Monthly Archives: February 2014
Thursday Bookshelf: 1950 Democratic Primary for US Senate
Our weekly Thursday Bookshelf column will resume next week with a look at Claude Pepper, George Smathers, Ed Ball and the (in)famous 1950 US Senate election in Florida. I had hoped to publish this story sometime today but events overcame me and I have not finished one of the books that will be featured in […]
Nan Rich turns Crist-Bush Faux pas into fundraising opportunity
Smart move by Nan Rich to use former Governor Buddy MacKay who lost the 1998 Gubernatorial race to Jeb Bush in this fundraising appeal. The Bush years were largely an ideological crusade to undo the positive work MacKay and his political partner Lawton Chiles had done for Florida’s families, schools and our environment. MacKay is the […]
HB 255: Rep. Gaetz’s ‘Red Meat for Gun Nuts’ Act
Whether you’re begrudgingly supportive of Charlie Crist, optimistically still backing Nan Rich, quixotically hoping for Bill Nelson to jump in, or one of those sociopaths that voted for Gov. Scott, one thing we can all agree on: Florida faces many problems. Real problems that affect people’s lives in real ways. Some of which can be […]
Charlie Crist NAILS the Cuban embargo issue
Regardless of your views of the Castro regime and economic sanctions in general it takes a brave person to actually claim the Cuban embargo enacted in 1961 unilaterally by the United States has been successful. All it has served to do is allow the Castro brothers to use the United States as the bogeyman in […]
Are House Democrats prepared for 2014?
In 2012, the Democrats snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, leaving multiple house candidates out to dry late in the election cycle. In many of these seats the GOP won by a very small margins, the Democratic candidates had recruited themselves or had been recruited by a local party. Democrats picked up six seats […]
Ana Rivas Logan party switch not worth crowing about
Self-preservation is a key component in most politicians DNA. Self-pity is another, and when things go wrong in within a political party we often times see feuding, fussing and even party switching. The history of party switching in Florida during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s sometimes had to do with conviction but usually had more […]
Charlie Crist DEAD WRONG on Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush left the Governor’s office over six years ago, yet his influence continues to permeate our state. This past weekend, Charlie Crist the Democratic front runner for Governor made a ridiculous statement for the ages. “Yeah, I think he (Bush) probably would (make a good president). He made a great governor, in my humble […]
February 10th: Anniversary of Florida being ceded by the Spanish to the British
The Seven Years War/French and Indian War ended formally on this day in 1763 with the Treaty of Paris. With this treaty Florida changed hands from the Spanish to the French. The Seven Years War was the first truly world war which had battles in Europe, the Middle East and India as well as North […]
Charlie Crist shows real courage on Cuba sanctions stand
On Real Time with Bill Maher on Friday, Governor Charlie Crist shockingly stated he’d like the Cuban Embargo lifted. This is a contradiction of Crist’s longstanding view on the issue from when he was a member of the Republican Party, but a welcome change. Let me state first off I oppose economic sanctions and embargoes […]
Republican Party fueled Rothstein-Crist analysis largely off the mark
Florida’s papers and political press have had a field day in the last week buying into a Republican Party fueled narrative about the “close ties” between Scott Rothstein based largely on the court testimony of the convicted fraudster and ponzi-schemer this week. It appears to many a neutral observer that Rothstein’s shots at Crist could […]
The Florida Squeeze 