Category Florida Democrats
Zest of the Day: Are Florida House Democrats Getting Ready to Purge Moderates from Caucus?
From the Sunshine State News
Exclusive: Thurston losing support in Democratic caucus?
Local sources in Broward County connected to multiple House members have indicated to TFS that several House Democrats have lost confidence in Minority Leader Perry Thurston. The concerns expressed by the House members include the failure to recruit candidates in several marginal House seats that have now been deemed as top priorities by the incoming […]
Florida Democrats and the NSA Scandal
The worldwide press particularly the Guardian has been focused on the NSA scandal and even here in the US it is hard to turn on the TV and not find some sort of discussion of the issue on news programs. The reporting to break the news was almost entirely done by liberals and liberal publications […]
Zest of the Day: Fellow Dems’ inattention generates attention for Nan Rich’s run for governor
Excellent read from George Bennett in the Palm Beach Post.
Heard it through the Groves: Alex Sink to run for Governor?
Editors Note: Heard it Through The Groves is a section of the Florida Squeeze strictly for rumors and gossip. We typically require two sources to verify information before we publish it but these are NOT news stories and simply rumors. We urge our readers to treat these rumors with a pinch of skepticism as we […]
Trying to rationalize Florida Dems J-J program leaves more questions than answers
Since we broke the news almost two weeks ago that the only declared Democratic Gubernatorial candidate, former Senate Democratic Leader Nan Rich has been omitted from the Jefferson-Jackson program, speculation has run rampant about the motivation of the party to do this. Theories, many of which are completely unfounded have floated, and what is equally […]
Zest of the Day: TB Times names Rich week’s winner, Tant the week’s loser.
From the Tampa Bay Times.
FDP Leadership has misread the grassroots outrage over Nan Rich snub
The FDP has had a bad week dealing with the fallout from the decision not to let former Senate Democratic leader and Gubernatorial candidate Nan Rich speak at the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner on June 15th. Party leadership completely misread the depth of anger and dissatisfaction with the decision to exclude Senator Rich from the J-J program […]
Nan Rich J-J snub proving to be story that won’t disappear
As we first reported over a week ago, the Florida Democratic Party has taken a bizarre and frankly indefensible decision to deny the only announced Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Nan Rich the opportunity to speak. In recent days, the RPOF and its Chairman Lenny Curry has seized on this issue using it as just another issue […]
Zest of the Day: Democrats say Broward gov candidate can’t speak at big party gathering
Excellent article from the Sun Sentinel.
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