Many Democratic leaders are privately fuming over a Miami Herald article that reported state party chairwoman Karen Thurman has been hired by Republican power broker Al Cardenas to help him lobby on behalf of Miami-Dade County in Washington.
Two issues are getting under their skin: First of all, Cardenas, who served as chairman of the Florida Republican Party under former Gov. Jeb Bush, is one of the most prominent GOP bulldogs in the state. Secondly, the party pays Thurman $100,000 -- by most standards, a full-time salary that would allow her to devote herself to Democratic causes.
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