Teacher forces students to wear dog collar as punishment

High school teacher on unpaid leave for putting 'cone of shame' on freshmen

Illegal Alien Mass Voter Fraud Discovered in FL.....FOLKS, THIS IS JUST THE VERY TIP OF THE ICEBERG !!!

HUNDREDS of cases in Florida of undocumented democrats voting illegally.

Florida's primary might not be over just yet.

TAMPA, Fla. -- The Newt Gingrich campaign is gearing up to challenge the results of the Florida Republican presidential primary based on the Republican National Committee's own rules which state that no contest can be winner-take-all prior to April 1, 2012. (See RNC memo.)

It was assumed that Mitt Romney, who won Tuesday's contest, would gain all 50 of the state's delegates. But the Gingrich campaign plans to challenge Florida's allocation and demand the delegates be divvied up proportionally. (See Gingrich memo.)

Fox News has learned exclusively that on Thursday, a Florida Gingrich campaign official will begin the process of trying to have the RNC rules enforced so that the Sunshine State delegates are distributed based on the percentage of the vote each candidate got.

RNC Chairman Reince Priebus warned Florida Republican Party Chairman Lenny Curry of the violation in a December letter quoting the rule, "...'winner-take-all' states cannot hold a primary or caucus before April 1, 2012."

Tuesday night's Romney victory in the Sunshine State awarded the former Massachusetts governor all 50 Florida delegates (the state was already docked half its delegates for moving the election up on the calendar). Romney won the primary with 46 percent to Gingrich's 32 percent. Rick Santorum finished third with 13 percent and Ron Paul with 7 percent.

Read more: http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2012/02/01/florida-primary-might-not-be-done-deal/#ixzz1lByAZgLf

VIDEO: Newt Gingrich Florida Primary Night Speech "46 States To Go"

Newt Gingrich: It’s Clear That This is Now a Two-Person Race

Newt vows to stay in the remaining 46 state primary races.

A vote tomorrow for Santorum still is a vote for Romney

HT~ LI By William A. Jacobson 

I’m sure this headline drives Santorum supporters wild, and I understand why.  If the roles were reversed, I would feel the same way.

But sometimes reality is what it is.  Both Newt and Santorum have said they will soldier on indefinitely and I don’t doubt their intentions.

But if Romney wins by a commanding margin in Florida — and the polls say that is a strong possibility if not a likelihood — the media narrative and Republican Party pressure will be to stop fighting amongst ourselves in the name of defeating Obama.  Money also will dry up for others.

The reality is that only Newt is within striking distance of Romney tomorrow in Florida, Santorum is the margin of difference, and only Newt tomorrow can derail the narrative of Romney inevitability.

If the narrative of Romney inevitability is derailed, Santorum politically gets to fight on and see if he can stage another Iowa in caucus states or elsewhere.

It’s similar to a general election where a candidate who pulls only high single digits or low teens can result in a plurality for a candidate they do not support.

Unless, of course, the Santorum supporter ultimately would be okay with Romney winning.

And that may be part of the equation.  If a Santorum supporter is okay with Romney as the nominee, really doesn’t want Newt, and wants to vote his or her conscience, then a vote for Santorum makes sense.

Otherwise, it’s wasted.

Update:  Well, they certainly don’t help the situation:

Massive 29,000 Person Poll: Newt Crushing Mitt With Tea Party

Tea partyers overwhelmingly back Newt Gingrich to be the Republican presidential nominee, a huge poll of 29,000 people shows.

And despite claims that rival candidate Ron Paul is the grandfather of the grass-roots conservative movement, the Texas congressman comes out with the worst ratings in every single question asked in the survey.

More than half of the respondents said they believe Gingrich will win the nomination. Even more say he has the best chance of defeating President Barack Obama in the fall, while slightly under 50 percent say the former House speaker is their choice, according to the Grassfire Nation poll.

“Newt Gingrich appears to have solidified strong support from just under half the tea party movement. Now the question is no longer one of who has the most support within the movement, it’s more a matter of the movement’s ability [or inability] to outperform the traditional GOP primary voter base,” wrote Grassfire Nation media director Eric Odom.

