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• 06 AUG 10

  Fla. GOP gubernatorial debate hits tax, jobs, immigration, but mostly name-calling

  www.palmbeachpost.com/news/state/fla-gop-gubernatorial-debate-hits-tax-jobs-immi...

  TAMPA — Republican gubernatorial candidates Bill McCollum and Rick Scott occasionally sparred Thursday over taxes, job creation and illegal immigration, but spent most of their hour-long debate name-calling and questioning the other's character.

  
  

• Senate Votes $26 Billion for States and Schools - NYTimes.com

  www.nytimes.com/2010/08/06/us/politics/06cong.html?_r=1

  WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday approved $26 billion in aid to states and school districts to prevent the layoffs of tens of thousands of teachers and government workers while allocating $600 million to strengthen border security as senators headed toward an August recess.

  
  

• YouTube - MSNBC's Rachel Maddow: Issue by issue dissection of GOP's embarrassing 2010 strategy

  www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlF7Z3mUmUo

  
  

• New poll: Scott’s lead in primary shrinks « Florida Independent: News. Politics. Media

  floridaindependent.com/5427/new-poll-scotts-lead-in-primary-shrinks

  A new poll of 600 likely Republican voters shows self-funded governor candidate Rick Scott’s lead over Attorney General Bill McCollum shrinking to within the margin of error. The poll, conducted Aug. 1 through Aug. 3, by SEA Polling & Strategic Design, a Democratic-aligned polling firm, reports that 43 percent would vote for Scott, 40 percent would vote for McCollum and 17 percent remained undecided.

  
  

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  PolitiFact | Re-establish the National Aeronautics and Space Council - Obama promise No. 331:

• www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/331/re-establish-the-national-...

  Re-establish the National Aeronautics and Space Council

  
  

• Commentary: Blame politicians for immigration problems, not babies

  www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/commentary/commentary-blame-politicians-for-immigr...

  As if they were invasive kudzu or tilapia, children of illegal immigrants should be eradicated from our nation.

  
  

• Health News Florida

  www.healthnewsflorida.org/index.cfm/go/public.articleView/article/19015

  en. Mike Haridopolos kicked off a three-day "Health Care Solutions Tour" in Miami today with a slide show that hit the major Republican talking points, including warnings about the cost of "Obamacare" and the surge in the Medicaid program it will create

  
  

• AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | We Couldn’t Have Said It Better

  blog.aflcio.org/2010/08/04/we-couldn%E2%80%99t-have-said-it-better/

  After President Obama finished delivering his speech to the AFL-CIO Executive Council this morning, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka had this question for the president.