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No free lunch? Just ask Marlins’ owner
By Max J. Castro
MIAMI - “Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.” So goes the saying once famously mangled by George W. Bush. But what do you say when you…
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Build on momentum
Al’s Loupe
Build on momentum
By Alvaro F. Fernandez
alvaro@progresoweekly.com
Forty-eight percent of Cubans voted for Obama. That’s what one side is telling us. While…
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GOP is losing friends and alienating people
By Max J. Castro
majcastro@gmail.com
MIAMI - In the 2012 U.S. presidential election, dollars – transubstantiated into persons with speech rights by the U.S. Supreme Court – battled…
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Amend the Florida constitution
By Dan Gelber
Taken from Florida Voices
MIAMI - Why were the lines so obscenely long?
Because the state legislature wanted them long, and there was little anyone could do to stop…
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Marco Rubio NOT the GOP’s golden ticket for attracting Hispanics
Marco Rubio NOT the GOP’s golden ticket for attracting Hispanics
By Kyle Munzenrieder
From his blog in Miami New Times
MIAMI - Despite winning the majority of white voters, the…
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How Obama won
Al’s Loupe
How Obama won
By Alvaro F. Fernandez
alvaro@progresoweekly.com
President Barack Obama has won reelection, a victory that will protect his landmark health care…
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It’s over, thank God!
By Saul Landau
It’s finally over. I had grown weary of having presidential campaign ads interrupting the commercials. As much as I despise commercials interrupting programs, at…
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What the election won’t change
By Max J. Castro
To the memory of Alexander Cockburn
MIAMI - As I write these lines, there are less than 36 hours before Americans cast their ballots in one of the most momentous…
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Garcia defeats David Rivera
By Patricia Mazzei and Amy Sherman
From The Miami Herald
U.S. Rep. David Rivera — whose tenure was marked by a series of scandals and who remains the target of two federal…
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Florida voter guide
The League of Women Voters, a highly respected non partisan group, has created a website where it explains the large number of votes Florida voters will face with on election day.…
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