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Middle-class Floridians to Romney and Ryan: Greetings from under the bus
Mitt Romney's "middle class under the bus" tour continues in Florida. See how Romney and his running mate Paul Ryan would hurt Floridians if they're elected, and then share the facts with your friends. 
Mitt Romney's "middle class under the bus" tour continues in Florida. See how Romney and his running mate Paul Ryan would hurt Floridians if they're elected, and then share the facts with your friends. Mitt Romney's "middle class under the bus" tour continues in Florida. See how Romney and his running mate Paul Ryan would hurt Floridians if they're elected, and then share the facts with your friends.
Paul Ryan’s plan for Medicare: “unbearable” and “very costly”
Conspicuously absent from Florida? Romney's new running mate, Paul Ryan. As Democratic Party chair and Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz put it at a stop in Miami Gardens, Florida, ''I’m not very surprised Paul Ryan decided to skip the bus tour today with Mitt Romney. If I were the architect of a plan to end Medicare as we know it, I wouldn't show my face in Florida either.'' Conspicuously absent from Florida? Romney's new running mate, Paul Ryan. As Democratic Party chair and Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz put it at a stop in Miami Gardens, Florida, ''I’m not very surprised Paul Ryan decided to skip the bus tour today with Mitt Romney. If I were the architect of a plan to end Medicare as we know it, I wouldn't show my face in Florida either.''
Read MoreMade in America
Julie Reiser owns Made in USA Certified, a small business in Boca Raton, Florida, that specializes in making sure that products claiming to be "Made in America" truly are. Today, she opened up her business to the Romney-Ryan Economics: Middle Class Under the Bus tour. It was a fitting stop: Mitt Romney has a history of sending jobs to places like India and China, and he's currently campaigning on a tax plan could create up to 800,000 jobs overseas. Julie Reiser owns Made in USA Certified, a small business in Boca Raton, Florida, that specializes in making sure that products claiming to be "Made in America" truly are. Today, she opened up her business to the Romney-Ryan Economics: Middle Class Under the Bus tour. It was a fitting stop: Mitt Romney has a history of sending jobs to places like India and China, and he's currently campaigning on a tax plan could create up to 800,000 jobs overseas.
Read MoreJacksonville seniors say no to Paul Ryan’s plans for Medicare
Mitt Romney has chosen Paul Ryan as his running mate—to the alarm of Florida's seniors. Mitt Romney has chosen Paul Ryan as his running mate—to the alarm of Florida's seniors.
Read MoreA history of Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney's policy disagreements
From immigration policy to how much one should pander to appeal to conservative Republican voters, here's a quick reminder of just how much Romney and his latest endorser, Jeb Bush, disagree.
Read MorePuerto Rico's Rep. Pierluisi: Romney is wrong for Hispanic Americans
Congressman Pedro Pierluisi, Puerto Rico's representative in the U.S. Congress, is in Tampa, Florida, today to get out the word to Spanish-language media on why the policies of Mitt Romney and the Republican candidates would be devastating to Puerto Ricans and other Hispanic Americans—and what the Obama presidency has meant for his community.
Read MoreDNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s Statement on Florida Republican Primary Results
Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz released the following statement tonight on the results of the Florida Republican primary:
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Paul Tonko
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Rep. Joe Courtney
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Jan Schakowsky
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MI Democratic Party
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The NDP
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MI Democratic Party
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