Author Archives: Kartik Krishnaiyer
Monday Musings – AFL-CIO Crist Endorsement, Journalism Ethics, Higher Ed and the Governor’s Race, Gun Violence, Crist’s Cuban-American Problem
I’m not going to pretend that the endorsement of the AFL-CIO of Charlie Crist makes any sense at first glance. Crist was simply against labor all along, as Governor and as a member of the Legislature, and the AFL-CIO choose not to endorse him 5 different times and he has nothing substantive to show that […]
How does the FEA Endorsement of Crist Impact Legislative Races and Behavior?
When the Florida Education Association (FEA) endorsed Charlie Crist for Governor a few weeks ago despite his checkered record on public education issues, many liberals lamented how this impacted his primary opposition Senator Nan Rich who has a positive record on public schools and education. I however had viewed the FEA endorsement of Crist as […]
Flashback Friday: D-Day
Today marks the 70th Anniversary of the largest amphibious landing in human history. American, British and Canadian troops stormed the beaches of Normandy in a quest to liberate Western Europe from Nazi domination. The heroism of the “Greatest Generation” of Americans will never be forgotten and should be appreciated by all members of the human […]
Thursday Bookshelf – Cigar City Mafia: A Complete History of the Tampa Underworld
Tampa was once the epicenter of mob activity in the Southeastern United States. Cigar City Mafia: A Complete History of the Tampa Underworld by Scott Deitche gives a complete account of the underworld in Tampa which was fueled by gambling, drug running and bootlegging. The book provides a narrative about people and places in the history […]
Charlie Crist’s Worrying Poll Numbers
Earlier this week, Peter Schorsch had an excellent analysis of Governor Crist’s sagging poll numbers among key demographics. Much of this has been largely under-reported in the mainstream press. While a sense among Democrats continues to prevail that Crist is the favorite to win this fall, the polling trends indicate otherwise. Here are my biggest […]
Democrats need to maintain perspective on Bergdahl
The deal orchestrated by the Obama Administration to bring Bowe Bergdahl back to the United States is dividing Democrats across the country. Our own Justin Snyder has weighed in with his thoughts. The reaction is certainly not what the administration expected when it commenced the deal, which was completed with the help of the corrupt, […]
Should Nan Rich Drop Out? Final Poll Results and Analysis
On Monday, we asked the question whether Nan Rich should withdraw from the Governor’s Race? Our readers have spoken resoundingly by more than a two to one margin that she should not. The poll results shown below have deleted any second votes by readers and thus if you voted more than once from the same […]
Wednesday Open Thread
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Obama and Sink percentages by State House District
We have heard and read a great deal recently about the alleged gerrymandering of State House and State Senate districts during the 2012 Reapportionment process. On this website we have argued consistently that Democrats were given an accessible map in the State House and failed to take advantage of the opportunities presented by this map […]
Poll: Should Nan Rich Withdraw from the Governor’s Race?
UPDATE 5PM ET TUE 6/3 – THIS POLL IS NOW CLOSED Historically, based on empirical evidence, I believe Gubernatorial primaries have been productive exercises for political parties and candidates. By contrast however, a school of thought has developed in Florida Democratic Party circles that having a primary for Governor this year is hurting the party […]
The Florida Squeeze 