Red Hot & Blue Politics

Gay rights victory in Florida, Dems fall short on 60-seat supermajority, panhandlers, prostitution, and more bailout odds and ends to archive from our “Red Hot News” section. No new news here unless you are a new visitor.
Sen. Norm Coleman R-MN withdraws 650 ballot challenges in Minnesota recount … Senator Saxby Chambliss R-GA wins run-off, thwarting [...]

I moved to Florida about 15 months ago and only recently started reading our local newspaper, Florida Today. I’m proud of our paper. The editorial staff weighed in on the recent gay adoption ruling and fully supports ending the Florida ban on gay adoptions in a strongly worded editorial. Here are a few snips:
Discrimination against [...]

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Cindy Lederman ruled on Tuesday that a 31-year-old Florida law that bans gays and lesbians from adopting children is unconstitutional, allowing Martin Gill and his partner to adopt their two foster children that they have raised since 2004. The Orlando Sentinel reports that:
“…these children are thriving. These words we don’t often hear [...]

The Florida Department of State’s Division of Elections posted the unofficial returns for the 2008 constitutional amendments, which may not include all the absentee or provisional ballots when these results were posted here on Red Hot & Blue. Check back for updates. I will also update this post once the final results are certified.
Four of [...]

1. The liberal group Moveon.org offers a “fun” voter harassment video service. From the convenience of your computer you can harass, coerce, even terrify anyone on your email list with a personalized “you better vote for Obama or else” video message. The video delivery site, CNNBC site says the following:
Customize Videos For Yourself And Your [...]

Since I needed to research the amendments on the ballot this year like other Floridians, I figured I’d save you some time and share what several Florida newspapers (Orlando Sentinel, St. Petersburg Times, and Florida Today) have to say and what they recommend. There are six amendments this year, I know we have 1-8, but [...]