In November of 2008, I posed a question: will Jim Greer take down Charlie Crist?
With Governor Crist’s once seemingly inevitable Senate bid in dire straits and the the Republican Party of Florida publicly imploding before our eyes, it is time to revise and revisit this question.
Will cronyism take down Charlie Crist’s Senate campaign?
The Orlando Sentinel [...]

If the first day of the SEC’s Securities Lending and Short Sale Roundtable and today’s list of panelists are any indication, the SEC has no intention of curbing naked short selling.
Rolling Stone’s Matt Taibbi writes:
“What’s interesting about this round table is that virtually none of the invited speakers represent shareholders or companies that might be [...]

Liberals are mad at Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) for crafting health care legislation in the Senate Finance Committee that does not include a public option. Liberals are also mad at Baucus for refusing to cut Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) out of the Gang of Six’s negotiations, even after Grassley called President Obama and House Speaker [...]

Today, Alex Conant takes on President Obama for this comment: “Well, if I had a crystal ball, then I probably would have made a lot of money before I became president. I didn’t.”
Conant writes:
Actually, by any standard, he did make a lot of money before he became president.
In 2006, before he officially began his presidential [...]

I’ve got a few words of advice for Tyler Hayes Weinman, the 18-year old recently accused of mutilating 19 cats in South Miami-Dade: Hire Donte Stallworth’s lawyer, if you know what’s good for you.
Weinman could be looking at five years in jail. Stallworth, a wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns, killed a pedestrian while driving [...]

The GOP is trying a “new” tactic to gather email addresses - March Madness. John McCain earned some attention by using a similar idea as a campaign tool in 2008. In McCain’s version, supporters would submit their email addresses and complete a bracket to compete with the Maverick’s NCAA favorites. Now, the GOP is trying [...]

Will.i.am’s attempt to build a niche out of his epic “Yes We Can” video has culminated in “Take Our Planet Back,” a video designed to promote Repower America, which aims to create an America that runs on 100 percent clean electricity within 10 years.

GOP Alert! It seems that many asking for Michael Steele to step down got their wish! Or at least, the RNC’s website would lead you to believe.

Impeached former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich signed a six figure book deal with independent publisher Phoenix Books this afternoon.