Buzz's latest Five Questions installment features Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Maurice Ferre, who contends Dan Gelber would have beaten Kendrick Meek for the nomination but now Ferre is the strongest candidate.
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Buzz's latest Five Questions installment features Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Maurice Ferre, who contends Dan Gelber would have beaten Kendrick Meek for the nomination but now Ferre is the strongest candidate.
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October 12, 2009 in Charlie Crist, Democrats, Five Questions, Kendrick Meek, U.S. Senate | Permalink | Comments (8)
AIF's Barney Bishop is in Washington this week for meetings with Florida lawmakers and he brought his pro-oil drilling message. We caught up with Bishop after a sit-down with Sen. George LeMieux. The Politifact item mentioned in the video can be read here.
October 07, 2009 in Alex Leary, Five Questions | Permalink | Comments (8)
Our ongoing Five Questions feature today tees up with Republican consultant and dedicated Charlie Crist-basher Chris Ingram. We caught up with him at the state GOP meeting in Orlando.
August 25, 2009 in Charlie Crist, Five Questions, Marco Rubio, Republicans, U.S. Senate | Permalink | Comments (25)
June 15, 2009 in Charlie Crist, Democrats, Five Questions, Kendrick Meek, U.S. Senate | Permalink | Comments (13)
The latest in our Five Questions series features Democratic attorney general candidate Dave Aronberg, who may have managed to effectively disqualify himself with one of his answers. Rush??!
June 12, 2009 in Attorney general's race, Dan Gelber, Dave Aronberg, Democrats, Five Questions | Permalink | Comments (23)
The latest celebrity guest for our Five Questions series is veteran Democratic strategist Karl Koch, who weighs in on the political landscape in Florida.
May 26, 2009 in Alex Sink, Barack Obama, Bill McCollum, Charlie Crist, Democrats, Five Questions, Kendrick Meek | Permalink | Comments (11)
State Rep Kevin Ambler, a potential Republican candidate for attorney general, gave a full-throated defense of indicted former House Speaker Ray Sansom at a Tampa Tiger Bay lunch today. "Ray Sansom did nothing wrong," Ambler declared, saying state attorney Willie Meggs appeared to be willing to raiload an innocent man for political gain and that Times/Herald reporter Alex Leary "left out a great deal" in the reports that led to the grand jury investigation. The newspapers acted as "a lynch mob" because "they have papers to sell," he said.
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May 22, 2009 in Five Questions, Florida House, Florida Legislature, Jeff Kottkamp, Ray Sansom, Republicans | Permalink | Comments (52)
USF political scientist Susan MacManus joins our periodic Five Questions segment (5,give or take) to talk about the Florida political landscape, including the "embarassing" dearth of Republican women candidates. This one was recorded Tuesday.
May 22, 2009 in Alex Sink, Bill McCollum, Charlie Crist, Democrats, Five Questions, Marco Rubio, Republicans | Permalink | Comments (15)
Buzz's latest Five Questions installment features Democratic strategist Steve Vancore, president of Tallahassee-based VancoreJones Communications and former political director of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers.
April 20, 2009 in Charlie Crist, Democrats, Elections, Five Questions, Florida Legislature | Permalink | Comments (2)
The Buzz chatted with Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, about the political landscape in Florida as part of our periodic Five Questions feature.
April 17, 2009 in Alex Sink, Charlie Crist, Democrats, Elections, Five Questions, Polls, Republicans | Permalink | Comments (9)
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