Author Archives: Kartik Krishnaiyer
Tampa Tribune speaks to Al From- Thoughts on the DLC legacy
From Fresh Squeezed the Tampa Tribune’s Politics blog, a conversation with Al From who was one of the most controversial and influential figures in the Democratic PArty in the 1980s and 1990s. From was probably the figure most responsible for the drift of the national Democratic Party from progressive force in the 1970s, to mushy […]
Marco Rubio at CPAC: More fluff and dangerous rhetoric
In what is becoming an annual rite of passage, Florida’s Junior Senator Marco Rubio gave yet another speech at CPAC which was designed to incite the conservative base against the President and impress his friends in the media. Rubio’s national profile which is the highest of any member of congress elected for the first time […]
School “choice” proponents continue shady tactics and big spending
As Republican legislators gear up once again to expand school “choice” in the state of the Florida, the Miami Herald’s Kathleen McGrory has exposed the movement once again as far from being organic and grassroots oriented as the proponents of these odious proposals often claim. The Herald had reported late last session that the group “Sunshine Parents” […]
Nan Rich hits Charlie Crist in State of the State response
Hmmm… “For nearly eight years, under Republican Govs. Charlie Crist and Rick Scott, Florida has given billions in tax breaks and virtual control of our government over to special interests,” Rich maintained on Tuesday. “As a state, we are less safe and less able to meet the basic needs of our citizens than we were […]
Crisis of the contemporary Democratic Party: Global isolationism & American liberalism should never mix
As a progressive I must admit that I have been disappointed by the reaction of many of my fellow liberals to Russian aggression in Crimea. It is with great sadness I see the drift of many of my fellow liberal activists towards global isolationism and war weariness. This flies in the face of the historic […]
Crimea Crisis: President Obama begins to end 13-year Putin appeasement and sends strong signal to the world
It took thirteen years, support for Iran and Syria, an invasion of Georgia, opposition to Kosovo independence, the Orange Revolution, interference in Belarus and Ukraine’s internal politics and finally the invasion of Crimea but it appears the Bush/Obama/Rice appeasement of Vladimir Putin’s Russia is finally coming to an end. President Obama has sent the strongest […]
Charlie Crist finding his voice on GOP’s culture of entitlement
The 60-day legislative session began today in Tallahassee. This is the time of the year when Florida’s citizens are most under threat from over reaching hand of ideologues in state government whose mantra of “less government and lower taxes,” usually means the opposite. As the session approached former Governor Charlie Crist, the Democratic front-runner in […]
The liberal case for US/NATO intervention in Ukraine crisis (Part I – Overview and History)
Introduction to series This is Part I of a multipart series where TFS’ Justin Snyder and Kartik Krishnaiyer will outline the case against Vladimir Putin and for intervention by the United States in the Ukraine crisis. As the world has watched the last 72 hours, the Russian Federation under the leadership of the world’s most dangerous “democratic” despot Vladimir Putin […]
The liberal case for US/NATO intervention in Ukraine crisis (Introduction)
As the word has watched the last 72 hours, the Russian Federation under the leadership of the world’s most dangerous “democratic” despot Vladimir Putin has invaded Ukrainian territory. Putin’s pretext is protecting Russian ethnic minorities in the Crimean Peninsula, which of course was the site of one of the world’s most famous military conflicts. The […]
TFS Legislative Session Coverage
The 60-day Florida Legislative Session begins tomorrow. We had planned to spend this past weekend and today previewing the session but instead were overtaken by events in Ukraine which has taken up the bandwidth of most of our writers. However, TFS’ Ryan Ray is at the Capitol today for committee meetings and will be following […]
The Florida Squeeze 