Monthly Archives: March 2013
Dozens Converge on Downtown Tampa to Resist Voter Suppression
By Ryan Ray As our Capitol slowly devolves into an open-air slaughterhouse for good ideas and majoritarian rule, lousy with graft and openly hostile to the public trust like no time since the regime of the Pork Choppers, a loose-knit group of lefties the state over is standing athwart Florida history yelling “Enough already!” In […]
Zest of the Day: National Journal’s Beth Reinhard on Jeb Bush’s Poorly Timed Flip Flop
Jeb Bush has had a bad week to say the least. His national publicity tour to promote his new book, which may have been intended as a precursor to a 2016 Presidential run has gone badly. Beth Reinhard who covered Bush when he was Florida Governor as a political writer for the Miami Herald (she […]
Session 2013: How The House Democrats Will Be Different This Session
By Kartik Krishnaiyer Term limits and redistricting have created a never ending flow of new legislators and new opportunities for the Democrats in Florida. Yet more often than not the party has failed to take advantage of these opportunities. Despite the pickup of five seats this cycle, House Democrats missed countless opportunities to actually change […]
Session 2013: Will The Center Hold in the Florida Senate?
By Kartik Krishnaiyer Term limits have had a devastating consequence. The Florida Legislature has gotten worse and worse as we have gotten deeper into the term limits era. Last year five moderate GOP Senators were term limited and despite three huge Democratic primary victories for liberals (electing Geraldine Thompson, Jeff Clemens and Dwight Bullard over […]
Zest of the Day: Northrop Gruman Plans Huge Brevard County Expansion
From the Florida Today
Is it Possible Charlie Crist Will Sit Out The Governor’s Race?
By Kartik Krishnaiyer The continued hubbub over former Governor Charlie Crist’s next move is dominating political discussions on both sides of the aisle. The assumption by many is that with the Greer trial out of the way Crist is free to run for Governor in 2014. While this is certainly likely, it’s not a sure […]
The Laughable and Hypocritical Florida “Civility” Project
By Kartik Krishnaiyer Last week, RPOF Chairman Lenny Curry made a call for civility last week citing the actions of progressive activists to “eviscerate the leadership and weaken their ability to govern.” The RPOF Chairman is a complete hypocrite who has sought to change the narrative away from his party which has behaved as if […]
Will Republicans Show More Humility During the 2013 Session?
Last year, when the incoming Speaker Will Weatherford named ethically challenged Lake Mary Republican Chris Dorworth as his prospective Majority Leader, it sent a strong signal that the GOP continued to be unfazed by publicly embarrassing and unethical behavior. After all when you have had an uncontested majority for so long you tend to forget […]
Zest of the Day: Few Locally Elected Hispanics in Broward
The Sun Sentinel has a great story today on how despite the surge in Hispanic population, few Hispanics are being elected in Broward County. Yet another reason to protect the Voting Rights Act.
How Will Rick Scott’s Lurch To The Middle Impact the GOP Sense of Entitlement & Unity?
This week one by one the other members of the Florida Cabinet voiced displeasure with Rick Scott’s decision regarding Medicaid expansion. While Scott clearly can read public opinion polls and seems to have taken some steps to reinvent himself following a poor elections cycle for core Republican issues (best evidenced by the failure of ideologically […]
The Florida Squeeze 