Mirroring a national debate, Florida's GOP is split over whether to move further to the right, embracing its conservative roots, or to expand its tent to reach more moderates and independents"Factions grapple for reins of GOP in Florida" The decision of U.S. Rep. Suzanne Kosmas, D-New Smyrna Beach, to vote against the health care reform bill proposed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi brought more than 60 people to the intersection of City Center Parkway and Dunlawton Avenue on Saturday afternoon with protest signs.Many claimed to have been her supporters for years -- since she was first elected to the Florida House in 1996 and, especially since her unlikely victory unseating Rep. Tom Feeney, R-Winter Park.
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