Mel Martinez

July 3, 2008 - 8:58pm

The Monday after, Part 3

Better late than never. Well, some folks think so anyway.

The truth is, last weekend’s program featuring talk radio host Bob Ehrlich was pretty much a yawner. There was a half hour of the latest Republican talking point: “Drill Here, Drill Now. Pay Less – Drill off the Coast of Ocean City or right smack-dab in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay – We Don’t Care” (I made that last part up. But nobody said anything against it, either. Why is it always someone else’s backyard or beach off in the distance that needs to get drilled for oil?).

As best as anyone can figure opening up all this drilling might worth a few pennies off a gallon of gas – in five years. All this time BIG OIL already owns drilling leases over about 68 million acres of American land and they aren’t touching it, for some reason.

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June 23, 2008 - 6:47pm

McCain unhappy with VEEP search

According to TIME, Arizona Senator John McCain is not happy about the search for vice-president because he cannot pick any of his top three choices.  Heading that list is former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge.  According to Klein, McCain would love to pick Ridge, but cannot because he is pro-choice.  The other two choices are Jeb Bush and McCain cannot put another Bush on the ticket and the third is Florida Senator Mel Martinez, who was born in Cuba.

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June 23, 2008 - 6:43pm

McCain not happy he cannot pick Ridge

According to Joe Klein at TIME, John McCain is not happy about the search for vice-president because he cannot pick any of his top three choices.  Heading that list is former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge.  According to Klein, McCain would love to pick Ridge, but cannot because he is pro-choice.  The other two choices are Jeb Bush and Mel Martinez. 

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April 10, 2008 - 9:23am

Florida voters give Crist high marks as Governor

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, a possible 2008 Republican Vice Presidential candidate, has a 59%-25% approval rating in his home state, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll released this morning.

“Even as Gov. Charlie Crist’s approval ratings decline a bit (65%-17% in October), they remain the envy of most governors. The reason his numbers are lower is that they were so high to begin with and voter satisfaction with how things are going in Florida has plummeted,” said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.

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