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Thanks for visiting. On a semi-daily basis we scan Florida's major daily newspapers for significant Florida political news and punditry. We also review the editorial pages and political columnists/pundits for Florida political commentary. The papers we review include: the Miami Herald, Sun-Sentinel, Palm Beach Post, Naples News, Sarasota Herald Tribune, St Pete Times, Tampa Tribune, Orlando Sentinel, the Daytona Beach News-Journal, Tallahassee Democrat, and, occasionally, the Florida Times Union; we also review the political news blogs associated with these newspapers.

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The Blog for Sunday, April 17, 2005

Floridians Have Had Enough of "Jeb!" ...

    and wouldn't wish him on the rest of the nation. Floridians have seen "Jeb!, and an "overwhelming majority of Floridians " don't think he's got what it takes to be president:
    Gov. Jeb Bush has said over and over again that he will not run for president in 2008.

    Now, an overwhelming majority of Floridians think that's great, a poll released last week shows. ...

    A new survey of 1,044 Florida voters by Quinnipiac University Polling Institute in Connecticut shows that 69 percent do not want Bush to run for president, compared with 21 percent who think he should. Nine percent weren't sure, according to the survey, which has a margin of error of 3 percentage points.
    "Meanwhile, another recent Quinnipiac poll holds bad news for Rep. Katherine Harris' possible bid for U.S. Senate in 2006."
    Though she remains the most popular Republican candidate to challenge Nelson next year, her support appears to be slipping. In February, 37 percent of Republican voters said they wanted her to challenge him. Last week, only 31 percent said they did.
    Fortunately for Harris, "The only candidates whose Senate numbers running anywhere near her [Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher and Crist] are angling to replace Gov. Bush." See "Capitol View".

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