http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/politicalwhore Florida's leading source for inside information on politics and media Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:05:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/politicalwhore/2008/10/21/tuesday-morning-roundup-%e2%80%94-politics-and-media-headlines/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/politicalwhore/2008/10/21/tuesday-morning-roundup-%e2%80%94-politics-and-media-headlines/#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:56:29 +0000 Wayne Garcia http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/politicalwhore/?p=1371 FLA is already drawing notice about its early voting as some screw-ups are reported. And Barack Obama flies to see his sick granny instead of campaigning. And say it ain’t so: UF’s Mr. Two Bits is calling it quits after this season?!? It’s Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2008. Now the headlines:

• Cheatin’ Congressman Tim Mahoney’s wife files for divorce.
• And the political media consulting firm caught up in the mess complains.
• Mel Martinez compares Obama’s tax plan to Castro’s Cuba.
• LAT plans redesign launch next week.
• Obama drew 40,000 to Orlando rally.
• Or 50,000, take your choice.
• McCain headed to rally in Sarasota.
• Todd Palin NOT headed to Pensacola (apparently there is no snowmobiling in the Panhandle, he found out at the last minute).
• Our idiot attorney general and his ongoing war against ex-felons trying to regain normal lives.
• The Rose Garden strategy a la Ginny Brown-Waite
• Here’s a Sarah Palin animation from former Tampa Tribune artist David O’Keefe:

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