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Sen. Martinez backs Sotomayor
Palm Beach Politics - Sun-Sentinel BlogsFlorida Republican Senator Mel Martinez today declared that he will vote to confirm Sonia Sotomayor as a member of the Supreme Court. Read full post at Florida Politics.......Tags: Sonia Sotomayor, Florida
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Former Democratic senator endorses Democratic Senate candidate
Palm Beach Politics - Sun-Sentinel BlogsU.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek's bid for the U.S. Senate was endorsed today by Bob Graham, former Democratic U.S. senator and governor. Meek is giving up his House seat, which includes part of South Broward, to run for the Senate job......Tags: Parliament, Upper House, Politics, Bob Graham, United States
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Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court Justice
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated at 4:30 pm EDT The Senate Judiciary Committee is a day away from voting to recommend the confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, poised to become the first Hispanic member of the U.S. Supreme Court. Sotomayor......Tags: Upper House, Justice and Rights, Utah, Crime, Law and Justice, Alabama
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Sonia Sotomayor: NRA test (failing) case
The Swampby David G. Savage and James Oliphant As the Senate begins debate Tuesday on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor with the outcome assured, the only remaining questions are whether the National Rifle Assn. can claim to have swayed votes against......Tags: Upper House, Social Issues, Utah, Crime, Law and Justice, Republican Party
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Sotomayor: 'Wise Latina' line an 'excuse'
The Swampby James Oliphant Sen. Mel Martinez today was the first Republican to publicly break from his party during Senate debate over Sonia Sotomayor and declare his support for the Supreme Court nominee. "It is a momentous and historic opportunity," said......Tags: New York, Social Issues, Upper House, North Carolina, Crime, Law and Justice
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Mel Martinez out, placeholder coming
The Swampby Mark Silva Resignation news from Republican ranks: Sen. Mel Martinez, the Florida Republican who announced last winter that he would not seek a second term next year, announced today that he will step down more than a year before......Tags: Upper House, Civil and Public Service, Republican Party, Regional Authority, Orange County (Florida)
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'Dear God,' Florida thanks you - 'Charlie'
The Swampby Mark Silva This one reminds us of Bill Gunter, a former insurance commissioner and good Baptist in Florida who was running for Senate and happily told a ballroom full of elderly Jewish voters in South Florida once that he......Tags: Disasters, Upper House, Republican Party, Local Elections, Regional Authority
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Kennedy: 'Greatest senator' -- Obama
The SwampTelevision note: MSNBC will air a planned documentary, The Kennedy Brothers, at 9 pm EDT tonight, in addition to its already scheduled time of 7 pm Thursday as noted below. CNN's Larry King Live will devote its show at 9......Tags: Demographics, Maria Shriver, Upper House, Utah, Crime, Law and Justice
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YouTube factor 'tide has turned:' Dems
The Swampby Mark Silva Call it the YouTube factor: The noise that was generated by protesters at boisterous "town hall'' meetings held by members of Congress this summer. The president's polling numbers have been sliding at the same time. At least......Tags: Computer Networking and Internet, Hialeah, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Arts and Culture, Republican Party
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Florida's new senator: Place-holder
The Swampby Mark Silva Introducing: Soon to be, the newest member of the United States Senate. George LeMieux. But don't worry about remembering the spelling. He won't be there for long. The appointee of Republican Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida to......Tags: Disasters, Health, Regional Authority, Barack Obama, Jerusalem (Israel)
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Florida GOP chief out, twine unwinding?
The Swampby Mark Silva Jim Greer -- and the Swamp will remember him today as the fellow who criticized President Barack Obama's back-to-school speech to students last fall as a platform for the president's "socialist ideology'' -- resigned today as......Tags: Parties and Movements, Lifestyle and Leisure, Philosophy, Crime, Law and Justice, Marco Rubio
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McCain: Veeps he can't have
Spin CycleTime's Swampland, in an item that sounds like it has a kernel of truth, says McCain is frustrated because he can't have his top three vice-presidential choices: He'd like former Pennsylvania Gov./Director of Homeland Security Tom Ridge, but Ridge is......Tags: Jeb Bush, Tom Ridge
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