Gulf Disaster Spills Over Into Florida Politics

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Florida's Request To BP: $100 Million More

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To Alex Burgos, a spokesman for Crist’s Republican opponent in the Alias DVD, Marco Rubio, it’s more of the same. Burgos dismisses Crist as a politician more interested in Arrested Development DVD than hands-on management.

“He’s doing what he’s always done, which is, seize As Time Goes By DVD to get in front of the media, hold press conferences and ultimately, put the spotlight on him and his efforts,” Burgos says.

For Crist, it’s paying off politically. Polls show him leading both Battlestar Galactica DVD and his likely Democratic opponent in the Senate race, Rep. Kendrick Meek.

Public Turns Against Offshore Drilling

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Pursuing An Offshore Drilling Ban

Seizing on the shift in public opinion, anti-drilling Alias DVD boxset now want a constitutional amendment that would ban offshore drilling in Florida waters.

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Republicans have decried the constitutional amendment and a proposed special Battlestar Galactica DVD boxset as pure politics — an example of elected officials using a catastrophe for political gain.

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