Robert Wexler

Americans Say No to War with Iran: Will Washington Listen?

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics

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Congressional Democrats are sponsoring Resolution 362, which amounts to an act of war against Iran. The good news is that growing outcry from Americans is causing some to have second thoughts.

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In Praise of Barney Frank's Flip on the Iran Blockade Resolution

Robert Naiman | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

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This country urgently needs more members of Congress like Barney Frank, who are willing to state forthrightly that they made a mistake.

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Iran Resolution Must Change

Rep. Robert Wexler | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

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I am not willing to leave even the "slightest crack" open for this president to unilaterally set this nation down another disastrous path of war in Iran.

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My Experiment With Rep. Robert Wexler on Fixing A Media Flaw That Angers Many Viewers/Listeners

Rob Kall | Posted 07.01.2008 | Media

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My solution that could set a precedent for how the mainstream media handle unfinished interviews and resolve unanswered questions.

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Kyl-Lieberman on Steroids? Impeachment Champion Endorses Naval Blockade of Iran

Robert Naiman | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

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When Representative Dennis Kucinich introduced articles of impeachment against Vice-President Cheney, and then against President Bush, one of his key ...

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"Real Issues"--An Open Letter to the South Florida Sun Sentinel

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 06.16.2008 | Home

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(This is in response to a scathing editorial, last week, in a major Florida newspaper lambasting Rep. Robert Wexler, the congressman from Del Ray Beac...

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Democratic Unity: Big Step In Florida

Ron Levitt | Posted 06.16.2008 | Home

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The Florida Democratic Party Jefferson-Jackson Dinner this weekend was remarkable for the united support of Obama on display. Even representatives of the state's overwhelmingly pro-Clinton women's caucus were wearing Obama buttons.

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Worse Than Any Impeachable Offense

Mary Lyon | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics

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I would never have thought there'd be any greater crimes than those of George W. Bush, nor any villain greater. I'm wrong. And no, it's not Dick Chene...

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Splitting the Florida and Michigan Babies, Unifying the Party (& Wexler for Veep!)

Brad Friedman | Posted 06.01.2008 | Politics

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While it's not necessarily germane to the decisions being made by the DNC, Rep. Robert Wexler of Florida should be made Barack Obama's vice presidential nominee.

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Cheney Impeachment: Courageous, But Not Surprising

Elizabeth Holtzman | Posted 02.22.2008 | Politics

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It's surprising that it took this long for members of Congress to invoke impeachment and that they do so against political resistance and indifference from the media.

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State of the Union, Post-Mortem

Joan Z. Shore | Posted 01.29.2008 | Politics

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There were only two words required of Bush when he stepped up to make his State of the Union address last night: "Mea culpa."

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Obama's Image Problem In The Jewish Community

Heidi Pickman | Posted 01.24.2008 | Home

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Obama is having a problem courting a segment of the Jewish population. Some Jewish voters worry that his time spent in a predominantly Muslim country as a youth means that he is not a friend of Israel.

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Friday Talking Points [Vol. 12]

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.14.2007 | Politics

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The whole Obama flap over cocaine (fueled by the Clinton camp) needs to get shot down right away, before any Republicans consider using it to attack Obama. And it's so pathetically easy to shoot this one down.

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