When it came to stating which of the candidates is their least favorite, those surveyed picked Paul by an overwhelming majority over Mitt Romney, Gingrich, and Rick Santorum, in that order.

“For all the messaging we’ve seen about Ron Paul being the tea party granddaddy, it’s amazing that he fails to shine at any point in the survey,” Odom said.

“Ron Paul is clearly the least favorite out of the 29,000 surveyed, he’s perceived as the least likely nominee, and the tea party base views him as having the worst chances at defeating Barack Obama.

“This flies in the face of the argument that Ron Paul’s foreign policy isn’t damaging to his brand. On domestic policy one could easily assume Ron Paul wins hands down. It’s the foreign policy that immediately yanks him to the back of the line.”

When asked which candidate they would vote for in a primary or caucus, just over 48 percent said Gingrich, with Santorum at 25 percent; Romney, 15; and Paul, 12. When asked who ultimately would be the candidate, Gingrich had 55 percent, Romney 32, Santorum 7 and Paul 6.

But Gingrich really shone on the question of who is the best candidate to beat Obama, getting 57 percent, compared with Romney’s 23, Santorum’s 12, and Paul’s 9.

Gingrich and Santorum were the only two who more than half of the tea party supporters feel would be acceptable candidates. Gingrich scored 69 percent support; Santorum, 61; Romney, 43; and Paul, 22.

“That means every other tea party voter finds Romney totally unacceptable,” Odom said. “That’s a big problem for Romney in that the tea party movement is currently the most energized part of the Republican voter base.”

On the question of the least favorite, Paul easily outstripped the others with 57 percent; Romney scored 25; Gingrich, 13; and Santorum, 5.

The tea party supporters showed their allegiance to the Republican Party with 79 percent saying they would not support a conservative third-party candidate. Sixteen percent said they would and 5 percent said they were undecided.

“Hands down — no questions asked — there simply is no interest or support for such an effort,” Odom said.

TEA Party Endorses Newt Gingrich in Florida Primary

The TEA Party of Florida endorsed Newt Gingrich in the Florida presidential primary, saying the former House speaker has "articulated direct and serious steps designed to reduce spending, cut our deficits, pay down our national debt, and return liberty to our citizens in doing so."

Reconstituted from the party whose candidates garnered 310,000 votes in 20 races in 2010, TEA is pursuing a broader outreach strategy this year.

Chairman John Long said that in addition to fielding its own slate of candidates, the party plans to endorse like-minded candidates from the major parties in other selected races.

"People ask us, 'Who is the TEA Party?' and we say, 'You are,'" Long stated.

"When you speak out against out-of-control spending and officials that refuse to act responsibly with our money, you are the TEA Party.'"

The 310,000 votes received by TEA (Taxed Enough Already) candidates in 2010 was the third largest total of any party in the state.

Newt Gingrich Holds Rally Along Florida's "Space Coast"

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Newt Gingrich Space Coast Town Hall Meeting: Live at 5pm (ET)

COCOA, FL
Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Republican Presidential Candidate Newt Gingrich is expected to discuss his policy on the future of the U.S. space program during a campaign rally in Cocoa, FL along the eastern Florida "Space Coast."

Earlier in the day, the former House Speaker heard from aerospace industry leaders at a "Space Industry Roundtable" at the Simpkins Fine Arts Center on the Brevard Community College campus, also in Cocoa, FL.

The "town hall"-style event will take place in the Holiday Inn Express hotel.

Santorum hints at leaving FL before Tuesday primary

NAPLES, FL -- Failing to show early signs of momentum in the Sunshine State, presidential hopeful Rick Santorum on Wednesday signaled he may be cutting out of Florida before the state's Jan. 31 primary.

Speaking to reporters here, the former Pennsylvania senator said was unsure if he would be in Florida the night of the primary, committing only to campaigning in the state over the next two days. On Saturday, he'll head home to Virginia for fundraisers and to prepare his tax records which he plans to soon make public.

Santorum said this weekend will be the first time he's slept in his own bed since Christmas.

