Fla. Dems Good on Environment, Reps Not So Much

The League of Conservation Voters released their scorecards for Congress. Can you guess what the pattern is? Of Florida Republicans, only Ileana Ros-Lehtinen does as good as any Democrat and that's only one person. Beyond that, all Democrats do way better than all Republicans. No shocker there.

Alcee Hastings (D), 92%
Ron Klein (D), 92%
Timothy Mahoney (D), 92%
Kendrick Meek (D), 92%
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D), 92%
Bill Nelson (D), 91%
F. Allen Boyd (D), 85%
Corrine Brown (D), 85%
Kathy Castor (D), 85%
Robert Wexler (D), 69%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R), 69%
Vern Buchanan (R), 62%
Gus Bilirakis (R), 38%
Ginny Brown-Waite (R), 38%
Mario Diaz-Balart (R), 38%
C.W. Bill Young (R), 38%
Mel Martinez (R), 36%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R), 31%
Ander Crenshaw (R), 15%
Ric Keller (R), 15%
Connie Mack (R), 8%
John Mica (R), 8%
Adam Putnam (R), 8%
Dave Weldon (R), 8%
Tom Feeney (R), 0%
Jeff Miller (R), 0%
Cliff Stearns (R), 0%

Esquire Endorsement

Esquire endorsed Faye Armitage over Mica:

Mica demands budgetary transparency from the TSA; that's good. But over the past two years he's given a rubber stamp to every invasion of privacy the agency proposes while seeking to trim costs by keeping TSA workers' wages and job security at a minimum. That's dangerous.

From the Blogs

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: SOURCE WATCH.ORG: MICA's TOP CONTRIBUTORS in 2008

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: JOHN MICA ONLY VOTES WITH GEORGE W. BUSH 95% OF THE TIME

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: MICA GETS LIMP ENDORSEMENT FROM ORLANDO SENTINEL

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: So, Congressman JOHN MICA wears a pinkie ring -- what do you make of that?

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: ALL IN THE FAMILY -- CONGRESSMAN JOHN MICA'S CHILDREN BENEFIT FROM HIS SERVICE IN CONGRESS

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: WORLD TRAVELER: JOHN MICA FLEW TO TIBET

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: JOHN MICA CAN'T EXPLAIN TO THESE KIDS HOW REPUBLICANS HAVE FOULED UP THEIR FUTURE WITH THEIR INEPT POLICIES FAVORING OLIGOPOLISTS

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: WORLD TRAVELER: Here's Congressman JOHN MICA in Will County, Illinois

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: WORLD TRAVELER: JOHN MICA MEETS WITH SLOVENIA MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: Newsweek Blasts MICA, Republicans, for Trying to Blame Credit Crisis on Poor People

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: MICA IS THE DECIDER, WHO DIDN'T EVEN ASK ST. AUGUSTINIANS BEFORE EARMARKING MONEY FOR TUNNEL

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: HE'S THE "DECIDER" HARRUMPHERY -- CONGRESSMAN JOHN MICA's EGO IS BIGGER THAN THE STATE OF KANSAS -- IT'S ALL ABOUT HIM!

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: Mica Caught with Rich Lobbyists in a "Debauched Atmosphere"

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: John Mica faces 'soccer mom' Faye Armitage for U.S. House District 7 seat

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: ALL IN THE FAMILY -- CONGRESSMAN JOHN MICA'S SON, CLARK MICA, HAS POLITICAL PATRONAGE (SCHEDULE C) JOB AT DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: ECONOMIST AND CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE FAYE ARMITAGE COLUMN ON PRESIDENT, CONGRESS AND ETIOLOGY OF WORLD FINANCIAL CRISIS

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: JOHN, DAVID AND DAN MICA REMIND ME OF THE THREE BROTHERS ON BOB NEWHART

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: Like closing the barn door after the horse is gone -- MICA wants investigation, when Republicans refused oversight for years

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: REUTERS: "Florida Rep. John Mica said he would consult with colleagues on whether a special counsel should probe the "financial mess." It was unclear

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: JOHN MICA IS A NATIONAL EMBARASSMENT -- I WILL LET YOU COUNT THE WAYS!

