Copyright 2009 http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/politics en-us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:44:09 -0500 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:44:09 -0500 NBC Local Integrated Media http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/Only-in-America-70544487.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:49:07 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*90/Spence-Jones.jpg
Michelle Spence-Jones will run for commission seat she was just suspended from

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/Obama-Plays-24-Questions-with-Cuban-Blogger-70532852.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:49:02 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*90/obamaand+yonis.jpg
It's not beer on the White House lawn, but for Yoani Sanchez, it's a close second

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/politics/Psalm-109-8-obama-assassination-70459737.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:00:01 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*120/Psalm+t-shirts.jpg
“Pray for Obama: Psalm 109:8” interpreted as hastening president's demise.

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/wheres-commissioner-number-nine.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:54:09 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*90/082109+Charlie+Crist+3.jpg
One representative is missing from the Broward County Commission and people living in District Nine are not happy about it.

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/A-Gay-Day-in-Broward-70301172.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:54:05 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*90/keechl.jpg
The most powerful openly-gay mayor in the nation rules Broward County

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/Special-Election-for-Spence-Jones-Seat-70295282.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:38:34 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*90/111309+michelle+spence-jones.jpg
Somehow Michelle Spence-Jones could still run for her old seat

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/politics/The-Joose-Is-NOT-Loose-70271812.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:51:07 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*90/KNSD_Good_Times_and_Bad_110809_32_mezzn_640x480.jpg
The FDA threatens a ban on all alcoholic energy drinks. Your frat party may never be the same again.

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/MIAMI_DUTCH_LEASE_Miami.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:56:54 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*90/1717PPHANKMIAMIDUTCHLEASE_2_640x480.jpg
Carlos Gimenez, Miami-Dade County Commissioner, tries to clear the confusion surrounding the lease of a Miami-Dade building.

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/Gonzalez-in-Court-to-Plead-Guilty-70201582.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:00:56 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*90/111609+angel+gonzalez.jpg
Former commissioner Angel Gonzalez will never work in politics again

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The GOP hopes to relive its 1994 Contract with America, but Obama will do whatever he can to avoid repeating history.

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/Uncharted-Waters-Leave-City-Commission-Lame-70139932.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:08:33 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*90/92615893.jpg
Until the District 4 runoff is held, the Miami City Commission can't do business or replace Angel Gonzalez. Michelle Spence-Jones won't be replaced until January.

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/ANGEL_GONZALEZ_CORRUTION_CHARGES_Miami.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:19:26 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*90/angelgonzalez.jpg
Michelle Spence-Jones wasn't the only person kicked out of City Hall for corruption

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/politics/Cherchez-La-Femme-69954062.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:56:45 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*83/92808336.jpg
From Pelosi to Palin to Bachmann, women are dominating the political landscape in ways they never have before

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/MIA_COMMISH_PROBES_Miami.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:59:34 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*90/4604PPSTEVELITZMIACOMMISHPROBES_2_640x480.jpg
A day after Tomas Regalado takes office, two commissioners find themselves in the middle of criminal investigations.

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/Regalado-stacks-the-City-Commssion-69843077.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:05:08 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*90/Tomas-Regalado-1105.jpg
New Miami mayor Tomas Regalado could be in a position of power if two City Commissioners go down.

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/politics/Afghan-Plan-XYZ-69835167.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:04:15 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*90/obama+and+karzai-640.jpg
President Obama chose General Stanley McChrystal to chart out a new Afghanistan policy eight months ago and his administration has come up with Plans B and C. Exactly, how far through the alphabet will the...

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/MIAMI_MAYOR_SWEARING_IN_Miami.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:40:24 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*90/3606PPSTEVEMIAMIMAYORSWEARINGIN_2_640x480.jpg
CHANGE IS SWEEPING INTO THE MAGIC CITY. TOMAS REGALADO TAKES OVER AS MAYOR -- ENDING MANNY DIAZ'S EIGHT YEAR RUN.

