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In his speech to the nation Tuesday night, President Barack Obama announced his plan to send 30,000 more troops to beef up American ground forces fighting in Afghanistan.

It's great that Gov. Charlie Crist got his wish for a grand jury to look into public corruption in this state.

President Obama's 33 minute speech at West Point last night is receiving relatively good reviews from Florida's Congressional delegation, with one notable exception being Orlando area Democrat Alan Grayson, who has not been in Washington long enough to play by the rules generally associated with partisan politics.

Eric Forcade, a tea party candidate challenging Rep. Bill Young Glenn Beck, who has waged a conspiratorial, hateful campaign against liberals and his other political enemies all year, has been galvanizing his supporters to run for office .

Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson: "I think the president has a sensible plan, both short- and long term, to empower the Afghan people and allow for U.S. troops to complete their mission and come home.

As epic battles go, U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite's Democratic challengers have failed to bring it in general elections.

Joseph Tomaselli's recent feedback article commending U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, R-Brooksville, appears to be yet another feeble effort to promote her campaign for re-election. I fully concur with Tomaselli's concluding paragraph quoting President Ronald Reagan who stated, "that government is not the solution; government is the problem." However, ...

A record 320 people attended the Hernando County Republican Executive Committee's recent inaugural Reagan Day Dinner fundraiser at the Palace Grand.

Listen closely...can you hear it? It's the sound of apologists minds grinding away trying to figure out how to turn this latest political snafu into Obama gold.

I am one of the estimated 45 million Americans who do not have health insurance.

Saint Leo University professor Frank Arnold brushed the dirt from his hands and the tears from his eyes as he tried to explain why he was laying mulch Wednesday at the Florida National Cemetery.

IS TELLING " UNTRUTHS " A GOP JOB REQUIREMENT? Gary Ater C-SPAN showed exactly why the Republican party just continues to shrink.

You have to wonder: Are the Republican arguments against the bill so weak that they have to resort to these misrepresentations and distortions? What arguments have Republicans advanced that WASN'T shot full of holes and lies? Seriously.

First of all, as you probably know, DeDe Scozzafava was chased out of the race and, one assumes, out of the party altogether.

Now that civic activist Jason Sager has declared his intention to run for Congress, the chairman of the Republican Party of Hernando County said it's time for him to step down as president of his nonprofit educational group and refrain from holding public rallies such as Saturday's "tea party." Chairman Blaise Ingoglia calls it a conflict of ...

U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite has a primary opponent for next year's election who appears poised to come at the four-term Republican incumbent from a side she is not used to defending - the right.

From left: Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Ander Crenshaw, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Ginny Brown-Waite and Cliff Stearns [Illustrations: Rob Zammarchi] In 2007, after a scandal involving Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff revealed how lobbyists were using lavish trips to curry favor and buy face time with lawmakers, Congress enacted stricter rules governing ...

Before my father passed away in early 2008, he enjoyed many good years on Florida's Nature Coast.

Contributors The Blog for Thursday, October 29, 2009 The best they can do? "National Republicans met with two potential challengers to U.S. Rep.

Published: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 10:12 p.m. Forget health care.