Category 2022 Elections
Express Lane: George LeMieux is still a thing and striking thing about DeSantis newly-released endorsements. Debate fallout, Demings lack of a ground game and Al Lawson’s legend continues to grow
Ron DeSantis was endorsed today by Charlie Crist‘s former Chief of Staff, and the man he appointed to the US Senate, George LeMieux. Endorsements generally don’t move votes particularly the endorsement of someone, who despite multiple tries could never get elected to office himself, even to the State House! Others signing LeMieux’s “former Crist associates […]
Just how costly was Ron DeSantis “pussy cat-like” debate performance?
Governor DeSantis turned in arguably the worst debate performance by a sitting Governor in Florida’s history on Monday night. It was the worst performance by any Gubernatorial candidate since Bill McBride’s infamous mistake-filled 2002 debate vs Jeb Bush, that led directly to the biggest landslide election many of us remember in this state. The Governor […]
Express Lane: Do newspaper endorsements still matter and Whataboutism
On Friday, The Miami Herald Editorial Board penned the most articulate newspaper endorsement of a candidate we have ever seen in strongly endorsing Charlie Crist for Governor. In fact, the endorsement read like a synergy of multiple articles from this site, citing Governor DeSantis divisiveness, hypocrisy, disregard for the rule of law and destruction of […]
St Lucie is Florida’s bellwether county – and is the ultimate “Florida” place
Tonight Charlie Crist will debate Ron DeSantis in Fort Pierce in St Lucie County. Why St Lucie? Why not! Forget Hillsborough. Or Volusia. Or the mythical “I-10 corridor.” Florida elections usually go the way St Lucie County votes. It’s the ultimate “Florida” place, where the Florida Cracker Trail begins, the citrus industry until recently thrived, […]
Twitter Space today @ 4:30 et – VBM’s/Florida Election Update. Early Voting starts tomorrow.
We will have a space today that replaces the Express Lane column-
President Joe Biden coming to Florida to do GOTV rally with Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist’s campaign for governor of Florida will have a GOTV rally alongside President Joe Biden on November 1st in South Florida. The rally, which will feature President Biden, Charlie Crist, and other candidates and local community leaders, is scheduled to take place on the same day as the President’s fundraiser for Crist in Fort […]
Express Lane voting after Ian – Lee County overall VBM turnout higher than Orange County, Volusia very high also thus far; Cohn-Lee debate; Property insurance
Many of us were concerned that Southwest Florida would have trouble voting after Ian, but as it turns out Lee County, despite being the eight most populated county in the state, is currently sixth in returned ballots, ahead of Orange County which has twice as many people. Orange County was badly impacted by Ian, and […]
The Express Lane: Foreign policy needs to be elevated in this election – Ukraine, Russia and the UK
Hi it’s Kartik, I’m taking over the Express Lane column today to discuss foreign affairs a bit and the importance of understanding what is at stake in November. I want to thank my colleagues especially Joe Dye for such a great job with this column – normal service will resume tomorrow! Despite a summer bump […]
The Florida Squeeze 