Monthly Archives: November 2014
TFS crosses one million page views – A thank you
On Sunday, The Florida Squeeze passed 1,000,000 overall page views since we launched in late February 2013. I want to personally thank each and everyone who has written for this site in the last 21 months (in no particular order) – Ryan Ray, Katy Burnett, Sean Sorbie, Lauren Schwartz, Justin Snyder, Scott Gaillard, Nathan Taylor […]
Should Democrats abandon our values in light of election debacle? Some party leaders seem to think so
Post-election some Democratic Party insiders and FDP officials are talking openly about the failed 2014 effort as due to an overemphasis on progressive policies and turning out urban areas of the state. Make no mistake about it – candidate recruitment for 2014 was a massive failure for the party. But the solution of some party […]
Poll: FDP political direction
For the last several days many people around the Democratic Party in Florida have focused specifically on the role of Christian Ulvert the party’s Political Director in the 2014 debacle. Ulvert also serves as a consultant of some influence on other efforts particularly in Miami-Dade County. Our writers and readers have varying opinions on this […]
Election 2014 Winners/Losers Part III
Part I Part II LOSER SCOTT ARCENEAUX The FDP ‘s Executive Director was not directly responsible for the 2014 electoral debacle. But the reality now is that Arceneaux who is a brilliant original thinker and analyst of political trends now has presided at least in theory over two of the worst election cycles in Florida Democrats […]
The 2014 election, Allison Tant, the Florida Democratic Party: A Crossroads
A while ago, I made a post on exactly how I was going to grade Democrats after the election. I wanted everyone to know how I measured and how I would score. D- is how the season came out. They lost more house seats than I gave options for, but they held at 14 in […]
School voucher advocates stand to benefit from Taylor/Rouson faction run
Last session House Democrats demonstrated remarkable cohesion on school “choice” issues. Under the leadership of Minority Leader Perry Thurston and incoming leader Mark Pafford, the caucus coalesced behind a position opposing the unprecedented expansion of taxpayer money being siphoned to private schools. This came just a few short years after 24 House Democrats broke ranks […]
Election 2014 Winners/Losers Part II
This is Part II of our election breakdown. Part I can be viewed here and we will wrap up our list tomorrow with a third installment. Stay tuned! LOSER JOHN MORGAN AND BEN POLLARA Despite the national Republican tide, legalization of cannabis took major steps forward nationally on Tuesday – except in Florida where Amendment […]
House Caucus dissidents creating unneeded ruckus and problems for our values
Over the last two days reports have been circulating that Rep. Dwayne Taylor (D-Daytona Beach) plans to challenge House Democratic Leader-Designate Mark Pafford (D-West Palm Beach) before or at the organizational session on November 18th. Taylor has been backed by a faction of dissidents, led by Rep. Darryl Rouson, who seem to have been more […]
Election 2014 Winners/Losers Part I
Editors Note: From today until Sunday TFS will be unveiling our winner’s and losers of the 2014 cycle. These winners/losers include primaries and special elections. WINNER ASHLEY WALKER Brought late into the sagging Broward School Bonds campaign, Walker who managed President Obama’s 2012 Florida Campaign had taken some knocks from critics earlier this year after […]
Did President Obama’s immigration punt cost Governor Crist the election?
I must admit the various postmortems on Governor Crist’s loss on Tuesday to Rick Scott have been interesting. The discussion of Scott’s North Florida strategy and the Crist campaign’s progressive messaging costing the former Governor the region (which Alex Sink did far better in) is being discussed – though I believe this is a canard […]
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