Author Archives: The Florida Squeeze
Poll: FDP political direction
For the last several days many people around the Democratic Party in Florida have focused specifically on the role of Christian Ulvert the party’s Political Director in the 2014 debacle. Ulvert also serves as a consultant of some influence on other efforts particularly in Miami-Dade County. Our writers and readers have varying opinions on this […]
Election 2014 Winners/Losers Part III
Part I Part II LOSER SCOTT ARCENEAUX The FDP ‘s Executive Director was not directly responsible for the 2014 electoral debacle. But the reality now is that Arceneaux who is a brilliant original thinker and analyst of political trends now has presided at least in theory over two of the worst election cycles in Florida Democrats […]
Election 2014 Winners/Losers Part II
This is Part II of our election breakdown. Part I can be viewed here and we will wrap up our list tomorrow with a third installment. Stay tuned! LOSER JOHN MORGAN AND BEN POLLARA Despite the national Republican tide, legalization of cannabis took major steps forward nationally on Tuesday – except in Florida where Amendment […]
Election 2014 Winners/Losers Part I
Editors Note: From today until Sunday TFS will be unveiling our winner’s and losers of the 2014 cycle. These winners/losers include primaries and special elections. WINNER ASHLEY WALKER Brought late into the sagging Broward School Bonds campaign, Walker who managed President Obama’s 2012 Florida Campaign had taken some knocks from critics earlier this year after […]
Election Winners and Losers – Coming Friday – Monday on TFS
We are rolling out our election winners and losers over four days on TFS. Stay tuned and if you have any nominations, leave them in the comments section!
Election Night LIVE! Follow us on Twitter
Follow our Twitter stream at https://twitter.com/Fl_Political_Sq Select posts will be embedded here. Any Democrat that can't get Palm Beach and Broward to turnout can't win. -JS — The Florida Squeeze (@Flasqueeze) November 5, 2014 If Governor @CharlieCrist does indeed fall short, Hillsborough and Palm Beach counties are to blame the most. – KK — The Florida […]
Voting in Absentia: Why I Would Cast My Ballot for Charlie Crist in Florida
By Steven Kurlander This article also appeared in Context Florida and the Huffington Post Occasionally, refugees who have settled in the US, including naturalized citizens, cast ballots in elections that take place in their origin countries that allow them to vote in absentia and in effect allow them to still have an impact on events […]
TFS Endorsements: Broward county & municipal races/questions
COUNTY COMMISSION DISTRICT 4- KEN KEECHEL Former Commissioner Keechel deserves to be returned to the Commission in place of the ideological Chip LaMarca, the board’s lone Republican. COUNTY QUESTIONS YES on QUESTIONS 1 and 2 Question 1 is a no-brainer as it would reauthorize the Childrens Services Council. Question 2 will prove more difficult […]
TFS Legislative Endorsements
SENATE SD 6 – Kathleen Trued SD 12 – Geraldine Thompson SD 22 – Judithanne McLauchlan SD 32 – Maria Sachs HOUSE HD 6 – Jamie Shepard HD 29 – Mike Clelland HD 30 – Karen Castor Dentel HD 38 – Beverly Ledbetter HD 43 – John Cortes HD 47 – Linda Stewart HD 49 – Joe […]
FOX News discussion on CD-18 Race
We would normally never post something from FOX News but this discussion which included one-time Charlie Crist confidante and Broward Republican Party Chair George LeMieux was fantastic for its spin in claiming that Congressman Patrick Murphy is vulnerable.
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