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: WORLD: At Lehman hearing, REP JOHN MICA "suggested that Lehman hadn't spent enough on lobbying in Washington, compared to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac!"

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: GUARDIAN: MICA TO LEHMAN BROTHERS EXEC: "You've Got to Act Like a Villain"

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: MICA-s BAD JUDGEMENT: So in 2003, MICA said airplane bomb was inevitable but in 2006 he was insouciant about bomb vulnerabilities at Orlando Airport

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: In 2006, MICA said, "IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME.... DID IT EXPLODE?" re: undercover investigation revealing vulnerability to bombs at Orlando Airport

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: Associated Press: in 2003, JOHN MICA said airplane bombing was inevitable

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: JOHN MICA DOES LOBBYISTS' BIDDING, NOT THE VOTERS

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: Mica's Earmarks -- St. Augustine Record Reports Mica Earmarks Go to Campaign Contributors

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: Micaville

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: Source Watch: JOHN MICA was a tool for Big Tobacco, distributing biased "study"

Republicans Don't Support Troops As Well As Dems

Check out the latest scorecards from Disabled American Veterans and Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America...

DAV:

Bill Nelson, 100
Allen Boyd, 100
Corrine Brown, 100
Kendrick Meek, 100
Robert Wexler, 100
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, 100
Alcee Hastings, 100

Mel Martinez, 60
Jeff Miller, 66
Ander Crenshaw, 66
Ginny Brown-Waite, 66
Cliff Stearns, 66
John Mica, 66
Ric Keller, 50
C.W. Bill Young, 66
Adam Putnam, 66
Connie Mack, 66
David Weldon, 66
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, 66
Lincoln Diaz-Balart, 66
Tom Feeney, 66
Mario Diaz-Balart, 66

Notice a pattern here? All of the Dems have 100%, while none of the Republicans has anything better than a mid-range "D." So much for supporting disabled troops.

IAVA:

Bill Nelson, A+
Allen Boyd, A
Corrine Brown, A
Kathy Castor, A
Timothy Mahoney, A
Kendrick Meek, B
Robert Wexler, A
D. Wasserman Schultz, A+
Ron Klein, A+
Alcee Hastings, A

Mel Martinez, B
Jeff Miller, B
Ander Crenshaw, B
G. Brown-Waite, B
Cliff Stearns, B
John Mica, B
Ric Keller, A
Gus Bilirakis, A
C.W. Bill Young, B
Adam Putnam, C
Vern Buchanan, B
Connie Mack, B
Dave Weldon, C
I. Ros-Lehtinen, A
L. Diaz-Balart, B
Tom Feeney, B
M. Diaz-Balart, B

Republicans do a little better on this one, with Keller, Bilirakis and Ros-Lehtinen all getting an "A." Dems still do better, Meek has the lowest grade on our side of the aisle, and he still has a "B." The only "A+" grades amongst Florida's delegation are Dems and the only grades below "B" are all Republicans. Again, which party actually supports the troops?

From the Blogs

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: Armitage plans door-to-door campaign to unseat Mica

From the Blogs

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: Birds of A Feather -- Representative JOHN (Butthead) MICA and St. Augustine City Manager WILLIAM B. HARRISS

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: St. Augustine Record: Camera, Congressman collide

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: ORLANDO SENTINEL: Mica opponent joins pledge to hire wounded veterans

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: ORLANDO SENTINEL: Faye Armitage: Mica head-butt a "childish antic"

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: Congressman Mica Head-Butts ABC News Cameraman Outside Indicted Alleged Felon Tom Delay's Fancy Lobbyist-Driven Party at Republican Natl Convention

From the Blogs

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: VOTE FAYE ARMITAGE, THE ONLY CD7 DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE WHO OPPOSES OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING, WHICH COULD DESTROY FLORIDA'S TOURIST ECONOMY!

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