Bill McCollum, Democrats trade shots about lawsuit
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Days after Florida Republicans assaulted President Barack Obama's healthcare reforms, the state's Democrats launched a political counter-attack Thursday aimed squarely at the GOP's front-runner for governor: Attorney General Bill McCollum.
First, Senate Democrats tried legislative tactics to slow down McCollum's lawsuit filed Tuesday against the national healthcare law. Then, House and Senate Democrats called on Republican legislative leaders to audit McCollum's office to examine its use of staff time.
And capping it all: A Washington Democratic leader accused McCollum of skirting state law by failing to go through the proper channels before filing his lawsuit, a charge McCollum denied.
Though the efforts to audit McCollum and stop the suit failed Thursday, the Democrats' onslaught signaled the heightened sense of partisanship in an election-year legislative session.
Leading the anti-McCollum charge: Sen. Dan Gelber, a Miami Beach Democrat running for attorney general who said the incumbent's ``frivolous'' lawsuit is an ``ideological escapade'' that won't survive in the courts. ``This is nothing other than a political frolic,'' he said. ``We have incredible challenges in our state. . . . We want our chief law-enforcement officer spending his time protecting our citizens.''
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