Author Archives: The Florida Squeeze
Poll: FDP Chair’s result attitudes
Stephen Bittel on Saturday, was elected chair of the Florida Democratic Party by a wide margin among State Executive Committee members on the first ballot. Are our readers happy with the result? How do they feel about the future of the party? Vote in the poll below and leave feedback in the comments section.
Interview with Alan Clendenin
Florida Democratic Party First Vice Chair Alan Clendenin who is running again for FDP Chair took some time out of his crisscrossing of the state to speak with Kartik Krishnaiyer earlier today. Clendenin gives a candid interview about his plans if he is elected FDP Chair. In the interview, Clendenin describes why he is running again for […]
Poll: FDP Chair race
We are less than ten days away from the Florida Democratic Party Chair’s election which will be held January 14 in the Orlando area. So we are throwing up another poll. Who is your choice for FDP Chair as of now? However, this time if you are none of the above leave a reason why […]
Guest Column: Get your grande or it’s a strange new world
By The Old Man Sitting on the Green Bench How do we get out of the weeds in left field and back in the game? The voter has shown us what they want as an elected representative on the national level, the state level and as often as not on the local level. The resounding […]
Florida Democrats chairs race: What would you like to see in a chair?
This is an open forum for readers. What would like to see in a new FDP Chair? Any suggestions for a party platform? Should the FDP headquarters leave Tallahassee and if so, why? Do you have a candidate you prefer in the race for chair? Feel free to opine in the comments section!
Poll: Death Penalty attitudes
In recent years, popular support for capital punishment has declined rapidly in the United States as people’s attitudes have begun to mirror those in the rest of the western world on this issue. Florida has long been one of the leading bastions of support and implementers of the death penalty in the United States. However, […]
Poll: Should progressives care about the FDP’s direction?
Many progressives have felt the deck is stacked against them with regards to internal party matters for sometime now. With the ongoing FDP Chair’s race providing high drama with little semblance of common sense in the mix, is it time for progressives to walk away from the Florida Democratic Party and focus on outside organizing? […]
Poll: Florida Democratic Party Chairs Race
We are taking the temperature of our readers over the next few days on the FDP Chairs Race.
We are the ones; Now is the time; Before we blow it maybe we should understand it?
Guest Column by Mario Piscatella National Landscape Before we look at the state of the Florida Democratic Party, we should start with an understanding of the Democratic Party as it stands at the close of 2016. While much of the country, right and left, pundits, campaigners, donors, activists, and candidates point fingers in every […]
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