We’ve given Charlie Crist credit over the past few days for his strong words on the Cuban embargo. However, it must be pointed out that Senator Nan Rich made a similar statement last year on the embargo, a stand that is largely unique among leading south Florida Democrats. From the Tampa Bay Times on June […]
Our weekly Thursday Bookshelf column will resume next week with a look at Claude Pepper, George Smathers, Ed Ball and the (in)famous 1950 US Senate election in Florida. I had hoped to publish this story sometime today but events overcame me and I have not finished one of the books that will be featured in […]
Smart move by Nan Rich to use former Governor Buddy MacKay who lost the 1998 Gubernatorial race to Jeb Bush in this fundraising appeal. The Bush years were largely an ideological crusade to undo the positive work MacKay and his political partner Lawton Chiles had done for Florida’s families, schools and our environment. MacKay is the […]
Whether you’re begrudgingly supportive of Charlie Crist, optimistically still backing Nan Rich, quixotically hoping for Bill Nelson to jump in, or one of those sociopaths that voted for Gov. Scott, one thing we can all agree on: Florida faces many problems. Real problems that affect people’s lives in real ways. Some of which can be […]
Regardless of your views of the Castro regime and economic sanctions in general it takes a brave person to actually claim the Cuban embargo enacted in 1961 unilaterally by the United States has been successful. All it has served to do is allow the Castro brothers to use the United States as the bogeyman in […]
In 2012, the Democrats snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, leaving multiple house candidates out to dry late in the election cycle. In many of these seats the GOP won by a very small margins, the Democratic candidates had recruited themselves or had been recruited by a local party. Democrats picked up six seats […]
Self-preservation is a key component in most politicians DNA. Self-pity is another, and when things go wrong in within a political party we often times see feuding, fussing and even party switching. The history of party switching in Florida during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s sometimes had to do with conviction but usually had more […]
Jeb Bush left the Governor’s office over six years ago, yet his influence continues to permeate our state. This past weekend, Charlie Crist the Democratic front runner for Governor made a ridiculous statement for the ages. “Yeah, I think he (Bush) probably would (make a good president). He made a great governor, in my humble […]
The Seven Years War/French and Indian War ended formally on this day in 1763 with the Treaty of Paris. With this treaty Florida changed hands from the Spanish to the French. The Seven Years War was the first truly world war which had battles in Europe, the Middle East and India as well as North […]
On Real Time with Bill Maher on Friday, Governor Charlie Crist shockingly stated he’d like the Cuban Embargo lifted. This is a contradiction of Crist’s longstanding view on the issue from when he was a member of the Republican Party, but a welcome change. Let me state first off I oppose economic sanctions and embargoes […]
The Florida Squeeze 