Convention breakfast menu for Florida Dems includes Cory Booker, SEIU, NARAL
BookerNewark Mayor Cory Booker, who took constituent service to a heroic level in April when he ran into a burning house to save a woman from a fire, is among the speakers who’ll address Florida...
View ArticleIs Crist’s Democratic convention speech the opening of his 2014 governor’s...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — National Democrats obviously are delighted to have former Republican Florida Gov. Charlie Crist as a speaker at this week’s convention. They’ve heightened the air of suspense...
View ArticleWexler added to Democratic convention lineup that’s light on Florida speakers
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In a lineup that’s largely devoid of speakers from the nation’s largest swing state, former U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler, who represented a Palm Beach-Broward congressional district for 13...
View ArticleDemocratic poll: Crist unpopular but edges Scott; Nelson leads Mack
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Former Republican Gov. Charlie Crist, one of the featured speakers at this week’s Democratic National Convention, has a net unfavorable ranking among Florida voters, according to a...
View ArticleHealth care law becomes personal for Florida Democratic chairman
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Florida Democratic Chairman Rod Smith told the state’s delegates at a breakfast this morning that his 25-year-old son, a law school student, was diagnosed three weeks ago with a rare...
View ArticleCory Booker wows Florida Democrats, jabs Eastwood and birthers
BookerCHARLOTTE, N.C. — Some prominent Democrats have stumbled and equivocated this week when asked the classic Ronald Reagan question about whether the country is better off now than it was four years...
View ArticleNelson stops by Democratic convention, heads to Panhandle
Sen. Bill Nelson gives a radio interview shortly before the beginning of the Democratic National Convention. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Sen. Bill Nelson — the only Democrat now in statewide office in Florida —...
View ArticleTampa mayor compares GOP, Dem conventions; rules out 2014 run for governor
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn, who as leader of the host city for last week’s Republican National Convention was the only Democrat to speak during the gathering, kept things nonpartisan...
View ArticleNo ‘primary purgatory’ for Florida at Democratic convention
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Breakfast meetings of Florida’s Democratic and Republican convention delegations have many similarities — attractively arranged plates of food, amped-up partisan audiences, extensive...
View ArticleMurphy, Frankel use different Democratic convention strategies
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Democratic congressional hopeful Patrick Murphy has been making the rounds at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday and today while Palm Beach County’s other big-name Democratic...
View ArticleDamage control: Palm Beach County Dem chair apologizes for anti-Christian rant
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Palm Beach County Democratic Chairman Mark Alan Siegel issued an apology this morning for his remarks last night that fundamentalist Christians want to see Jews “slaughtered.” Here’s...
View ArticleMore damage control: Siegel spurns resignation call, will take indefinite...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Palm Beach County Democratic Chairman Mark Alan Siegel has rejected a call from Florida Democratic Party Chairman Rod Smith to resign over Siegel’s statement that fundamentalist...
View ArticleFlorida Dems fired up about dumping Scott in 2014; less talk about helping...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson faces a tough fight this fall that could determine which party controls the Senate, but the governor’s race two years from now inspired more passion at...
View ArticleAbortion bills proof GOP wants to “turn the clock back” on women, Dems say
A pair of abortion bills approved by the Republican-led Legislature and expected to be signed by Gov. Rick Scott are more evidence the party wants to “turn the clock back,” on women’s rights, three...
View ArticleHouse OK’s March 15 presidential primary
Florida’s ruling Republicans look set on scheduling the state’s presidential primary for March 15 next year –a move that could provide a boost to favorite son Jeb Bush. The state House approved the...
View ArticleOrlando shooting survivors to speak at Democratic National Convention
UPDATE: See what Christine Leinonen said Wednesday at the Democratic National Convention EARLIER STORY: Two survivors of the Orlando nightclub shooting last month, along with the mother of one of the...
View ArticleCelebrities hold news conference supporting Sanders surrogate Nina Turner
Actor Susan Sarandon speaks to the press as she leaves a news conference Wednesday. (Kristina Webb / The Palm Beach Post) A group of demonstrators supporting former Ohio state Sen. Nina Turner and led...
View ArticleVP choice Kaine gets mixed reaction from Florida
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) PHILADELPHIA — Tim Kaine, formally nominated as Hillary Clinton’s running mate at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, told Florida delegates...
View Article4 key moments from President Obama’s Democratic convention speech
President Barack Obama and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton acknowledge the crowd on the third day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 27, 2016 in...
View ArticleJesse Jackson gives surprise speech to Florida Democrats
The Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks to media before talking to Florida delegates the morning of the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. (George Bennett / The Palm Beach Post) For...
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