AltWeeklies Wire
Conservatives Tell the GOP to Butt Out of the Florida Senate Primarynew
The national media has cast the brouhaha over Florida Gov. Charlie Crist's Senate candidacy as a battle for the soul of a Republican Party in decline, a fight between the conservative and moderate wings of the GOP.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
05-28-2009 |
Politics
Raul Martinez Beat Himself in Race to Replace Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balartnew
When Martinez returned from the Democratic National Convention in August, it seemed he had Diaz-Balart cornered. But Diaz-Balart pulled it out, in part due to an expensive, Lee Atwater-style attack campaign that made the contest less about change and more about Martinez's scandalous past.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Francisco Alvarado |
11-18-2008 |
Politics
Fear of the Queer: Blacks in Florida Vote to Oppress Gaysnew
It's one of the great paradoxes in American politics. The black community, the most oppressed group in U.S. history, has traditionally comprised the most unfriendly demographic toward gays, arguably the second-most-discriminated-against group.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bob Norman |
11-18-2008 |
Politics
Obama Wins, and So Does South Floridanew
It's a victory just to have an election pass without a local embarrassment.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Staff |
11-11-2008 |
Politics
Obama's Florida Gamble Pays Offnew
McCain was too late. The new prez spent heavily in Florida and eked out victory here.
Miami New Times |
Tristam Korten |
11-10-2008 |
Politics
Florida Green Party Candidates Were GOP Moles, Suit Claimsnew
Five Green Party candidates ran similarly mysterious campaigns this year in hotly contested races around Florida. All five indicated on financial disclosure forms that they loaned themselves money, even though most of them were broke. Few of them were willing to speak to the press or to representatives of their own party.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Eric Barton |
11-04-2008 |
Politics
Presidential Election Could Spur Voter Fraud in Miami-Dade Countynew
If you believe Nilo Juri, the eye of Hurricane Ballot Cheat, it could get ugly.
Miami New Times |
Francisco Alvarado |
11-03-2008 |
Politics
Election '08: Who Judges the Judges?new
You know nothing about local judges, but you still elect them.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
10-23-2008 |
Politics
Going Inside Both Presidential Campaigns in Floridanew
I spent a week volunteering for both campaigns to get a perspective most reporters must speculate about from the outside. And because I wanted unvarnished access, not a public relations tour, I engaged in the ethically murky but necessary practice of concealing my role as a reporter.
Orlando Weekly |
Adriana Ruiz |
10-23-2008 |
Politics
Attorney Lawson Lamar Finally Has a Challengernew
Mercedes Leon, a 45-year-old Republican, is running against him. But she faces long odds.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
10-17-2008 |
Politics
Election '08: Meet the Also-Ransnew
Third-party candidates often languish in obscurity and find it hard to raise money or even gain a place on the ballot in many states. In Florida, however, ballot access is easy. So that means come Nov. 4, you'll have a lot of choices –-- 13, to be exact, plus one write-in.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
10-15-2008 |
Politics
One Schlepper Talks About Visiting Her Grandma in Floridanew
Across the country, young Jews are heeding comedian Sarah Silverman's call to have a political pep-talk with their grandparents in Florida. The message is: Don't let bubbe and zaideh vote McCain. Becky Gluskin, a 26-year-old PhD candidate from Manhattan, tells us how her weekend visit to 80-something-year-old grandma Helen swayed one more vote to Obama.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Amy Guthrie |
10-15-2008 |
Politics
The Inside Story of the Great Schlepnew
Chances are, by now you've heard about the Great Schlep, the Sarah Silverman–endorsed political/social experiment to send Jewish grandkids to Florida to get out the yenta vote. But did you know, smarty pants, that the movement originated in Cambridge?
Boston Phoenix |
Sara Faith Alterman |
10-09-2008 |
Politics
The Presidential Campaign Hits Florida ... Finallynew
A rogue state meets presidential candidates who pine for its fickle heart.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Thomas Francis |
06-03-2008 |
Politics
Debbie Wasserman Schultz: Lady of the Housenew
She's got three kids, 650,000 constituents, and millions of watching eyes. The Florida congresswoman can't keep them all happy.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Thomas Francis |
06-03-2008 |
Politics
