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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 Wednesday, May 25, 2005

Brown-Waite Under Pressure

    Congresswoman
    Ginny Brown-Waite, R-Crystal River, has declined to say whether she supports Bush's controversial plan to create private investment accounts for Social Security recipients.
    But the AARP is in town, putting pressure on Brown-Waite to stop riding the fence:
    One of the nation's most powerful lobbying groups fighting President Bush's plan to revamp Social Security has locked a local congresswoman in its cross hairs, trying to force her to take a stance in the escalating debate. ...

    But AARP Florida's targeting of Brown-Waite is more than a desire to push her off the fence: It's about sending a message to the one in four voters in her district 65 and older.
    And she's not alone:
    Other AARP sessions this week zero in on U.S. Reps. Katherine Harris, R-Sarasota, and Mark Foley, R-Jupiter. Their districts, respectively, are 29 percent and 26 percent senior citizens, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
    "AARP pushes legislator on Social Security plan".

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