It's probably fair to say that a lot more people in Florida politics (including myself) now know who the heck Ray Junior is after the Haridopolos affair took place Tuesday afternoon.
Junior is a talk show host, whose daily afternoon show at 5 p.m. is aired locally in St. Augustine. He's become famous in the past 24 hours since his spirited exchange with Florida Senate President and U.S. GOP Senatorial nominee Mike Haridopolos was posted on political websites throughout the state on Wednesday.
Demonstrating how the Paul Ryan budget that would dismantle Medicare is literally paralyzing some Republicans reluctant to take a stand on the unpopular plan, Haridopolos was kicked off Junior's radio show on Tuesday when he could not give a yes-or-no answer as to what his opinion was about it all.
This article appears in May 26 – Jun 1, 2011.