Author Archives: Kartik Krishnaiyer
Why Was a Recent Incident Involving Orlando City Fans in St Petersburg Sensationalized?
When I was the press officer for the North American Soccer League (the second division of North American Pro Soccer) we had several minor incidents of fan misbehavior. One such incident that took place in April 2012 during a game between the Fort Lauderdale Strikers and Tampa Bay Rowdies happened in St Petersburg at […]
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 […]
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 […]
Thursday Bookshelf: Robert Wexler’s Fire-Breathing Liberal
Robert Wexler who was my Congressman for almost 13 years joined the ranks of politician authors in 2008. Like most political memoirs the book is largely self-serving and self-promoting. Nonetheless, Fire-Breathing Liberal: How I Learned to Survive (and Thrive) in the Contact Sport of Congress has some interesting nuggets which certainly make it worth reading. Having […]
The Changing Democratic Base from 1994 to 2012
Continuing our recent look at small counties, rural voters and the Democratic vote, I thought it might be instructive to look at a comparison between two Democratic victories. The Democrats last won a Governor’s race in 1994 which was before the current era of Democratic dominance of Presidential elections in the state began (The Democrats […]
On President Obama and foreign policy: The failure of constant war making
I have seen the allegation bandied about the internet that somehow our website is hawkish and that some of our writers (myself included) are neoconservatives. Interestingly at least speaking for myself I take a far more restrained view of the use of the US military than the current Administration has. President Obama has overextended the […]
Charlie Crist releases TV spot and strikes a positive note
Governor Crist’s first television ad which begins to air in certain Florida media markets today is sunny side up look at Florida. I love that Governor Crist begins the ad with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, the signature symbol of this state and takes a positive tone throughout the 30 second spot. Unlike his opponent who […]
The Florida Squeeze 