By now, we’ve all heard the story: A candidate for major federal office has put his foot in his mouth, making a comment that exploited centuries of hateful prejudices against an historically oppressed class of citizens, and which made light of their sufferings.
By: Kenric Ward
| Posted: September 29, 2010 4:05 AM
In one of the most closely watched U.S. House races in the nation, Republican Daniel Webster now holds a 7-point lead over Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson in Central Florida's 8th Congressional District, according to a new Sunshine State News Poll.
Of three of the biggest political names in Florida, only one -- former Gov. Charlie Crist -- has a favorable rating topping 40 percent, according to a new Sunshine State News poll.
Dogged by rising negative poll numbers and a mocking press, real-estate mogul Donald Trump announced Monday that he would not be a candidate for president in 2012.
Charlie Crist is gone but his “no labels” movement is alive and well and flourishing at the Capitol like a clump of mushrooms in a ditch after the storm. We can thank Jack Latvala for that.
By: Lane Wright
| Posted: January 17, 2011 10:26 AM
In one of his first official acts as U.S. senator, Marco Rubio, R-Fla., joined six other Republican senators on a fact-finding trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan. The idea is to see firsthand the effect of U.S. involvement in the region.
By: Lane Wright
| Posted: November 5, 2010 5:00 PM
Forget Palm Beach County's problems in the Supervisor of Elections' office. Now there's election trouble brewing in the school district of this, Florida's second largest county.
By: Lane Wright
| Posted: November 3, 2010 5:14 AM
After hours of anticipation, and a shrinking lead, Rick Scott announced that, however narrow the margin, he will be the winner of the gubernatorial contest.
By: Lane Wright
| Posted: November 2, 2010 4:05 AM
Rick Scott pulled his big bus into a small-business parking lot in West Palm Beach on the eve of Election Day. He's in a tight race with Alex Sink, hoping he can get his supporters -- or at least those against Alex Sink and Democrats -- to the polls.
By: Kenric Ward
| Posted: October 30, 2010 4:05 AM
While Republican Rick Scott battles Democrat Alex Sink in a tight gubernatorial contest, Republicans hold steady 9- to 13-point leads for Florida's three other Cabinet-level positions, according to a Sunshine State News Poll.
By: Kenric Ward
| Posted: October 28, 2010 6:26 PM
According to Sunshine State News' nightly tracking poll, in the U.S. Senate race independent Charlie Crist has lost 2 percentage points since the surveys began Oct. 13. Meanwhile, Republican Marco Rubio has padded his lead by 4 points and Democrat Kendrick Meek has picked up a point.
After weeks of trying to get Alex Sink to answer questions about her own accountability in the much-ballyhooed Tallahassee Taj Mahal, Sink and her campaign finally allowed the question after a rally at Palm Beach State College in Lake Worth.
By: Kenric Ward
| Posted: October 27, 2010 4:05 AM
Challenging Charlie Crist's credibility, NBC News' David Gregory hammered away at the independent Senate candidate's "evolving" positions on a host of issues Tuesday night.