His campaign has acknowledged that the large and expensive state of Florida would be a tough place to do well. His war chest is dwarfed compared to that of frontrunners Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, who each also have well funded Super PACs.  A Quinnipiac Poll released today shows Santorum running nearly 20 points behind the top candidates.

But the GOP hopeful has been seen strong crowds in the South, drawing more than 1,000 supporters to a Megachurch here. And his rhetoric suggests he has no plans to leave the race anytime soon.

"This race has just started.  It's a three man race.  We're going to be in this race for the long term," he said.

Santorum will campaign in the Florida Panhandle on Thursday before tomorrow night's debate in Jacksonville. But plans after that remain fluid, his staff has advised. The candidate has dismissed any change in schedule is a sign of a waining campaign. His trip is a chance to raise money and prepare his tax documents, said Santorum.

"I want to get that issue, you know, out there and behind me so I'm not the guy thats not doing their taxes."

Romney: I would love to convince people I’m Mexican-American in Florida primary

MIAMI, Fla. — Mitt Romney said Wednesday at a “Meet the Candidates” forum sponsored by Univision that though his father was born in Mexico, he didn’t consider himself Mexican-American — but he wouldn’t mind if Floridians thought he was when they cast their ballot in the GOP primary Tuesday.


“I would love to be able to convince people of that particularly in a Florida primary,” Romney said when the forum’s moderator Jorge Ramos asked if the former Massachusetts governor would consider himself as the first Hispanic president if elected considering his father was born south of the border.


“But I think that might be disingenuous on my part because in my case my dad was born in Mexico and I am proud of my heritage, but he was born of U.S. citizens who were living in Mexico at the time and was not Hispanic. He never spoke Spanish nor did his parents so I can’t claim that honor. But he lived in Mexico until he was 5 or 6 years old and then with revolution in Mexico his parents and he as a young boy came back to the United States and settled in the Western part of the country.”


Pressed again by the moderator, who said Romney’s father would be “by definition” Mexican under that country’s constitution, Romney said he didn’t think voters would buy it if he went around claiming to be Mexican-American.


“I don’t think people would think I was being honest with them if I told them I was Mexican-American but I would appreciate if you would get that word out,” Romney said.


Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/01/25/romney-i-would-love-to-convince-people-i%e2%80%99m-mexican-american-in-florida-primary/#ixzz1kVEnkDqT

Rasmussen: National Newt 35-Mitt 28, Florida Newt 41-Mitt 32

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s victory in South Carolina continues to lift him nationwide, as a new Rasmussen Reports survey gives him a seven-point lead, 35-28 percent over Mitt Romney in the Republican presidential sweepstakes.

The two front-runners reversed spots from last week, when former Massachusetts Gov. Romney had 30 percent and former House Speaker Gingrich, 27 percent. 

In the new national telephone survey of 1,000 likely GOP primary voters on Jan. 23, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum’s support is little changed at 16 percent, while Texas Rep. Ron Paul picks up 10 percent. Two percent prefer some other candidate in the race, while 9 percent are undecided. 

Support for Gingrich has jumped a total of 19 points in two Rasmussen surveys since early January, while Romney's support has held steady, according to the polling firm’s analysis.

The national table-turning echoes that in Florida, where a pivotal primary contest looms Tuesday. Two weeks ago, Romney had a 22-point lead over Gingrich in the Sunshine State, but new Rasmussen Reports polling released Monday shows the former speaker with 41 percent support now among likely GOP primary voters in the Sunshine State with Romney in second at 32 percent.

Almost 40 percent of GOP voters nationwide now believe Gingrich would be the strongest opponent against President Barack Obama in the general election, while 37 percent say that of Romney. This represents a big shift from last week, when 43 percent viewed Romney as the strongest Obama opponent and 29 percent opted for Gingrich. More than 60 percent consider Paul the weakest general election opponent to Obama. 

Newt Gingrich stumps in Miami and Orlando, slamming Mitt Romney

A caffeinated Newt Gingrich kicked off his Florida campaign in Miami, where he talked about Mitt Romney, Cuba politics and immigrants learning English.

