Category Democratic Party
Hey, Florida Democrat – Trump has never been as unpopular in this state as you think
Florida Democrats love personality-based politics. They love to run against something but not really stand for anything. They love floating various electoral theories publicly while doing the same basic flawed things over and over again. Well, unfortunately for Florida Democrats, making President Donald Trump, a part-time Floridian a bogeyman was a flawed strategy in so […]
What we’re reading on July 4: “We’re radicals at heart,” by Harvey J Kay
The history of the United States is deeply radical, and today is the day we celebrate the most transformative document in shared history—the Declaration of Independence. The ability and desire to remake history is written in our DNA, and the Declaration of Independence is proof of that. If you read one thing today, make it […]
Identity politics, radical secularism, economic messaging and its impact on key congressional districts (Part II)
Part I is here Democrats are quite possibly on the brink of no longer being a national party. Outside of big cities and heavily urbanized elections the party’s struggles in 2016 were its greatest up and down the ballot since the 1952 election when a popular Dwight Eisenhower topped the GOP ticket and the unpopularity […]
A tale of two southern seats and more Democratic failure
Last night, the Democrats lost special elections to fill the seats of Rep. Tom Price (R-Georgia) and Mick Mulvaney (R-South Carolina) both of whom were appointed to the Trump cabinet. Democrats with their usual biases dove head first into the Price seat (GA-6) when it became open in February funneling upwards of $25 million towards […]
The simple decision Democrats must make in order to win again
A few weeks ago the new president of the Florida Democratic Party, Sally Boynton Brown, caught some flak when she told a group of progressives that changes in store for the party include messaging that makes a conscious appeal to emotion, and rigorous script testing, likely through soft polling and focus groups. The problem as […]
The Phlip Side: Lessons from 2016
Election night 2016 was incredibly painful for everyone who fought tooth and nail to defeat Donald Trump. The only thing saving me from still sucking my thumb from the fetal position is the fact that Florida’s 29 electoral votes weren’t decisive. We are reminded of the pain from last November every time an outrageous statement […]
DNC Fraud Lawsuit: examining the bizarre phone call with Debbie Wasserman Schultz district office on caller-ID
The latest wrinkle in the still oddly underreported DNC fraud lawsuit is spooky, weird, and yet possibly also incredibly lame. Late last week, the law firm for the suit’s plaintiffs filed a notice with the the court that it had received an anonymous call from someone using an electronic voice-disguising gadget, seeking information about the class action lawsuit alleging fraud […]
From “Fire Breathing Liberal” to Erdogan’s man in Washington: The transformation of Robert Wexler
Robert Wexler was my Congressman for 13 years (even though I moved around the state, I never left his district for more than a few months during campaign season so kept my registration in CD-19). In those 13 years, he generally voted well but didn’t climb the Congressional leadership the way someone who was in […]
Woke Republicans to the rescue?
An essay published in Politico by former Clinton campaign spokesman Jesse Ferguson describes how the Democratic Party plans to win following the 2016 debacle: move rightward toward Romney Democrats. Ferguson builds his house on a rotten foundation, claiming without irony “the Beltway has a fetish” for “the working-class community.” Really, how much time does your average DC […]
The Phlip Side: Analysis of the Sally Boynton Brown Controversy Part 2
Part 1 of this column Miami New Times Article quoted The Miami New Times article about new Florida Democratic Party (FDP) President Sally Boynton Brown, written by Jerry Iannelli (A link to the article is above, as is a link to Part 1 of this article), was an unfair piece that was full of both […]
The Florida Squeeze 