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Jason Linkins

Former Dem Contender Calls Charlie Crist Gubernatorial Bid A 'Disaster'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.19.2013 | Politics

The good news, if you are Florida Gov. and Plower of Flowers Rick Scott, is that the most recent Quinnipiac poll "found the Republican governor's job ...

Rick Scott Gets Glimmer Of Hope

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 06.18.2013 | Politics

Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) is trailing former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist by 10 points in his 2014 bid for reelection, according to a Quinnipiac Unive...

Florida GOP's Unusual Plan To 'Free' Rick Scott Opponent

The Tampa Tribune | William March | Posted 06.13.2013 | Miami

Florida Republican Party Chairman Lenny Curry says he's so eager to see Democratic candidate for governor Nan Rich get her message out that he'll chec...

Expand Holder's IRS Investigation to All Voter Intimidation as Civil Rights' Violations

Paul Abrams | Posted 05.16.2013 | Politics
Paul Abrams

The right-wing is screaming at Eric Holder to investigate potential civil rights' violations by IRS officials. He should take them up on their entreaties, and raise the ante by investigating all the voter suppression and intimidation during the 2012 election.

Why You Shouldn't Underestimate Rick Scott's Reelection Prospects

Tampa Bay Times | Adam C. Smith | Posted 05.13.2013 | Miami

It's way too early to count out Rick Scott for a second term. His poll numbers are stubbornly bleak -- only one in three voters say he deserves a seco...

'Would You Kill Me?'

Sun Sentinel | Rafael Olmeda | Posted 05.08.2013 | Miami

If he could talk to Gov. Rick Scott, Seth Penalver would have one simple question. "Would you kill me?" Penalver, 40, was acquitted late last year o...

Rick Scott Subject Of Critical Florida Democrats' Video

The Huffington Post | Nick Abrams | Posted 03.21.2013 | Politics

Florida Democrats released a web ad on Thursday linking Gov. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) to the long voting lines encountered by voters in the state in 2012. ...

Rick Scott Plans Massive Spending In Reelection Effort

Politico | Posted 04.08.2013 | Politics

Rick Scott is preparing to defend his Florida governorship with the most expensive reelection campaign in state history, drawing up plans for a battle...

Crist's Secrets Revealed

Miami New Times | Posted 01.10.2013 | Politics

Days before this past November's election at a cramped deli off Biscayne Boulevard in Aventura, a new yellow Camaro glided into the parking lot and hu...

Jeb Bush Foe Dies

AP | JENNIFER KAY | Posted 02.23.2013 | Miami

MIAMI -- Bill McBride, the Florida Democrat who defeated Janet Reno for the party's gubernatorial nomination in 2002 but lost to Republican Gov. Jeb B...

Proud Democrat

AP | Posted 02.12.2013 | Politics

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Former Florida Republican Governor Charlie Crist is officially a Democrat. Joined by a gaggle of news media, Crist on Th...

WHOOPS! Rick Scott's Latest Gaffe Shocks Callers

Posted 12.10.2012 | Miami

Someone's been a naughty boy! Florida governor Rick Scott accidentally sent constituents seeking information on a fungal meningitis outbreak to a ...

Rick Scott Cuts Funding, Vetoes Tuition Hike Bill

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 05.01.2012 | College

After approving a $300 million cut to Florida's public universities in earlier April, thus cutting public higher education state funding for the fifth...

Rick Scott Critics Play MadLibs On His Facebook Wall

Posted 02.07.2012 | Miami

As first reported by the Tampa Bay Times, Rick Scott and his staff recently asked Facebook: "If you could use one word to describe Florida's 2012 legi...

FAMU Students To Florida Gov.: 'We're Not Poor!'

miamiherald.com | Posted 12.17.2011 | Black Voices

As the fallout from the FAMU hazing scandal continues, the attention has shifted from the campus to the state capitol. On Dec. 15, Florida Governo...

WATCH: Florida Gov Spins On Carnival Cruise

Posted 01.08.2012 | Travel

Florida Governor Rick Scott took to the seas--or the Port of Miami--on Monday to "demonstrate his commitment to exemplary customer service on Carnival...

To Governor Rick Scott: What Anthropologists Can Do for Florida

Rachel Newcomb | Posted 12.13.2011 | Home
Rachel Newcomb

If Governor Scott wants to send the anthropologists out of state, along with other liberal arts majors, India and China may have a place for them.

Rick Scott Attacks College Major His Own Daughter Studied

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.12.2011 | Politics

Florida Gov. Rick Scott said Monday in an interview with the Sarasota Herald-Tribune that the state does not need more anthropologists. As it turns ou...

Florida Schools Receive Grades, New Charter School Earns F

Posted 08.31.2011 | Home

Despite higher writing standards in Florida's public elementary, middle and non-high-school combination schools this year, school performance remained...

Jason Linkins

Rick Scott Would Like You To Sign A Letter He Wrote About How Awesome Rick Scott Is

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.20.2011 | Politics

Shiny-pated confidence man Rick Scott hasn't been too successful when it comes to getting Floridians to like him very much, mainly because his constit...

Jason Linkins

Charlie Crist Now Just Working As A Personal Injury Lawyer

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.04.2011 | Politics

The one-time Attorney General of the whole danged state of Florida has hung out his shingle at at a personal injury law firm, and -- if you were injured on a cruise -- you can come "visit him" at an email address, that's "for the people."

Scorecard of Latest Education Deforms in the Sunshine State

Rita M. Solnet | Posted 06.13.2011 | Home
Rita M. Solnet

Here's a recap of just the past four weeks of laws enacted and bills proposed. Jaw, meet floor.

Jason Linkins

Floridians Are Maybe Starting To Understand Their Governor Is A Grifter

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.30.2011 | Politics

Despite his being best known as a cartoon villain fraudster who bilked Medicare and incurred a record-setting fine from authorities, Florida Governor ...

America's Disenfranchisement Scandal

Sasha Abramsky | Posted 05.29.2011 | Politics
Sasha Abramsky

Rick Scott and Terry Branstad's actions are a slap in the face to democracy activists countrywide. Making it harder for citizens to vote ought never to be a legitimate policy goal for state or federal leaders.

Jason Linkins

And Now, Here's Some Speculation That Rick Scott Might Run For The White House

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Right now, we're in an extended period where the people who everyone presumes to be running for president in 2012 are delaying their official entry in...