Florida Politics - Campaigns & Elections. Lobbying & Government.

Ryan RayMarch 31, 2015

It’s been said many times and many ways but in light of the host-committee dynamics behind Marco Rubio‘s April 7 breakfast fundraiser in Tallahassee, it bears repeating: the road to Florida’s 2016 GOP presidential contest may well run through the Las Vegas estate of billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson. Rubio was reportedly on the outs with the Adelson people after declining an invitation […]

Phil AmmannMarch 4, 2015

Jeb Bush has what some would see is a strange request for wealthy donors to his Right to Rise super PAC: Please keep it under $1 million, for now. The self-imposed limit, writes Matea Gold of The Washington Post, could be the first time any presidential hopeful has asked supporters to hold back on contributions. […]

Phil AmmannMarch 4, 2015

Jeb Bush has what some would see is a strange request for wealthy donors to his Right to Rise super PAC: Please keep it under $1 million, for now. The self-imposed limit, writes Matea Gold of The Washington Post, could be the first time any presidential hopeful has asked supporters to hold back on contributions. […]

Guest AuthorDecember 2, 2014

And now the corruption begins. There’s no other honest word for it. For average Floridians, the November election is over, whether they voted or not. Most didn’t bother. But for those major contributors who bought it, it’s payback time. The political game is played between elections when the public isn’t looking. It’s all about the […]

Martin DyckmanNovember 6, 2014

It can no longer be said that the country is going to hell. We have arrived. The worst disappointment isn’t the re-election of the kleptocrat Rick Scott, or U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan’s defeat by a Koch stooge in North Carolina, or even the fact that Ted Cruz is now running amok in a Senate majority. […]

Guest AuthorOctober 7, 2014

First in a series. As Election Day approaches, the backers on both sides of the ballot initiative to make medical marijuana legal in Florida are getting fired up. It’s a battle of wits, money, compassion, money, politics and money and of course, the people who are donating the money to either pass or defeat Amendment […]

Guest AuthorJune 17, 2014

People are more powerful than all of Sheldon Adelson’s and the Koch Brothers’ money combined. Billionaires may spend gazillions trying to influence public opinion, too often resorting to half-truths and outright lies or funding surrogates that do their bidding. But, in the end, only people, not dollars, can vote. If enough average voters discover how […]

Martin DyckmanApril 6, 2014

Running for re-election in 1974, Gov. Reubin Askew limited his contributions to $300 per person — no more than $100 for each of the three phases of the campaign. The law allowed $9,000. Sen. Lawton Chiles went one better when he ran for re-election in 1976. He restricted his contributions to $10 a pop, or […]

Tag: Sheldon Adelson

Marco Rubio’s Tallahassee fundraiser: a keyhole into the “Sheldon Adelson primary”?

Jeb Bush asks donors to keep it “under $1 million” for now

Jeb Bush asks donors to keep it "under $1 million" for now

Stephen Goldstein: What will Florida GOP contributors expect for their millions?

Martin Dyckman: This is what’s worse: Now we auction our government to the highest bidders

Gary Stein: Of Pain, people, pot, politics, public figures and priorities

Stephen Goldstein: The People’s Guide to defeating the Koch Brothers

Martin Dyckman: Supreme Court ruling is a death warrant for democracy