My first day of work at Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler was a unique experience. Scott Rothstein, now-accused Ponzi schemer extraordinaire, carted me around town in his Bentley Continental, stopping first at a local elementary school, where we met with Governor Charlie Crist, after he gave a short press conference.
Next, we ate lunch at Capital Grille, where [...]

The Washington Post is offering lobbyists and association executives access to the Obama administration and its own staff in exchange for cold, hard cash, reports Politico’s Mike Allen.
Politico obtained a WaPo flyer that was sent to a health-care lobbyist, who then “provided it to a reporter because the lobbyist said he feels it’s a conflict [...]

What was that old saying? If you can’t appeal to black voters…. bribe the newspapers? Wait, that wasn’t it?
The Orlando Sentinel reports that RPOF Chairman Jim Greer is open to buying ads in black news media in exchange for presumably favorable coverage of his party:
Greer promised that the party would stop ignoring black media. He [...]

Welcomes Former NY Billionare to Sunshine State

Florida Governor Charlie Crist is working his rolodex and learning the stark realities of the differences between state and federal campaign finance laws. Crist is calling his best donors and fundraisers, people who heretofore have bundled hundreds of thousands of dollars in state contributions for him.
What the Governor is [...]

The Politico’s Josh Gerstein is a solid reporter. I give him credit for being the first journalist to combat the conventional wisdom surrounding CIA Director Leon Panetta’s response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s claim that the agency had misled her.
But Gerstein’s story today, currently featured on Politico’s homepage, just starts off on the wrong foot:
“In [...]

The Florida political elite let out a collective chuckle when they learned that Florida State GOP boss Jim Greer is eyeing a bid for Congress against incumbent Democrat Suzanne Kosmas.
Greer was telling intimates two weeks ago that he was moving to a “high level” job at the Republican National Committee under Chairman Michael Steele. All [...]

There are a few similarities between former Broward County Sheriff Ken Jenne and Tom Daschle, the former Senate Majority Leader.
Both Jenne and Daschle are Democrats who failed to pay their taxes and are accused of taking improper gifts. And neither of them will be serving in President Obama’s cabinet.

The race for Republican Sen. Mel Martinez’s vacating Senate seat remains murky.

Former Gov. Jeb Bush has taken his name out of the running. U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek has put his name in the Democratic primary race, and both state Sen. Dan Gelber and U.S. Rep. Ron Klein may as well. 

Embattled Florida State Chairman, Jim Greer was embarrassed by a Miami Herald story last Saturday amid a growing chorus of requests for a full audit of state party spending.