist Democrat. Grayson, an Orlando Democrat popular in liberal circles, made the comment during an online Democracy Now! video. Asked whether he’s planning to run for the […]

Bob SparksNovember 23, 2014

After every election, three things are certain. First, the winning party claims a mandate followed by the losing party lamenting the failure of their voters to turn out. The final story of the post-election trilogy features the losing side commissioning a self-analysis to find out what went wrong. Following their wipeout at the hands of […]

Martin DyckmanNovember 10, 2014

Sarcasm alert! The election campaign was not altogether a disaster. It revealed that I have more friends than I could have imagined. Michelle. Barack. Joe (as in Biden.) Wendy (as in Davis.) Robert (as in Redford.) Al (as in Franken.) Harry (as in Reid.) Even Scarlett. As in Johansson. And dozens more — mostly from […]

Martin DyckmanJuly 17, 2014

Dick Cheney slithered out from under a rock the other day to boast of the Iraq war he did so much to cause. “I believed in it then. I look back on it now — It was absolutely the right thing to do,” he said in an appearance at Washington. He said this despite the […]

Bob SparksMay 26, 2014

Two weeks ago, Sen. Marco Rubio appeared on ABC’s “This Week.” He said a number of things, but this is what perked up the ears of America’s newshounds: “I do not believe that human activity is causing these dramatic changes to our climate the way these scientists are portraying it.” The reaction was swift. Among […]

Guest AuthorNovember 20, 2013

Obamacare is an unmitigated disaster. It has been from the beginning. Any time that Congress passes something along strictly partisan lines, it probably is not a good thing. To rush the vote so that a then-newly minted GOP senator, Scott Brown, couldn’t vote was just the last straw in the first act of this dark […]

Bob SparksOctober 6, 2013

A Boca Raton orthodontist is asking a court to clarify whether the president can decide to enforce part of Obamacare but not other provisions of it. Dr. Larry Kawa is seeking an injunction in federal court against Obamacare on the grounds the Obama administration exceeded its constitutional authority with the law’s implementation. Specifically, Kawa contends […]

Tag: Harry Reid

Bill Nelson vows to block Senate bill allowing oil drilling off Florida Gulf Coast

Marco Rubio inspires, yet experience question lingers

Republicans say DSCC endorsement of Patrick Murphy will “backfire”

Alan Grayson will “probably yes” run for U.S. Senate

Bob Sparks: Elections show that National Democratic leadership needed to change

Martin Dyckman: The upside of campaign season: Scarlett Johansson is now my friend

Martin Dyckman: Still no accounting for Dick Cheney’s war

Bob Sparks: Poll shows Rubio is in the majority on climate change issue

Barney Bishop: ‘Nanny Government’ knows what’s best for you

Bob Sparks: Boca doctor wants court to define president’s power