So what if Miami-Dade Commissioner Mayor Sir Xavier Suarez has backed Jose Javier Rodriguez in the newbie’s bid for state rep in District 112? An act, by the way, that drew the ire of former State Sen. Alex Diaz de la Portilla in a nasty robocall that calls him “crazy” and tries to steal credibility from his consent (more on that […]
Ladra had breakfast Friday with Attorney General Pam Bondi and The Real House wives of Tallahassee. Not housewives, but House wives. The main hosts for The Republican Party of Miami-Dade County’s fundraiser at 94th Aero Squadron Friday were U.S. Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida Sen. Anitere Flores (who didn’t show up), State Rep. Jeanette Nuñez (District […]
The debate is over now, but it was over halfway through. What did it? Vice President Joe Biden‘s toothy porcelain veneer grin at all the wrong times. Now we will hear everyone dissect the words that did or didn’t come out the right way from the mouths of Biden and Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan, running […]
We’re all ready to watch the debate tonight between Vice President Joe Biden and Republican ticket running mate Paul Ryan. But, since both presidential candidates are young enough to last the next four years, what they say is less important than what the two #1s on the ballot say next week. Ladra will watch the […]
The deadline for would-be voters to register in Florida is around the corner and we can’t help but wonder if the projections and goals of all the different get-out-the-vote groups have paid off. And we can’t help but think that they haven’t. Judging by the late start that many groups got — thanks to the […]
Thousands of motivated Venezuelans who live in Miami traveled to New Orleans Saturday so they could vote in their national elections today. Some hopped on charter flights. Others on buses that left by the bundle from JC Bermudez Park in Doral. Still others drove, in cars packed with family members and neighbors and friends, creating […]
Maybe the state House race in 112 between former Florida Senate Majority Leader Alex Diaz de la Portilla and Peace Corps activist-turned-Harvard lawyer Jose Javier Rodriguez isn’t such a sleeper after all. Not now that both state parties are involved (even if the GOP has taken its sweet time for petty, punk reasons) and an […]
Ladra didn’t really expect the Bendixen and Amandi debate watch party to be bipartisan, even though I was told several high-profile local GOPpers were invited. Then Jorge Arizurrieta, a member of the Mitt Romney Hispanic leadership team, came in. Monday, Arizurrieta hobnobbed at Versailles with Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Congresspeople Connie Mack and Ileana […]
If debate watch parties voted, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney would be in trouble. Ladra has already seven invitations for different events Wednesday. But five of them are hosted by Democrats supporting President Barack Obama. “You are on the wrong mailing lists,” joked my friend, Republican Superwoman and former Congressional candidate Marili Cancio, who lost […]
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen went to their Versailles voter base Monday to try to resuscitate the Connie Mack IV campaign against U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson with a little mouth to mouth. Some say he needs an epinephrin shot to the heart. You know, ala Pulp Fiction. But for the first time […]