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Conservatives Focusing on FL-19 Special Election

By | 03.24.10 | 9:48 am

At the rally outside the Capitol on Sunday, Brendan Steinhauser of FreedomWorks told me that he was hearing things about the race in FL-19, the congressional district once held by Robert Wexler, now open for an April 13 special election. Indeed, three weeks out from the election, there’s an uptick More…

Politicos of 2009, We Hardly Knew Ye

By | 12.31.09 | 6:00 am

Mel Martinez

For many in America, 2009 was a year of beginnings: of the Obama presidency, comprehensive health care reform, movement in the battle against climate change, and the new Republican identity as the opposition party. For these ten politicians, however, it marked the end of a chapter of their political More…

Wexler, and the Mideast Think Tank He’s Joining, on Wexler

By | 10.14.09 | 12:21 pm

See if you find this explanation more plausible now that the Center for Mideast Peace and Economic Cooperation places this picture on its Website:

What Is Wexler Thinking?

By | 10.14.09 | 8:54 am

By all accounts, Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.) loves Congress. “I have a dream job, a job I love,” he said in January, attempting to quash rumors that he’d join an Obama administration he worked hard to elect. Those rumors resurfaced yesterday when it became known that he’s resigning More…

Wexler to Resign Florida Congressional Seat. What Obama Job Will He Get?

By | 10.13.09 | 6:28 pm

Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.), the self-described “fire breathing liberal” congressman, is going to announce his resignation from Congress tomorrow morning, according to the Sun-Sentinel. And the paper adds:

A Democratic source with knowledge of Wexler’s plans said he is likely to take a public policy job that deals

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