Category Florida Democrats
Monday Musings: FEA Endorses Crist, Matt Gaetz’s reefer madness, Infrastructure development, Anti-Americanism and Islam in India post election , RPOF (again) obstructs redistricting investigation
The Florida Education Association endorsed Charlie Crist for Governor on Saturday. The recommendation was long expected. The state’s teachers’ union has been concerned about the continued assault on public schools under the Scott Administration and the current legislative leadership. However, many activists have questioned the FEA’s endorsement based on Crist’s previous record on issues related […]
Sources: Skip Campbell strongly considering launching campaign to reclaim his old Senate seat
Senator Jeremy Ring who is term-limited will be replaced by the victor of the 2016 Democratic Primary in Senate District 29. The district which is one of the most Democratic in state already has two potential high-profile candidates in State Rep. Jim Waldman who is termed this year and well-known Trial Lawyer Gary Farmer, who […]
Congressional District 13: Disastrous debacle sets Pinellas Democrats back
[FL-13 is] the most botched House race of 2014. – National Journal Pinellas County is unlike any other metropolitan county in Florida. In stark contrast to neighboring Hillsborough, the three Central Florida urban counties and southeast Florida, Pinellas tends to be less transient and more insular in many ways. Yet the local Democratic Party seems […]
NSF: Crist fundraising efforts remain competitive while Rich flounders
Below is News Service of Florida coverage of the April financial reporting numbers released yesterday. Charlie continues to raise the kind of money necessary to propel a proper statewide campaign while Sen. Nan Rich — though she also enjoys the support of the opaque outside group Progressive Choice — would have a hard time pecuniarily in many […]
BREAKING: “Democrat” Ed Jany Drops Out of CD-13 Race
The Tampa Bay Times is reporting that Democratic Party-backed Ed Jany, candidate for Congress in the 13th district, has withdrawn from the race. The former US Marine was slated to run against recently-elected Republican lobbyist David Jolly. Many (including myself) had been critical of Jany’s candidacy, and many questions were being asked about Mr Jany’s […]
Monday Musings – Pinellas mess, Boko Haram, School “choice”, Indian elections, NBC, Manchester City and Baseball in Palm Beach
We led off last week’s column talking about the debacle in Pinellas County RE: CD-13. The hope was this situation would have subsided by now. However, the opposite has occurred as the fallout has only intensified over the last week as the Pinellas County DEC and its Chairman Mark Hanisee have reacted defensively about the situation. […]
Out with the old…Changing the name of the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner.
History. For years, annual Democratic fundraising galas nationwide have been called the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner. Of course, the reason for this is because of the historical context of the two men involved. Thomas Jefferson is considered the father of Democratic Party (under the Democratic-Republican Party, also known as Jeffersonian Democrats), and Andrew Jackson was the first […]
Why Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson should be honored by Democrats in Florida
In the context of modern times and contemporary views, Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson would both be viewed as social conservatives. But in many ways they were extremely progressive particularly on economics. Failing to maintain perspective on historical events is one of my great beefs with modern liberalism as I consider myself a progressive yet […]
Monday Musings – DCCC mess, Kelli Stargel’s maternalistic nonsense, RPOF failure to steward our Springs, Lenny Curry, Vouchers
Editors’ Note: This week we begin a new column, Monday Musings where our writers sound off on various topics related to the state of Florida. It is difficult in words to fully describe the mess the DCCC has made in Congressional District 13. Beginning with a campaign that flushed a double-digit lead down the […]
Guest Column: CD-13 in a nutshell in wake of David Jolly’s win
Editor’s Note: This is the first column we have published under an alias and that is not our regular practice and we will never have staff writers post articles or comments under an alias. But in this case we have made an exception regarding a story and we will for this particular writer in the […]
The Florida Squeeze 