Sunshine Slate

[New York, NY] On Monday, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) stopped by The Daily Show With Jon Stewart to promote his new book, An American Son, which was released June 19. Sunshine Slate previously reported on Rubio’s book here. It turned out to be one of the longest – if not the longest – interviews [...]

[Washington, D.C.] Even though his memoir won’t be published until June 19, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) has been getting plenty of ink lately. And not much of it has been good. This week, the number one VP choice for many on the GOP side of things was taken to task by watchdogs, illustrating why [...]

[Boca Raton, FL] Seems that U.S. Rep. Allen West (R-22/West Palm Beach) – the sort-of still a Tea Party fave who’s running for re-election in a different district (18) this time out – doesn’t want to really talk about the incident which caused him to “retire” from the military. Or was he kicked out (albeit [...]

[Miami, FL] It had to happen some time, right? In this day and age of the Internet and social media madness, some candidate would have to be the first in the state to change their name to a website address. Meet VoteForEddie.com, a gentleman out of Hialeah running for U.S. Congress. Yes, that’s his legal [...]

[Orlando, FL] Democrats across the state were no doubt disappointed to learn on Tuesday afternoon that State Representative Scott Randolph (D-36/Orlando) has decided not to seek a fourth term. The end result of this year’s redistricting played a big part in his decision. “Three-fourths of the residents in the new state House district in which [...]

[Hamden, CT] The latest poll from Quinnipiac University shows that President Obama has lost his lead over Mitt Romney in Florida. According to the Q-Poll conducted May 15 – 21 that surveyed 1,722 registered voters, former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney holds a 6% percent lead over President Obama (47% to 41%). The numbers are in [...]

[Tampa Bay, FL] Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney – the presumptive Republican nominee for President of the United States in the 2012 election – recently swung through Florida to pick up some campaign cash and persuade the state’s residents that they can feel good about voting for him. Let’s see how Romney did … Fact: [...]

[Washington, D.C.] Yet another scandal is rocking the political future of U.S. Senator Marco Rubio long considered a contender for the Republican Vice Presidential nomination. On Friday, Politico reported that back in March, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) found that during his run for the U.S. Senate, Rubio collected $210,000 in improper campaign contributions. The [...]

[Washington, D.C.] Today, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) gave “administrative preclearance” to the state House, Senate and Congressional redistricting plans. What does that mean? Local elections supervisors will now be able to start the process for the upcoming 2012 contests. Up until today, nobody was sure exactly what district they were running in. The [...]

[Tallahassee, FL] In keeping with his campaign promises, Gov. Rick Scott is relaxing regulations and firing regulators. And not everyone is happy about it. The latest department to get the axe: Florida Office of Financial Regulation (OFR). The OFR is the state’s financial services regulatory agency. It investigates reports of fraud in the mortgage, securities [...]

[West Palm Beach, FL] Ever since his name was mentioned as a possible contender for the GOP‘s VP spot in the 2012 presidential election, U.S. Rep. Allen West (R-22/Fort Lauderdale) has dialed up the crazy talk. The darling of the Tea Party people seems to never miss a chance at grabbing headlines for his outlandish statements. [...]

[Miami, FL] Another one of Gov. Rick Scott‘s favored policies has been declared unconstitutional by a federal judge. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Ursula Ungaro ruled that random drug testing of state workers is unconstitutional, as was directed by Scott’s executive order. She did not mention those who have yet to be hired, which is [...]

[Tallahassee, FL] When he signed the 2012-13 budget, Gov. Rick Scott used his veto power to nix four pages of expenditures from the bill. Of course, not everyone is happy about what got cut. Topping the list: victims of rape. That’s right, Gov. Scott vetoed the $1.5 million that was to go to the Florida [...]

Today, it’s Vice President Biden in the Everglades. Last week, it was President Obama in Tampa. On Friday it will be the First Lady in Naples. It’s apparent the general election fight for Florida is underway. It’s been going on for a few weeks now and what have we learned? The Obama campaign will log [...]

[Washington, D.C.] In an 2012 re-election communication from sitting U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, the two-term Democratic senior Senator from Florida, laments the failure of the so-called “Buffett Rule” in the upper chamber. “I hear from thousands of folks who call, write and email. … An awful lot of folks say they think our country’s tax [...]

[Tallahassee, FL] Thursday, April 19 was Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah) and Gov. Rick Scott sent out an official statement to mark the occasion. Scott toured Israel not too long ago, as reported by Sunshine Slate. “Today we remember the millions of victims of the Holocaust and while many years have passed, our memory of all [...]

[Weston, FL] The first possible challenger to Republican Gov. Rick Scott in 2014 has stepped forward. State Senator and minority party leader Nan Rich (D-34/Weston) has thrown her hat into the ring as a contender for the state’s top job, according to media reports. The 70-year-old is well-respected, but unfortunately for Rich, experts feel that [...]

[Tallahassee, FL] The organization that represents the state’s 67 counties says that it plans to sue the state over a new law that a major financial analysis company says will seriously downgrade the municipalities’ borrowing power. On Thursday, the Florida Association of Counties (FAC) announced that it is looking into fighting a newly signed law [...]

[Miami, FL] The junior U.S. Senator from Florida – Marco Rubio – is playing hardball this week against President Obama, who visited the Sunshine State for some good old-fashioned campaign fundraising as well as some official appearances. On Tuesday, President Obama gave some back at a speech at Florida Atlantic University in which he made [...]

[Tallahassee, FL] Now that Rick Santorum has bowed out of the Republican primary sweepstakes, GOPers already in office can throw their support toward Mitt Romney without fear of backing a late-in-the-game loser. It’s called political gamesmanship. Enter Florida Governor Rick Scott who has heretofore been coy about his feelings on the best candidate for the [...]