Unencumbered by any further elections, President Obama took a big step forward on Cuba policy today. This policy change may hurt Democrats in Florida but will help the nation economically. Regardless of your views of the Castro regime and economic sanctions in general it takes either a brave person or someone blinded by ideology to […]
Florida Republicans have long sold economic growth and tax cuts as the fundamental core of the party’s messaging. While other issues such as school vouchers, restricting women’s reproductive freedom, undermining marriage equality and undermining restrictions on gun ownership have been the sexy headlines in Florida’s papers. But the Republican brand has been based on tax […]
Tuesday’s news that Jeb Bush will likely form a Presidential Exploratory Committee sent shockwaves through Florida politics and the Republican establishment. Bush remains arguably the most popular public figure in this state, and as heir to the Bush throne, his family legacy certainly buys him credit with the Republican establishment. Six years on from George […]
Rep. Reggie Fullwood was able to beat back a primary challenge tonight from Johnny Gaffney by an almost 2-1 margin. School “choice” advocates and other anti-progressive interests had poured resources into the Jacksonville-based district in a cynical attempt to defeat Fullwood. The Florida Democratic Party has invested time and effort into defending Fullwood against this […]
Lufthansa, who recently announced new service to Tampa from Frankfurt is about to launch long-haul services with its low-cost Eurowings subsidiary. The new service to Tampa compliments existing Lufthansa service from Orlando to Frankfurt and from Miami to both Frankfurt (with an Airbus A380, the largest commercial plane ever built) and Munich. Eurowings will at […]
NOTE: Kartik Krishnaiyer served as the Deputy Campaign Manager for George Sheldon’s Campaign and he did not contribute to this story. The race for Florida Attorney General was supposed to be an interesting race. Back in August, it genuinely looked as if this may be a very exciting issues-based race to watch, with Pam Bondi […]
Following the November 4th election defeat it has been said the Democratic Party needs to position itself ideologically more toward the middle of the political spectrum. Should the Democrats make a change to the fundamental values of the party by shifting to the center of the political spectrum? Feel free to leave comments on this […]
The Kartik Report formally relaunches January 1st with a new interface and look. The last few days has seen big news from both Orlando and Fort Lauderdale.
While Jeb Bush claims to be still mulling his Presidential decision all indications are he will seek to regain the White House for the Bush family in 2016. The former Governor’s decision to release over 250,000 emails from his time for Governor and the forthcoming release of his ebook seem to indicate he is well […]
The Florida Squeeze 