Yearly Archives: 2014
Desperate RPOF embarrassing itself in new anti-Crist ad
Florida Republicans are running scared. Four week away from possibly losing a Gubernatorial election in twenty years, the RPOF is “going nuclear” in its attempts to bloody Governor Charlie Crist while erecting a defense around Rick Scott’s own shady behavior. Yesterday, the RPOF released an ad titled “corrupt” in reference to Governor Crist, even though […]
Politico Magazine: The Plot Against Public Education
The incomparable Bob Herbert penned this must read piece on school “choice” on Monday in Politico. It is recommended reading for all.
The Chamber of Commerce and Amendment 1: A Short History of Constitutional Conflicts
I had the wonderful experience last month of watching Governor Bob Graham debate David Hart over Amendment 1. David Hart is the executive Vice President of Florida Chamber of Commerce, which is one of the few groups that has come out against the Land and Water Legacy Amendment, which is the first constitutional amendment on […]
Monday Musings: Elections cannot come soon enough, Democrats really in bad shape in House races?
Less than a month is left. Campaigns are in full swing, the rest of the money has been divided up, the victory parties are being planned. The constant bombardment of notifications is wearing upon all of us – to vote by mail, to give more money, to drag a friend to the polls. Unity rallies, […]
Former Coral Springs Mayor “Democrat” Scott Brook endorses conservative candidates
Former Coral Springs Mayor, Scott Brook whose election in 2006 began to usher in an era of fiscal irresponsibility and political games at City Hall has publicly endorsed conservative Tom Powers for Mayor of Coral Springs and Laurette Homan for City Commission. Both candidates are facing strong opposition in the November election, and Homan has […]
Why Charlie Crist is now favored once again to win; Scott’s campaign unprecedented for negativity in modern Florida history
According to most public polls, the Governor’s race is a dead heat but Governor Charlie Crist clearly has the momentum. The Republican Party of Florida’s negative campaign which attempted to slander Governor Crist by taking loose associations and smearing his character based on these relationships was initially successful but hit a point of diminishing returns […]
The NRA makes endorsements and rates legislators
The National Rifle Association (NRA) has made its endorsements for the 2014 General Election and rated legislators. As would be expected most Democrats fared poorly on the NRA scorecard while most Republicans were rated highly. The organization endorsed every Republican for the statewide cabinet and gave Charlie Crist who at one-time was an NRA backed […]
Monday Musings: Katy at Harvard, Washout in St Pete, Dangers of Facebook jinxes, Modi at MSG
I had the wonderful privileged to go hang out at the Harvard Institution of Politics this weekend to attend a conference on Bipartisan Advocacy. Walking through the IOP is like the magical wonderland for political nerds – everything you touch or walk by is a part of history. I got to hang out with Christine […]
Queen of Transparency not so Transparent – More on Mayor Teresa Jacobs
On Friday, we discussed the lawsuit filed against Orange County by Organize Now with the assistance the First Amendment Foundation. Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs whose major issue in her 2010 run for County Mayor was “ethics and transparency” in government has once again demonstrated how entitled a politician she has become. Mayor Jacobs response […]
The Florida Squeeze 