Posted on March 9th, 2010 by Billie Kennedy Jr
New polling just out shows Governor Charlie Crist so far behind Mark Rubio that there is virtually no way for him to recover.
Support for Charlie Crist from conservative voters has pretty much evaporated, and that’s allowed Marco Rubio to build a 32 point lead in the Republican primary for Senate.
Rubio now leads Crist 60-28, including [...]
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Posted on March 9th, 2010 by Billie Kennedy Jr
Looks like more and more people are wanting Governor Charlie Crist out of the Republican party and government altogether.
Here’s a little preview: among Republican primary voters 19% would like to see him as Governor a year from now, 14% want him in the Senate, and 56% want him out of elected office. – Public Policy [...]
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Posted on March 6th, 2010 by Billie Kennedy Jr
The Fort Walton Tea Party is hosting a candidate forum on Tuesday, March 9th at the Grace Tabernacle – 218 NE Eglin Parkway in Fort Walton Beach. If you have an interest in seeing what each of the candidate has to say so that you can make an informed decision, feel free to attend. [...]
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Posted on February 28th, 2010 by Billie Kennedy Jr
Senator Don Gaetz filed a bill earlier this month to propose an amendment to the Florida Constitution to revise class size requirements for public schools.
This would make it easier for schools to comply with the class size requirements by making the requirement an average. Class sizes would still have a maximum number of students [...]
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Posted on February 23rd, 2010 by Billie Kennedy Jr
Yes, after months of denial, Ray Sansom has resigned his seat on the Florida House. This was the right thing for him to do after his poor decision about accepting the a job at North West Florida State College. It should have been obvious months ago that he wasn’t able to do the [...]
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Posted on February 23rd, 2010 by Billie Kennedy Jr
In new polling by Rasmussen, Mark Rubio leads Charlie Christ by 18 points, 54% to 36%.
A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely Republican Primary voters finds Rubio leading Crist by 18 points, 54% to 36%. Four percent (4%) prefer some other candidate, and seven percent are undecided.
Those figures reflect a five point increase in [...]
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Posted on February 20th, 2010 by Billie Kennedy Jr
Looks like Fox News Sunday has secured a small televised debate between Charlie Christ and Mark Rubio.
Crist and Rubio have both agreed to appear on Fox News Sunday on March 28th. The Crist campaign has agreed to a Meet the Press appearance as well, originally schedule for March 7th, but Rubio will only [...]
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Posted on February 6th, 2010 by Billie Kennedy Jr
Under Governor Charlie Christ, Florida unemployment rates have continued to climb. Even with his embracing of President Obama, Charlie Christ still hasn’t been able to stop the tide of joblessness in the state of Florida. Later this year, Florida is set to break the all time high for unemployment at over 12 percent.
State [...]
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Posted on February 1st, 2010 by Billie Kennedy Jr
I’m sure I heard President Obama mention that he was going to cut Spending. Could it have been the State of the Union address?
Now, he is going to do it again… No, not cut spending or propose to cut spending but actually increase spending in his new budget.
This guy is all over the [...]
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Posted on January 26th, 2010 by Billie Kennedy Jr
I think this is the first time that Mark Rubio has actually topped Charlie Crist in a national polling.
Former State House Speaker Marco Rubio has squeaked past Gov. Charlie Crist in the race for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination, leading 47 – 44 percent and topping Gov. Crist on trust, values and conservative [...]
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