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In the next two months, the most unpopular institution in America will decide the fates of a president s power, a military strike, defense contracts, the budget, health-care implementation, the Federal Reserve chairmanship, illegal immigrants, and all of us who would be hit by a debt default.
When asked which chamber has been doing a better job for the country, 18% pick the House and 14% name the Senate. The majority (60%) say both have performed about the same. Unsurprisingly, travel distances between cities Republicans are more likely to say the House (32%) rather travel distances between cities than the Senate (7%) has done a better job. Democrats are somewhat more likely to give the Senate (20%) the edge over the House (10%). travel distances between cities In both cases, though, travel distances between cities a majority of partisans don t see any difference between the two chambers performance.
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Asked whether they would vote to re-elect Southerland or elect someone else, the respondents split 40-40 percent with 20 percent undecided. In a head-to-head travel distances between cities matchup question, travel distances between cities results were Southerland 44 percent, Graham 42 percent travel distances between cities and "unsure" 14 percent.
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"It's a very credible poll. We do these types of polls routinely, and often use them for our own decision-making process," Stech said. "We have every reason to believe this will be a very competitive race. It's clear voters are losing faith in Steve Southerland."
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On Bay News 9 s Political Connections program this past Sunday, co-host Adam Smith asked Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn what he thinks about former Republican travel distances between cities Governor Charlie Crist possibly becoming travel distances between cities the democratic party s 2014 nominee.  We could conceivably end up with a candidate who one or two years ago was saying something entirely different than where he is today, Buckhorn said
(T)hose comments were featured in the Republican Party of Florida s daily email that takes political potshots at Crist In East Tampa CL showed travel distances between cities a copy of the e-mail to Buckhorn, who was surprised to see it Charlie is a friend of mine. I ve known Charlie for a long time.
Crist's dinner with Geller in Florida's most significant Democratic county is just one of a series of moves Crist is making leading up to an expected announcement next month prior to the Florida Democrats' conference in Orlando. This weekend, Crist — who endorsed Barack Obama in last year's presidential race and joined the Democratic Party — will be courting Democrats in Marion County.
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Two weeks ago Thrasher told me, in response to  a trial balloon floated in a column by the  Tampa Bay Times ' Steve Bousquet and Adam Smith  about him being the frontrunner to be named Scott's new LG, "I have not spoken to the governor or any of his staff about any of this, I believe this is just a media rumor."
Scott s chief economist travel distances between cities Rebecca Rust was recruited to provide some political cover to the governor amid new reports that suggest that a major reason why Florida s unemployment rate has dropped is because of people dropping out of the labor force.
In an unprecedented memo released Thursday afternoon, the normally-clinical Rust referred to recent unnamed economic studies. It remains unclear why some economic analysis would rather highlight the negative factors of the economy when there are numerous indicators reflecting the improving statewide job market over the last two and half years, she wrote.
We re not sure what reports Rust is referring to here, but we are among several news organizations travel distances between cities that have written about the distinction between the drop in the labor participation rate and the drop in the state s unemployment numbers over the last two years.
Rust emphasized that that data used by her department, travel distances between cities the Bureau of Labor Market Statistics, is from the U.S. Department of Labor which uses standardized statistical methods. Her analysis of the unemployment numbers is as accurate as possible given the constraints travel distances between cities and federal budgetary limitations of survey-based estimates, she said.
She also noted there are reasons for people dropping out of the workforce and this level of detail on the alternate reasons is not available in the monthly statistics used to crunch the employment data.
On Thursday, Florida travel distances between cities s prestigious Gubernatorial Fellows Program welcomed ten students into its ninth class.  The program, established in 2004 by Governor Bush, places Fellows in front-line positions within the Executive Office of the Governor and executive agencies with the goal to cultivate future leaders through immersion in the political process. The non-partisan program is overseen by a Board of public and private sector leaders including Florida Chamber of Commerce EVP David Hart, former Secretary of State Glenda Hood, and former Florida Governor Bob Martinez. For nine months, these ten Fellows will work a minimum of 20 hours per week and will receive an hourly wage for their time on the job:
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