Shocker: Tea Party Convention Opening Speaker Suggests a Return to Jim Crow Voting Laws GOPer Tom Tancredo suggests "literacy test" to protect America from presidents like Obama -- a segregation-era method employed by southern US states to keep blacks from voting.

FOR THE RECORD: Kosmas, Posey blast Obama space budget, job losses in statements Among those disappointed by President Obama's pivotal space budget were Brevard County's two U.S. Representatives. Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas, the Democrat whose district includes Kennedy Space Center, and Congressman Bill Posey, whose district includes space worker and contractors, had fought to extend the life of the shuttle fleet or boost development of the Orion -Ares spacecraft system for trips to the moon and Mars. We got neither and expect a net loss of about 6,000 space jobs.

Slash and Privatize: How House GOP's Shadow Budget Eliminates Deficit ... In About 50 Years Slash and Privatize: How House GOP's Shadow Budget Eliminates Deficit ... In About 50 Years

Brevard property appraiser spotlights paper’s request online | floridatoday.com | FLORIDA TODAY The petition was one of 2,741 filed in the county for the 2009 tax year. It is the only one the property appraiser issued a press release about.

Brevard Commission boss Bolin: Jobs Brevard's biggest issue | floridatoday.com | FLORIDA TODAY QUESTION: When you campaigned for office in 2006, you told FLORIDA TODAY: "In walking door to door, the conversation was about roads . . . and what was I going to do about the growth pattern?" What are voters telling you today?

The Democrats' Politics Problem: It's Not Just The Economy, Stupid! As hard as you might try, you'll probably never forget the words "I actually voted for the $87 billion before I voted against it." That awkward phrase was supposed to explain why he'd voted against funding the Iraq war (Kerry wanted to pay for the effort by raising taxes on the wealthy--but Republicans didn't want to pay for it at all). But instead it haunted Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) for months until the day he lost the 2004 election.

Feds drop sex charge against candidate | floridatoday.com | FLORIDA TODAY A federal judge ordered Brevard County House District 31 Democratic candidate Joseph F. Crowley released this morning in light of an announcement by prosecutors that a child sex charge against him was being dismissed, court records show.

Florida ballot proposal targets class size limits - Education - BradentonHerald.com TALLAHASSEE — A newly filed ballot proposal to weaken Florida’s class size limits drew immediate opposition Tuesday from the statewide teachers union and U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, who led a 2002 campaign that put the requirements in the state constitution.