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Palin Will Star at First Tea Party Convention

(Jan. 7) -- Amid this week's speculation about potential Tea Party leaders comes word that Sarah Palin has agreed to deliver the keynote speech at the movement's first national convention next month. It will be Palin's first political speech in months, and The Washington Independent's David Weigel thinks it's significant...

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George LeMieux: I'm No Charlie Crist

Former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux (R-Fla.), known as the political mastermind behind former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, is trying to distance himself from the unpopular former governor as he campaigns to return to the Senate.

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05/23/12 LeMieux Used Bare-Knuckled Politics to Win Senate... Source: The Ledger - Lakeland FL Gov. Charlie Crist's.
How LeMieux pulled it off â tapped to serve a vacant Senate seat in 2009 by a governor who had reservations about his former chief of staff â speaks volumes about LeMieux's ambition, savvy and knack for bare-knuckle politics that's again playing out as he campaigns to unseat incumbent Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson.
"He really wanted to do it. So he was going to do everything he could," former Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp said.
05/21/12 Mack calls for investigation of LeMieux's appointment... Source: TBO.com - Tampa Bay FL Connie Mack IV's U.S. Senate campaign has sent letters seeking a federal investigation of the 2009 appointment of his Republican primary opponent, George LeMieux, to the Senate by former Gov. Charlie Crist.
05/20/12 Scott looking past '12 election to '14 re-election Source: Daily Comet - Thibodaux LA The state Republican Party is buying television ads to promote Scott's policy successes in hopes of reversing voters' negative impressions.
05/19/12 Romney says banking reform hurting housing market in... Source: Jackson County Floridan - Marianna FL More than four in 10 Florida homeowners are underwater on their mortgages.
05/19/12 Two-term incumbent Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson has... Source: The Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach FL Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson showed some signs of being a candidate for reelection last week - but he was prodded by President Obama's evolution on gay marriage and an outside group's TV ad rather than by the feuding Republicans who are seeking his seat.