Florida will add two new U.S. House seats in the next election, but a legal tussle over self-imposed redistricting requirements has delayed the process.

WSJ: Latino Population Surge Poses Challenge to GOP

You want a more centrist Republican alternative, more or less exactly like the option that John McCain offered as a candidate during the 2008 presidential election, but which you, a self-styled centre-right newspaper, rejected in favour of Barack Obama, who thus far seems to be the most left-wing American president since the second world war.

ECONOMIST: Letters

Some analysts argue that President Obama would never tap the SPR so soon before the election, out of fear it may appear politically self-serving.

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