Jim Greer

Rubio's Past Includes Questionable Use Of Florida GOP Funds

AP | LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ and BRENDAN FARRINGTON | Posted 05.19.2012

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MIAMI — For freshman Sen. Marco Rubio, a rising GOP figure seen as a possible Mitt Romney running mate, there are questions about whether potent...

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The Year in Resignations

Joe Rodota | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joe Rodota

Most resignation letters are just a few sentences long, if that. But now and then someone gets inspired and treats their exit strategy as a creative writing assignment. Here are some of the more interesting resignation letters of 2010.

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Jason Linkins

Jim Greer, Former Florida GOP Chair, Must Have Thought He Was Jack Donaghy

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Of all the things that have been written about sad-sack former Florida GOP chair Jim Greer -- the slush funds, his status as a mini-Steele, his crazy-...

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Jim Greer Arrested: Former Florida GOP Chairman Charged With Attempting To Defraud State Party

AP | MIKE SCHNEIDER | Posted 05.25.2011

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ORLANDO, Fla. — The political unknown once tapped by Gov. Charlie Crist to lead the state GOP was arrested Wednesday on charges he ran a scam to...

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Jim Greer Investigation: Former Florida GOP Chairman Under Criminal Probe

Posted 05.25.2011

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Former Florida GOP chairman Jim Greer is facing a criminal investigation that will examine allegations that Greer spearheaded a secret fundraising con...

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Tea Party Leader: 'We Are Turning Our Guns On' Moderate Republicans

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dale Robertson doesn't mince words. The tea party spokesperson and head of Teaparty.org in Houston issued a strong statement this week warning state G...

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Florida GOP Chairman Resigns Under Pressure From Far-Right Activists

Posted 05.25.2011

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On Tuesday, the Republican Party of Florida's chairman Jim Greer announced his resignation. Pressure had been mounting for Greer's ouster from the ...

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Conservatives Arrogantly Predict Democrats' Demise Despite More Republicans Retiring

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andy Ostroy

Perhaps it's not such a bad thing that worn out old codgers like Dodd, Dorgan and Voinovich move aside to allow some fresh blood to flow through the Beltway.

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Jim Greer Called On To Step Down As Florida GOP Chairman

Tallahassee.com | Bill Cotterell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pressure mounted on Florida Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer today as a dozen major GOP donors from all over the state signed a letter urging him t...

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On Racism, Death Threats and the Blindness of Those Who Will Not See

David Sirota | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Sirota

We're living in a world where the behavior of right-wing lynch mobs clearly is far less about ideology, and far more about partisanship and racial hate.

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The Weak In Review

Dave Hackel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dave Hackel

I know for sure that Obama's speech on health care was good because Rush Limbaugh thought it was "disgusting, reprehensible, embarrassing, petulant, divisive and crude."

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Jim Greer On Obama's School Speech: "It's A Good Speech," I'd Let My Kids Watch

ABC News | Steven Portnoy | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Florida Republican party chairman who last week accused the president of trying to "indoctrinate America's children to his socialist agenda" now s...

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Dining Room Table 2010

John R. Bohrer | Posted 05.25.2011

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John R. Bohrer

Tthe Republican Party is barreling forward to the mid-term elections without an objective. If it's a "wave" they're riding, rest assured that they have absolutely no idea where it's going to crash.

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So-Called 'Conservatives' Should Find Something Else to Bellyache About

Christopher Ingram | Posted 05.25.2011

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Christopher Ingram

Getting all worked up over Obama's school house speech is a distraction and a diversion from the real problems facing our country.

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Jason Linkins

Obama Schoolchildren Speech Drives Right-Wingers Batty

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE, 8:17 P.M. EST: ABC News is reporting that some school districts in six states (Texas, Illinois, Virginia, Wisconsin, Missouri and Minnesota), ...

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Jason Linkins

Jim Greer, Florida GOP Chair, Warns That Obama "Back To School" Speech Will Foment Socialism

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Orlando Weekly's Bloggytown is reporting today that a rather generic letter, sent to school principals across the United States by Secretary of Ed...

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Tempers Flare At Republican National Committee Meeting

The Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

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Old grudges die hard, and at the Republican National Committee (RNC) meeting this week, some wounds from this year's contentious election for chairman...

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GOP's Shrinking Minority Status Causing Top Recruits To Decline Runs?

Mark Nickolas | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mark Nickolas

Tom Ridge is just the latest in a string of prominent Republican recruits to decline runs for the Senate and House next year -- a very ugly dynamic for the GOP.

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Are Local Republican Parties Afraid of Obama?

David Sirota | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Sirota

Jim Greer's posture suggests that local Republican party officials are learning that their party will have trouble if it continues to be seen as the Party of No in the Obama era.

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Steele Ally Pleads With RNC Members To Support Chairman

CNN | Posted 05.25.2011

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A top ally of embattled Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele called on GOP leaders and activists Thursday to publicly state their sup...

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