Newt Gingrich started to turn Florida’s Republican primary into a two-man contest Friday by hitting opponent Mitt Romney from the right, left and center at Miami’s Versailles Restaurant and during a headquarters opening in Orlando.

Gingrich also spoke at length to hordes of reporters and released a detailed plan on cracking-down on Raul Castro’s regime in Cuba – an issue that Romney didn’t discuss in depth during his Miami stop in November when he avoided talking to local reporters. See Video & Read More

Newt Surges to Lead in Fla., Romney Trails by 8 Points.

Newt Gingrich has now surged to a significant lead over Mitt Romney in Florida, leading the former front-runner now by 8 points, according to a new poll by InsiderAdvantage completed Sunday night of likely Republican primary voters.

The InsiderAdvantage poll of of 557 registered Republican voters is one of the first polls taken in Florida in the aftermath of Gingrich's double-digit win in the South Carolina primary Saturday.

The poll results follow:

Gingrich: 34% 

Romney: 26%

Paul: 13%

Santorum: 11%

Other: 2%

No opinion: 14%

The InsiderAdvantage poll was the first major poll last week to show the significant surge for Gingrich in South Carolina.

"The poll shows a huge bounce for Newt Gingrich, coming out of  South Carolina," Matt Towery, chief pollster for InsiderAdvantage 
told Newsmax. "It reflects the fact that Florida is a bellwether
for the rest of the nation."

He added: "Gingrich has been closing the gap nationally, according to the Gallup tracking poll, Florida is a reflection that Republicans nationally are moving toward to Gingrich."

He warned that the race is still “a very volatile situation…Romney s going to be loaded for bear and if Newt stumbles in a debate…it could be real trouble for him.”

Read more on Newsmax.com: Newt Surges to Lead in Fla., Romney Trails by 8 Points
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Newt Gingrich leads Mitt Romney in Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania

As Politico reports this morning, Newt Gingrich’s surge in the polls is now a national phenomenon as he holds doubt digit leads over Romney in Ohio, Florida, and Pennsylvania.Here’s the results of this new Qunnipiac poll:

If the 2012 Republican primary for President were being held today, and the candidates were: Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Jon Huntsman and Herman Cain, for whom would you vote?

                     REGISTERED REPUBLICANS
                     FL     OH     PA

Perry                 4%     4%     3%
Gingrich             35     36     31
Romney               22     18     17
Bachmann              4      5      3
Santorum              2      2      9
Paul                  8      7      7
Huntsman              2      1      3
Cain                  8      7      3
SMONE ELSE(VOL)       1      2      2
WLDN'T VOTE(VOL)      3      2      4
DK/NA                12     15     18

Suppose the primary came down to a choice between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, for whom would you vote?

                     REGISTERED REPUBLICANS
                     FL     OH     PA

Romney               34%    28%    31%
Gingrich             52     55     50
SMONE ELSE(VOL)       2      3      3
WLDN'T VOTE(VOL)      4      3      5
DK/NA                 9     13     11

—HT~ RS

Video: 'Santa' Jailed for Throwing Rock. Turned in by his own mother !!!

A Florida man is in police custody for throwing a rock at a county bus. Police say the suspect, who was dressed in a red track suit and a Santa hat, was turned in by his own mother after she saw surveillance video of the incident on TV.

Poll: Gingrich soaring in Sunshine State

(CNN) - Newt Gingrich's poll numbers in Florida are skyrocketing, according to a new survey of Sunshine state Republicans.

An American Research Group poll released Thursday indicates that 50% of likely Republican primary voters in Florida say that the former House speaker is their choice for their party's presidential nominee, with 19% supporting former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. Businessman and former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain is at 10%, with all other candidates in single digits and one in ten surveyed undecided.

Gingrich is up 39 points in just over a month. Gingrich was at 11% support in ARG's last Florida poll, conducted in October, with Romney down 9 points and Cain down 24 points.

