http://www.examiner.com/x-15971-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner?cid=exrss-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:32:08 -0700 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:21:28 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-15971-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner~y2009m7d22-Jeb-Bush-Charlie-Crist-and-Floridas-rough-road-to-the-White-House?cid=exrss-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner   Politics1 is listing both Jeb Bush and Charlie Crist as potential candidates for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012. Both men would face uphill battles to win the nomination. With many Americans viewing his brother as a failed... Florida politics National Politics Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:21:28 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15971-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner~y2009m7d22-Jeb-Bush-Charlie-Crist-and-Floridas-rough-road-to-the-White-House?cid=exrss-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15971-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner~y2009m7d20-Dark-horses-struggling-to-raise-funds-for-US-Senate-seat-in-FL?cid=exrss-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner  Kevin Burns and Bob Smith are two very dramatically different politicians and yet both these candidates for the open U.S. Senate seat in Florida are in the same boat as they struggle to raise funds and garner attention.Democrat Kevin Burns, who... Florida politics Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:30:21 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15971-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner~y2009m7d20-Dark-horses-struggling-to-raise-funds-for-US-Senate-seat-in-FL?cid=exrss-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15971-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner~y2009m7d20-Florida-Lt-Gov-Kottkamp-is-running-for-AG?cid=exrss-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner  Florida Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp has announced that he will run for state Attorney General in 2010. While rumors continue that former State House Speaker Mario Rubio will bow out of the U.S.Senate race to run for AG, Kottkamp is the first promine... Florida politics Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:51:43 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15971-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner~y2009m7d20-Florida-Lt-Gov-Kottkamp-is-running-for-AG?cid=exrss-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15971-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner~y2009m7d16-Sotamayor-is-headed-to-an-easy-confirmation?cid=exrss-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner  Almost every time a Supreme Court nominee is up for Senate confirmation, the stormy precedents of the past, namely the bitter Bork and Thomas confirmation fights, are brought up and yet nothing dramatic seems to happen. While conservative activ... National Politics Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:21:52 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15971-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner~y2009m7d16-Sotamayor-is-headed-to-an-easy-confirmation?cid=exrss-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15971-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner~y2009m7d15-Rubio-bowing-out-of-Senate-race?cid=exrss-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner  Congress Daily is reporting that Former Florida Statehouse Speaker Marco Rubio is seriously considering ending his campaign for the U.S. Senate seat and instead run for state attorney general. Despite playing up his conservative credentials and... Florida politics Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:07:52 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15971-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner~y2009m7d15-Rubio-bowing-out-of-Senate-race?cid=exrss-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15971-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner~y2009m7d15-Corrine-Brown-sure-doesnt-look-like-a-Senate-candidate?cid=exrss-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner  Congresswoman Corrine Brown from Jacksonville keeps floating her name as a potential Democratic candidate for the vacant U.S. Senate seat in Florida next year. Her pathetic fund-raising over the second quarter of 2009, especially compared to Re... Florida politics Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:17:00 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15971-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner~y2009m7d15-Corrine-Brown-sure-doesnt-look-like-a-Senate-candidate?cid=exrss-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15971-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner~y2009m7d14-Sotomayor-and-the-demise-of-Jeffersonian-democracy?cid=exrss-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner  It's ironic that on Bastille Day, a day celebrating a popular uprising, the U.S. Senate turns its attention to naming the newest member of the Nazgul, one of nine figures in black robes who serve the power of Mordor. Nazgul, Supreme Court, not ... National Politics Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:22:03 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15971-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner~y2009m7d14-Sotomayor-and-the-demise-of-Jeffersonian-democracy?cid=exrss-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15971-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner~y2009m7d14-Democratic-AG-battle-the-tightest-race-in-Florida?cid=exrss-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner  With Marco Rubio continuing to stumble in his battle with Charlie Crist for the GOP Senate nomination, pundits and political junkies have to find another race to watch. While it is not getting much attention, the contest for the Democratic atto... Florida politics Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:31:17 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15971-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner~y2009m7d14-Democratic-AG-battle-the-tightest-race-in-Florida?cid=exrss-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15971-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner~y2009m7d8-Scott-Maddox-returns-and-shakes-up-FL-Cabinet-race?cid=exrss-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner   Yesterday Scott Maddox announced that he was planning a political comeback as he sets his sight toward the state Agriculture position. Since emerging in 1993 at the age of 24, Maddox had been one of the brightest young stars in the Florid... Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:00:28 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15971-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner~y2009m7d8-Scott-Maddox-returns-and-shakes-up-FL-Cabinet-race?cid=exrss-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15971-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner~y2009m7d7-In-new-encyclical-Pope-Benedict-continues-the-social-tradition-of-the-Church?cid=exrss-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner As the G-8 summit begins this week in Italy, the various leaders face a new encyclical by Pope Benedict XVI in which the Holy Father takes the global economy to task. In Caritas et Veritate ("Charity in Truth"), Benedict condemns the growin... National Politics Church politics Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:03:54 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15971-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner~y2009m7d7-In-new-encyclical-Pope-Benedict-continues-the-social-tradition-of-the-Church?cid=exrss-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15971-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner~y2009m7d7-Meek-raises-3-million-for-Senate-race-in-Florida-while-Rubio-sputters?cid=exrss-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner With the second quarter of the year over, campaigns are starting to leak their reports about fund-raising. In Florida, the various reports coming out about fund-raising for the open U.S. Senate seat in 2010 reinforces the perception that this is a ra... Florida politics Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:27:39 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15971-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner~y2009m7d7-Meek-raises-3-million-for-Senate-race-in-Florida-while-Rubio-sputters?cid=exrss-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15971-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner~y2009m7d7-Term-limits-limited-again-on-Jax-School-Board?cid=exrss-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner Drawing on a 2002 state court ruling, last week Duval County elections chief Jerry Holland went to the city General Counsel  and revealed that, despite voters choosing to limit city officeholders to two terms back in 1992, the school board, as s... Jacksonville politics Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:18:52 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15971-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner~y2009m7d7-Term-limits-limited-again-on-Jax-School-Board?cid=exrss-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15971-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner~y2009m7d7-Forrest-High-School-and-Heritage?cid=exrss-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner  Heritage not hate, ya'll.Every few years in Jacksonville, attempts emerge to change the name of Forrest High School. Nathan Bedford Forrest, after his years as a Confederate cavalry commander, was one of the founders of the KKK and even served ... Jacksonville politics Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:33:08 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15971-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner~y2009m7d7-Forrest-High-School-and-Heritage?cid=exrss-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15971-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner~y2009m7d2-Mike-Pence-in-Iowa-shows-the-2012-campaign-has-already-begun?cid=exrss-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner This week Indiana Congressman Mike Pence announced that he will be appearing in Iowa at the end of July. The events of the week show that the perpetual campaign continues. Norm Coleman conceded to Al Franken to end the 2008 election and Pence an... Jacksonville politics National Politics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:22:43 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15971-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner~y2009m7d2-Mike-Pence-in-Iowa-shows-the-2012-campaign-has-already-begun?cid=exrss-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15971-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner~y2009m7d2-Crist-Peyton-and-politics-as-usual?cid=exrss-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner   This has been a busy week for the Republicans in the Sunshine State but don't tell the GOP rank and file. On Tuesday, Governor Charlie Crist signed a bill that puts decision making on community waters permits in the hands of appointed exe... Florida politics Jacksonville politics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:59:53 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15971-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner~y2009m7d2-Crist-Peyton-and-politics-as-usual?cid=exrss-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15971-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner~y2009m7d2-Everythings-up-for-grabs-in-Florida-in-2010?cid=exrss-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner The 2010 campaigns have only just begun but it appears that Florida politics are in for its greatest shakeup since Claude Kirk and Ed Gurney broke Democratic dominance of the state back in the late 1960s. When Gov. Charlie Crist announced he was seek... Florida politics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:11:11 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15971-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner~y2009m7d2-Everythings-up-for-grabs-in-Florida-in-2010?cid=exrss-Jacksonville-Liberal-Examiner