Yearly Archives: 2014
Redistricting, the Florida Legislature, and November Elections: Possibilities for Republicans
The limbo of the redistricting trial is making headlines nationally, yet it is very unclear where this circus is headed. Judge Terry Lewis has scheduled a meeting next week to discuss what will happen next in the congressional redistricting case. Then, they will at least clarify if there needs to be a new map for […]
How Florida Democrats Avoid Another 2010-like Armageddon
One of the things that made me exceptionally proud in the early months of 1995 was that Florida, unlike much of the country had resisted the Republican tide that swept the nation in November 1994. Sure, 1994 was a bad year relatively speaking for Florida Democrats losing eight State House seats, two Congressional seats and […]
Legislative Seats, Governing and Partisan Competition – How it Impacts Democracy
With the discussion of redistricting and the drawing of district lines back front and center it is a good time to reflect on how the process of politics has gradually undermined proper representation in the state of Florida over the course of the last few decades. What has happened at the State House level is […]
Montana Governor Schweitzer’s Road to the Vice Presidency
Former Senator Hillary Clinton does not, and will not, want to include former Governor Brian Schweitzer as her Vice Presidential nominee if she wins the Democratic nomination. However, baring a more viable challenger, it is possible Schweitzer may become the inevitable choice; even after a bruising primary. In recent polling former Senator Hillary Clinton averages […]
Ten Dollar Tuesday – Protect House Democratic Incumbents
With the financial reports that came out in Friday, it became pretty clear that there are a few Democrats who are in dire straits this November. If the party is going to hold in the house, we have to step up and protect our own. Saving the incumbents should be a priority for the FDP […]
Monday Musings – Redistricting, The passing of John Seigenthaler, Campaign Finance Reports and Renewed German Patriotism
In case you haven’t noticed, the whole nation is going to go a little crazy about our redistricting case. There is quite a large debate if anything will change. Kartik posted the other day about the consequences to Alan Grayson’s seat, and of course, Corrine Brown’s seat will break up and hopefully make Ted Yoho’s […]
House Race Ratings – July 13th
Only one change in our State House ratings this week which was to move the Orlando area HD-49 represented by Joe Saunders into the “Safe Democrat” column. Everything else remains the same from our ratings released two weeks ago on June 29th. Full ratings below.
Poll: How would you describe Charlie Crist’s Ideology?
Charlie Crist has been described as “all things to all people,” a conservative, a populist, a liberal, an opportunist. Today we are giving TFS readers an opportunity to have a say on how they would describe Governor Crist’s ideology. Vote in the below poll and leave comments in the thread below.
Flashback Friday: When the 1992 Florida Congressional Map was thrown out
The news late yesterday that the 2012 Congressional Districts had been invalidated drew me back to 1996, when we had a similar happening with Congressional Districts. Ironically, the district that caused the problems then as it has now is Corrine Brown’s seat, then numbered the third, now numbered the fifth. Brown’s original district in 1992 […]
Charlie Crist and Florida’s Shrinking Middle Ground
For decades from the 1960s up to the mid 1990s, the political strategy for both parties has been to find a moderate candidates that can appeal both sides of the aisle. This began to fade with Newt Gingrich’s Republican Revolution in the house in 1994 and the rise of hyper-partisanship, yet the polarization has taken […]
The Florida Squeeze 