Gingrich's poll numbers both nationally and in the crucial early voting primary and caucus states, have been soaring the past month. At the same time Cain's have been sliding, as he has confronted allegations of sexual harassment dating back to his years as the head of the National Restaurant Association in the late 1990's. The ARG poll in Florida was conducted Nov. 27-30, partially before and after Monday's allegations from an Atlanta businesswoman that she had a 13 year affair with Cain.

A Quinnipiac University survey of likely Florida Republican primary voters conducted Oct. 31-Nov. 7 had Cain at 27%, Romney at 21% and Gingrich at 17%.

The ARG poll indicates that 54% of self-described tea party movement supporters back Gingrich, with 16% preferring Cain and 8% supporting Romney. Among non-tea party supporters, 44% back Gingrich, with 31% supporting Romney.

Florida has become a major player in the race for the GOP nomination, thanks to the moving up of its primary date to January 31. Florida votes third in the primary and caucus calendar, following Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.

The American Research Group poll was conducted by telephone, with 600 likely Florida GOP primary voters questioned. The survey's overall sampling error is plus or minus four percentage points.

Gingrich Soars in Florida Poll !!!

A new poll shows Newt Gingrich is favored to take Florida's Jan. 31 Republican presidential primary, apparently the beneficiary of conservative voters leaving Herman Cain.

The InsiderAdvantage/Majority Opinion Research poll conducted Tuesday night for the Florida Times-Union shows Gingrich leading the pack by 41 percent.

The survey of 513 registered voters shows Gingrich has as much support as the next four candidates combined. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percent.

The Times-Union poll was the first in Florida since an Atlanta woman made claims that Cain had a casual 13-year affair with her. Cain drops to third place with 13 percent, behind Mitt Romney’s 17. No other candidate has double digits.

“I am totally shocked by these numbers,” pollster Matt Towery, CEO of InsiderAdvantage told The Times-Union. “Newt Gingrich is winning nearly 50 percent of the independent vote, but more importantly, the Republican vote which makes up the vast majority of the Florida Republican primary.”

Cain holds just 12 percent of Republicans and only 3 percent of independents.


Read more on Newsmax.com: Gingrich Soars in Florida Poll

Video: Governor Palin’s Speech at the RPOF Victory Dinner in Florida

HT~ C4P  Posted on November 03 2011 - 9:25 PM - Posted by: Stacy Drake

RuBegonia has video from Governor Palin’s speech this evening in Florida at the RPOF Victory Dinner. The clip isn’t the entire speech, but it’s a good portion of it.

Enjoy!

Update #1: Here’s video of the Governor riffing on how the Occupy Wall Street crowd has drawn the wrong conclusions.

Sarah Palin weighs in on Occupy protesters: MyFoxORLANDO.com

Sarah Palin weighs in on Occupy protesters: MyFoxORLANDO.com

Update #2: Here is what the Associated Press and the Orlando Sentinel reported about her speech:

Barack Obama is owned by Wall Street. The fat cats, as he calls them, they’re his friends. They’re his pals. That’s where he gets his campaign donations. And he’s very generous about giving these cats their cat nip — bigger returns on their investments in bailouts…My question to the Occupy Wall street crowd is, “Where have you been the last three years?” I suggest if they want to vent and want to change the situation, then they vent in the right direction. They need to hop on a bus and travel south — 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, where there’s plenty of space to occupy

Sarah Palin to resurface in Florida

The date is November 3 and the venue is the Republican Party of Florida’s 2011 Victory Dinner in Orlando, where Sarah Palin will be the keynote speaker.

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The event shows that some Republicans still view Palin as something of a draw, even if she has faded dramatically as a figure in the 2012 political lineup.

RPOF Chairman Lenny Curry laid it on thick in a statement: “Having a Republican leader of Governor Palin's stature and importance is yet again proof of the crucial role Florida will play as the year unfolds. We are so grateful that Governor Palin has accepted our invitation.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/66478.html#ixzz1bQWhvEtZ

Cain Wins Early Florida Test Vote - Video

Herman Cain won an early test vote in Florida that lacked most of the leading candidates' participation. Cain captured 37.1 percent of the vote at Saturday's straw poll, with Texas Gov. Rick Perry coming in second with 15.4 percent.