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In campaign appearances, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Adam Hasner has repeatedly said he supports oil drilling off Florida's shores, and that he opposed then-Gov. Charlie Crist's attempt to impose an offshore drilling moratorium. In a speech before the Palm Beach County Tea Party's Boca Raton chapter on Oct. 4, Hasner adamantly asserted, "We rejected Charlie Crist's plan to block offshore drilling off of the coast of Florida." The implication in the statement, which you can watch Hasner make in the video posted below, is that he has always supported drilling off the coast of Florida, and that just isn't true.

If you haven't spoken to U.S. Senate candidate Adam Hasner in a while, all you have to do is post a link to a story he doesn't like on Facebook, and he'll give you a call. According to Boca Raton political consultant Bryan Rudnick, that's exactly what happened when he posted a link to Adam Hasner: The moderate-conservative chameleon on his Facebook page. Not long after Rudnick posted the link on Facebook, he received the following voicemail message from Hasner: "Hey Bryan, it's Adam Hasner. Actually just checking in with you. Heard you're working against me, and if you are,...

U.S. Senate candidate Adam Hasner has been attacking his rival for the Republican nomination, former U.S. Sen. George Lemieux, almost daily for being a moderate, and a one-time supporter of former Gov. Charlie Crist. What Hasner has yet to admit is that at one time, not so long ago, he billed himself as a moderate Republican, and a Crist supporter.On Feb. 19, 2008, the Palm Beach County Voters Coalition, a liberal-leaning but ostensibly nonpartisan organization, honored then-Gov. Crist at its 25th anniversary dinner in West Palm Beach. A photo of Crist was on the program cover, and the event was...

2012 U.S. SENATE RACE: GOP hopefuls lining up to battle Nelson Republicans are bracing for a tough 2012 U.S. Senate primary pitting such political heavyweights as a former U.S. senator, a sitting Florida Senate president and the congressman son of a Republican icon. But to hear a growing number of Republican activists tell it, the candidate to watch is a fellow few Floridians have heard of. “Absolutely -- it’s Adam Hasner,” said Nancy McGowan, a prominent conservative activist and fundraiser from Jacksonville. “A primary for the most part is determined by the grass roots who look for the leadership they...