Wednesday, July 21, 2004

Deutsch for Senate website problems fixed As promised, the Peter Deutsch for Senate campaign has released a new website. This has a significantly better layout  and has none of the Flash issues that I mentioned a couple of days ago. Good Job! Florida Senate Campaign, Politics comment []11:37:33 PM   trackback []

Senate Campaign News 20040721 On Tuesday, Bill McCollum's campaign released his first television ad along with a radio ad. McCollum reintroduces himself in ads (St. Petersburg Times) McCollum begins airing television ads (Associated Press) McCollum's radio ad (MP3) Text of McCollum's radio ad McCollum's tv ad (Winows Media) Text of McCollum's tv ad The ads are of a biographical nature and focus heavily on his defense and national security qualifications as they point out his time served in the Navy, his membership on the House Intelligence Committee, and his founding of the House Task Force on Terrorism. Another focus is getting his name out there; his name is mentioned on an average of once every six seconds in both ads. They started airing in Jacksonville and Fort Myers (both Republican strongholds) and will soon air in the rest of the state. Mel Martinez is now the only significant Republican candidate that has not aired a television ad. His campaign says that they will do so "soon". ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey endorsed McCollum and campaigned with him on Tuesday. Former House leader stumps for McCollum (Orlando Sentinel) Former House Majority Leader Endorses McCollum For US Senate (Press Relase) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Miami Herald has an article about the double-edged sword of the trial lawyer tag. Vice-President Cheney has been criticizing John Edwards for his opposition to limiting medical malpractice jury awards. But remember, Mel Martinez is the only major Republican Senate canidate that has not signed a pledge offered by the Florida Medical Association that states that the candidate will "vote in favor of a $250,000 cap on non-economic damages in medical liability cases" once he's in the Senate. Needless to say, the Democrats are having fun pointing out this dichotomy, while Martinez' Republican opponents are happy to compare him to Edwards. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On the day Democrats blocked a seventh judicial nominee (Washington Post), Mel Martinez and Johnnie Byrd signed the Fair Judiciary Oath from the Coalition for a Fair Judicary. It calls for a "fair and simple up-or-down vote on all nominees duly nominated by the President of the United States and reported favorably out of the Senate Judiciary Committeee". Martinez Signs Fair Judiciary Oath (Coalition for a Fair Judiciary Press Release) The press release only mentions Martinez siging it, no mention of Byrd. (Martinez benefits from being a lawyer, perhaps?) The press release from the Johnnie Byrd campaign is not posted online yet, but if needed, I'll post the e-mailed version. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No published news from the Democratic side of the campaign, but as reported yesterday in advance of the event, Peter Deutsch joined Representatives Corrine Brown and Alcee Hastings (both from Florida, as well) in introducing a bill (HR 4867) that would allow a single Senator or Representative to object to the certificate of the electoral votes of a state. (Hastings' press release) Florida Senate Campaign, Politics comment []7:18:08 AM   trackback []