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/politics/Wiping-Away-The-Stains.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:15:13 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*88/92961877.jpg
John Allen Muhammad and Nidal Malik Hasan betrayed their uniform and their country, but Americans must remember the real lesson of Veterans Day.

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/Pols-Rush-to-Return-Rothstein-Cash-69689952.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:26:32 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*87/broken+piggy+bank2.jpg
No one wants the stench of Ponzi on their campaign cash

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/politics/The-Governor-Rumble-69634717.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:06:37 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*89/82667745.jpg
Mike Huckabee doesn't seem to appreciate all the attention Sarah Palin is getting, but figures it might have something to do with their looks.

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/Crist-Meets-With-Regalado-69573867.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:15:43 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*90/Tomas-Regalado-1105.jpg
Mayor Regalado wants the governor to show Miami the money

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To get health care passed in the House, Speaker Nancy Pelosi resisted her own pro-choice sensibility and permitted a big pro-life win.

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/politics/A-Disconnected-President.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:55:01 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*84/92808551.jpg
In the wake of this week's elections, the White House needs to ask if it it has overextended its political operation as much as it has its policy agenda in Congress.

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/City-Hall-Bloodbath-Maybe-not-so-fast-69285652.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:14:00 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*90/110509+regalado+timoney.jpg
The new Miami Mayor has a choice. Clean out City Hall in one swoop or take it slow and stay out of the headlines.

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/politics/Letting-Party-Voters-Decide.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:31:02 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*85/89039586.jpg
In the wake of the off-year election, the Republican Party and its conservative base try setting rules on how they can work together.

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/miami-mayors---looking-forward-and-back-69176432.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:41:25 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*90/Tomas-Regalado-1105.jpg
Regalado plans on making some changes, starting with the police chief.

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/politics/Throw-The-Bums-Out-69045122.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:38:48 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*84/92697761.jpg
With Democratic incumbents falling, the country's economy had better come first.

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/And-the-Winner-Is-2009-Miami-Dade-Election-Results-69024077.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:00:40 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*90/Tomas-Regalado.jpg
Tomas Regalado proves victorious, plus the winners in Miami Beach, Hialeah and Homestead

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/Burn-Notice-Star-Wants-More-Miami-Bucks-68919967.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:34:06 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*90/101409+burn+notice.jpg
When Jeffrey Donovan isn't drinking, he is raking in the dough for Miami - so he says

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/politics/Obamas-Broken-Promise-68836017.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:43:13 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*80/92598687.jpg
One year after his election, President Obama's report card is filled with "incompletes" on the big issues, and an"F" in creating a new political atmosphere.

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/The-Battle-for-Head-Magician-68783577.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:58:30 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*90/regaldo+sanchez+split.jpg
It's not Hogwarts, but the new mayor of Miami will have to make many things disappear

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/politics/No-Scozza-Favors-For-The-GOP--.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:49:43 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*80/91963792.jpg
A whirlwind 24-hour period in New York's 23rd congressional district shows the peril and possibilities for the shaky relationship between the conservative movement and the Republican...

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/entertainment/television/Jon-Stewart-Takes-on-Fox--and-the-White-House-68336662.html Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:16:06 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*90/jon+stewart-6401.jpg
Somehow, the "Daily Show" host makes the feud funny.

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/politics/Barracuda-Chews-Up-Soft-Mittens.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:16:41 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*77/91004199.jpg
In New York's 23rd congressional district, Palin ends up as a GOP leader while Mitt Romney ducks the issue. This could have a ripple effect for some time.

]]> http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/Iowa-Rep-Dolphins-Owners-More-Offensive-Than-Rush-67540122.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:26:44 -0500 http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/120*90/103009+rush+dolphins.jpg
The new group of celebrity Dolphins owners surely aren't perfect, but are they worse than Rush Limbaugh? One Iowa Congressman seems to think so.

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