Conventional wisdom would have it that Rep. David Rivera’s nearly 11-point loss to Democratic challenger Joe Garcia might have had something to do with all those scandals Rivera currently finds himself embroiled in. Rivera however was never much for conventional wisdom. He maintains that changing demographics and voter turnout were…
Former WTVJ anchor Joel Connable has passed away at the age of 39. Connable co-anchored WTVJ nightly newscasts for a brief time in 2008 and 2009, and had married his longtime girlfriend Angela Shlyakhov, a Miami paralegal, just two weeks ago. Connable suffered from diabetes throughout his life and died…
For decades Cuban-Americans have been one of the Republican party’s most reliable bases in Florida. Well, maybe not anymore. Some exit poll analysis suggests that Barack Obama actually outperformed Mitt Romney among Cubans in Florida. While others don’t show him quite pulling off that historic demographic upset, they do paint…
Last night, Senator Bill Nelson cruised to an easier than expected reelection, and, because Marco Rubio has some decency, Florida’s junior senator took to Facebook to congratulate Florida’s senior senator. However, a lot of Rubio’s Facebook fans were just not having it…
Miami’s own SNL star turned Tea Party Queen Victoria Jackson is not having a good day. After all, a communist remains in the White House. While it may not have been quite as ridiculous as Donald Trump’s now infamous Twitter meltdown, Jackson vented her emotions on social media and proclaimed…
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It appears that Connie Mack IV won’t even get to return to D.C. as a member of the House spouse’s club. His wife, Mary Bono Mack, served in a House district representing Palm Springs, California, and after coming up short in the early vote tally, local media is now painting…
WSVN has some rather ambitious coverage of the election last night for a local channel. They even sent reporter Blake Burman to the Obama rally in Chicago. Unfortunately there was a bit of awkwardness when WSVN cut to Burman solely because he was standing in the vicinity of a famous…
Things just got a little tougher for Rick Scott and the Republican legislature to pass just about anything they want, as Democrats made small but significant gains in the Florida House last night. The Dems effectively ended the Republican’s supermajority in the body, and may have knocked off Rep. Chris…
After months of vague polls never-ending political ads, traffic backups caused by campaign stops, and being annoyed by your family members on Facebook, election day is finally here, and Riptide is here to guide you through the results. Of course we’ll be paying attention to the Presidential race, but we’ll…
So, as we informed you this morning, it’s totally illegal in Florida to take a picture of your marked ballot. Well, the Connie Mack campaign only reads Riptide when we write something about Connie Mack (usually followed up by a terse e-mail). So, Mack is just retweeting out pictures of…
The joke about telling voters on the other side that they can vote the day after the election is almost as old as democracy itself, but this is Florida, and democracy here sometimes does look like a joke.Indeed, 12,525 people living in Pinellas County, Florida got a robocall this morning…
I mean, I guess if a cop pulls you over and you’ve got a whole bunch of crack cocaine out in the open you’ve got to at least pretend to hide it somewhere, right? I’ve never done crack, but that sounds like pretty sound crack logic to me.Police in Punta…
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It’s Election Day, which means your Instagram, Tumblr, Twitter and Facebook feeds are full of pictures of people waiting in long lines to vote, their shiny new “I Voted” stickers, and, occasionally, their actual ballots.So, as a friendly reminder, we’d just like to reiterate that it’s totally illegal in Florida…
The day is finally upon us, and it’s looking like every vote may actually matter in Florida. In the final slew of polls, both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney remain tied in the race to win our state’s precious 29 electoral votes. Let’s take a look at the latest polls…
Dwyane Wade hasn’t been shy about sharing his political beliefs. He endorsed Kendrick Meek in Florida’s 2010 Senate race, and earlier today he published an impassioned essay throwing his support behind President Obama. His teammate LeBron James’ political leanings haven’t always been quite so public, but we’re pretty sure King…
There’s no way around it: If Mitt Romney loses Florida he’ll lose the election. After months of polling and campaigning, the conventional wisdom is that if Romney fails to capture the Sunshine State’s 29 electoral votes he’s left with very few paths to Electoral College victory.Well, just a day before…
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Did you see Reggie Bush’s amazing, zig-zaggy touch down run in the second quarter on Sunday against the Indianapolis Colts? Well, Fox analyst Terry Bradshaw did, and in a poor choice of words, described Bush as running like “he was chasing that bucket of chicken.” Whoops…
With a rate of 1,198 violent crimes committed per every 100,000 residents in 2011, the City of Miami has been named the 17th most dangerous large city in America, according to the latest statistics released by the FBI…
The latest polls released in the past few days really have not brought much clarity to the question of who exactly is in the lead in Florida. Two recent newspaper-commissioned polls show Mitt Romney with a sizable lead, but others show Barack Obama with a slim lead. Taken all together,…
