Yearly Archives: 2014
Does Governor Rick Scott have an opportunity to one-up Charlie Crist with women?
Over the past few election cycles Democrats have made a key component of their campaigns the so called “Republican War on Women.” However, Florida Democrats face a tough challenge if former Governor Charlie Crist defeats Senator Nan Rich for the party’s gubernatorial nomination. As this blog has previously noted, Senator Rich is the only consistently […]
Videos: Voucher proponents continue to manufacture phony support for school “choice”
Later today, it is strongly rumored voucher proponents will receive bussed school children in Tallahassee to show support for dangerous school “choice” legislation that is currently sitting in Senate. Once again the supporters of these for-profit schools who seek to damage the public school system in this state are manufacturing support for their cause using […]
TFS Twitter Takeover – Justin Snyder at Noon ET Tuesday April 29th
Our own Justin Snyder will answer tweets for an hour from noon to 1 pm ET tomorrow at the TFS Twitter handle –Twitter.com/Fl_Political_Sq Please keep tweets topical to Florida politics National politics the Economy Foreign Policy You can follow Justin’s twitter at https://twitter.com/JustinSnyderFL
President Clinton to keynote Florida Democrats “Leadership Blue” Dinner
A big get for Florida Democrats as the party has secured President Bill Clinton as the keynote speaker at the June 28th Leadership Blue Dinner (formerly Jefferson-Jackson). This is a big coup for the Florida party which has struggled with fundraising and candidate recruitment in the past year. On another note, I will have a […]
Has the left-wing of the Democratic Party boxed President Obama in on combating Putin’s aggression?
President Obama’s comments as well as those of Secretary Kerry and Ambassador Power regarding the ultra-nationalistic and imperialist aims of Vladimir Putin’s Russia have been on the mark over the course of the last seven weeks. However, often times it seems the United States and other western governments are reacting late or not at all […]
Scathing report on school privatization and poor kids released
A report by Dr. Gordon Lafer from the University of Oregon has been released that comes to scathing conclusions about school privatization. More from Ruth Conniff in the Progressive.
Performance Measures: How is the Florida Democratic Party doing?
Over the last few days, Florida’s mainstream media has been quite critical Florida Democratic Party. The Tampa Bay Times’ Adam Smith, who has been favorable to FDP political director Christian Ulvert in the past, has now come out and said that Democrats should be worried because of the lack of candidate recruitment by the party, among […]
Is Michelle Rhee’s “Students First” preparing for another faux campaign next week?
With the final week of session almost upon us and the fate of the dangerous school “choice” proposals still undecided, Michelle Rhee’s Step up for Students has engaged once again in the voucher battle here in Florida. Last year, Rhee’s organization rated Florida second on its report card of states based on voucher legislation and […]
Video: Step up for Students on school “choice” and courting Democrats
The above video has several tidbits that will interest our readers. The most interesting may come near the 7 minute mark with this quote: “We also discovered that a lot of these schools in these low income areas were affiliated with churches that were run by ministers who were absolutely king-makers in Democratic politics in […]
Flashback Friday: The Legislature in 1996
Yesterday, while doing some spring cleaning (ie. throwing things out) I stumbled upon the 1996 edition of the always handy “Know Your Legislators” legislative directory put out each year by Associated Industries of Florida. This happens to be the very last session the Democrats had a majority in the House. The spread in the Senate […]
The Florida Squeeze 