Free Republic

With former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin heading to Florida this weekend to back Republican U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio, the campaign team of Democratic attorney general nominee Sen. Dan Gelber of Miami Beach are wondering why Palin is not helping their opponent Pam Bondi. Palin, who may run for president in 2012, backed Bondi in August--right before Bondi beat Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp and former Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Holly Benson in the Republican primary. “Pam Bondi has been riding first class on the Sarah Palin Tea Party Express throughout this campaign, focusing on issues that have nothing...

There's No Shortage of Democrats Wanting to Run in '04; But Will a Popular President Have Them for Supper? There are two advantages of living on the peninsula south of San Francisco - well, three or four, if you count the Mediterranean climate and proximity to Pacific Bell Park. If you live here, you're smack in the middle of the Information Highway. And, of late, you've had an up-close view of a few of the Democrats who intend to challenge President Bush in 2004. In recent days, as May turned to June, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle visited San Jose...