Monthly Archives: November 2016
Marco Rubio on Patrick Murphy: Classic projection and diversion
Marco Rubio is a charlatan. The worst kind of deceitful devious politician. Some politicians don’t have any sort of belief system or ideology. That’s not a positive thing obviously, but what is worse is a politician that will or do anything to get elected but has at his or her heart a strong set of […]
Utilities and Amendment 1 – the industry fleecing of Florida can be stopped November 8
Amendment 1 on the November 8 ballot is perhaps the single biggest farce ever proposed to be placed in the Florida Constitution. Given the long history of bizarre ballot efforts, that is saying a great deal. But this is perhaps the first time an entire industry that has bought its way to creating anti-consumer monopolies […]
TFS Podcast: Florida votes, Clinton emails, Murphy tax returns, Rubio money advantage, Crist v Jolly and Amendment 1
Brook Hines and Kartik Krishnaiyer discussed a variety of topics on this show: – Presidential campaign Where it stands in Florida Clinton email scandal and FBI Director James Comey’s actions National trends 2016 = 1996? – US Senate race Murphy tax releases not forthcoming – does it matter? Rubio pulling ahead in recent polls. Did […]
TFS Podcast – November 1
Brook Hines and Kartik Krishnaiyer will record the latest edition of our podcast tonight. Among the topics that will be discussed are: – Presidential campaign Where it stands in Florida Clinton email scandal and FBI Director James Comey’s actions Russia connection to Trump? National trends – US Senate race Murphy tax releases not forthcoming – […]
2016 emails 1996 campaign finance all over again? Clintonian deja vu
Call it Clintonian deja vu. In 1996, Bill Clinton was cruising to reelection and Democrats seemed destined to retake Congress after (what we at the time thought was an accidental) the 1994 GOP sweep. But late-breaking news intervened in 1996 cost the Democrats a chance to retake Congress while Clinton still cruised to reelection albeit […]
Does Marco Rubio respect the Presidency?
Florida’s Junior Senator is just days away from a potential reelection that would send him toward the White House in four or eight years. Rubio has tried to portray himself as some sort of elder statesman, mature and thoughtful in this race. However when he was seeking the GOP nomination for President But does Marco […]
The Florida Squeeze 