Author Archives: Kartik Krishnaiyer
Crist calls for Shinseki resignation in VA Scandal
Charlie Crist stepped out on Thursday calling for Department of Veteran’s Affairs Secretary General Eric Shinseki to resign in wake of the growing VA scandal. Crist said: “I appreciate Secretary Eric Shinseki’s service to his country, and while we don’t know precisely what happened here, we do know that there must be accountability and confidence […]
Orange County Democrats in the wake of Val Demings withdrawal – Open forum
Val Demings, a superstar Democratic candidate shocked Florida politicos with her sudden withdrawal from the Orange County Mayor’s race on Tuesday. Demings, who overperformed in a 2012 Congressional challenge to Congressman Dan Webster, was looking to unseat Mayor Teresa Jacobs. The Orange County Mayor’s office is one of the most powerful and visible elected positions […]
Congressional Race Ratings – May 21, 2014
Beginning this week, each Wednesday until Election Day we will take a look at our ratings for Congressional races. Following qualifying for state and local offices in June we will be running similar features for State House and State Senate (an initial rating of both State House and State Senate race will be released before […]
Update on our Coral Springs story – Pay raises take center stage
Earlier this month we discussed Coral Springs, a city in Broward County with over 120,000 residents that has not elected a Republican to represent it at the Federal or State level since 1982, yet has a 4-1 Republican City Commission. Coral Springs was as we discussed in the previous article in the past a recipient of […]
Will Charlie Crist find his voice and help Florida Democrats find one as well?
Former Governor Charlie Crist’s ride as the presumptive Democratic nominee began smoothly with a seeming coronation and a few months of “Charlie-mania” among Democrats but has now descended into a less than secure place. Certainly Crist will be the Democratic nominee for Governor barring a “summer surprise” of catastrophic proportions, but it has become obvious […]
Brown v Board of Education – Separate But Equal
On this the 60th Anniversary of the momentous Brown decision, I would like to strongly recommend one of my favorite TV movies ever-Separate But Equal. This is the story of the court battles that led to the final Supreme Court decision, with Sidney Poitier playing Thurgood Marshall and Burt Lancaster in his final film role playing […]
Flashback Friday – When Racial Terror Struck Florida and how Charlie Crist Played Hero
Attorney General Crist in 2005 discussing the case One of the darkest episodes in Florida’s history, the murder of NAACP leader Harry T. Moore. In 1951 when Moore was murdered in Mims, local Democrats in Lake, Orange and Brevard County were not only segregationists but were sympathetic to hoodlums in the Ku Klux Klan. Even […]
Friday Quick Hits – New Scott Ad a postive change, Indian Elections, Sexism in news rooms and Ukraine
After weeks of bashing presumptive Democratic nominee Charlie Crist on various charges, the Let’s Get to Work Committee has actually released a positive ad entitled Grandpa. It’s a change in tact from a committee that has failed to raise Crist’s negative substantially enough to change the shape of the race, while the Governor’s negative numbers […]
Sources: Skip Campbell strongly considering launching campaign to reclaim his old Senate seat
Senator Jeremy Ring who is term-limited will be replaced by the victor of the 2016 Democratic Primary in Senate District 29. The district which is one of the most Democratic in state already has two potential high-profile candidates in State Rep. Jim Waldman who is termed this year and well-known Trial Lawyer Gary Farmer, who […]
Wednesday Open Thread
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The Florida Squeeze 