By Tom Tillison
The Wall Street Journal ran a piece yesterday titled ‘The Tea Party’s Inner ACLU’ that examines the stance taken by many in the tea party toward to the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
As WSJ explains, the bill affirmed the long-standing distinction between civilian justice and the rules of war by letting the President detain terrorists (including U.S. citizens)…
An Open Letter To Florida U.S. House Members
Rep. Tom McClintock has written a letter to U.S. House leadership expressing support for a fully open appropriations process which would require the twelve appropriations bills be brought to the floor individually.
We, the undersigned Florida grassroots leaders, stand 100% behind this plan…
By Tom Tillison
As reported by the Shark Tank, former presidential candidate Herman Cain has endorsed George LeMieux for U.S. Senate.
While speaking at the Hernando County Lincoln Day Dinner Friday evening, Cain announced the endorsement…
Florida Political Press
The following message was posted Friday on Sarah Palin’s FaceBook wall. There are very few national races where the tea party can have much of an influence. This is race is one of them.
Mourdock For Indiana…
By Tom Tillison
It’s clear that Atwater’s decision has rocked this race. Should he decide to get in, and I believe he should, it is almost certain to make it a competitive three-way race, although some feel it would be a fatal blow to the LeMieux campaign by cutting into his surprising support among grassroots.
Atwater’s entry would also put an end to any lingering ideas that Mack IV is going to waltz his way to the GOP nomination. A sobering thought to the party apparatus that has invested fully in Mack IV…
By Tom Tillison
Some members of the Florida Alliance, a loose coalition of tea party and 9/12 Project groups, as well as other conservative organizations, have come together to question Sen. Bill Nelson on his support of The Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
The ‘Dodd-Frank Act’ is a failed attempt at financial regulatory reform sponsored by the Democratic controlled 111th Congress…
Florida Political Press
Your humble correspondent (that’s me!) is quoted as a source of information in the following column by Sunshine State News’ Kenric Ward;
‘Amid ongoing anxiety about the Republican field for U.S. Senate, Jeff Atwater is drawing interest and enthusiasm from conservative activists across Florida…’
Florida Political Press
The IRS assault on tea party groups has made it to the U.S. House floor. Congressman Tom McClintock (R-CA) addresses the issue in the following video, asking for an investigation.
“A defining aspect of the American tradition is that groups of citizens band together for a wide variety of civic purposes. They recruit volunteers, raise funds and spend those funds to promote…
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Florida Political Press
From our friends over at Oculus Omnis, Gov. Rick Scott’s address at the April 15th Orlando Tax Day Tea Party.
Since the Orlando Sentinel had a different take on the reception Scott received, the video leaves little question…
By Tom Tillison
The tea party movement has pulled off another successful Tax Day Tea Party in Orlando.
For the 4th consecutive year, the tea party delivered an impressive line up, with Gov. Rick Scott heading this year’s bill. Despite what you read in the Orlando Sentinel, the crowd rose to their feet and greeted Scott with a thunderous applause as he walked out on stage…
By Kim Carroll
Women have the power. They take their right to vote seriously and show up at the polls in greater numbers than men according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University.
In 2008, 60.4 percent of eligible female voters cast their vote versus 55.7% of eligible males. According to the same study, more women are registered to vote than men, 66.6 million versus 63.5 million. Maybe that’s why the “War on Women” has taken a front seat in this election…
By: George Noga
This post kicks off a three-part series about the crisis of spending, debt and deficits.
The next part deals with the interval between now and the inevitable arrival of the Minsky Moment, i.e. the unknown and unknowable time when an unsustainable economic phenomenon suddenly collapses.
The third post will address Gotterdammerung, or what happens after the Minsky Moment.
By Tom Tillison
It’s a fair guess that Connie Mack has seen some recent polling that has gotten his attention.
As the week closed out, the rhetoric coming from the Mack campaign took on a rather fervent pitch. In a press release sent out Thursday, it made the claim that opponent George LeMieux has “endorsed raising Florida’s sales tax to a nation-leading 16 percent.”
By L. Persona
Florida Democrats believe they can win a few Republican seats in Congress and are preparing a major offensive against several Republicans facing tough challenges this year. They believe that redistricting gives them a chance to offset the seats they are sure to give up.
However, the Democrats still fail to realize the albatross that ObamaCare places on their party’s efforts…
By Lloyd Marcus
A big well dressed black guy attended the Dallas, TX tea party rally with his white buddy. Both men missed my singing performance on stage minutes earlier.
I asked the black gentleman who had an impressive physique how often he worked out. He replied, “Everyday.” His white buddy said with a chuckle, “He thinks the Tea Party is racist.”
