Darryl Rouson was removed as House Democratic Leader Designee on Monday and replaced with Rep. Mark Pafford, a move this website has wholeheartedly endorsed. However, Rouson made some progress with the House Caucus that cannot be turned back if Democrats are to compete effectively in November 2014. We have strongly endorsed what the new leader […]
From the Orlando Sentinel.
Democracy and freedom depend on real choices in elections. For example, elections in the Islamic Republic of Iran, a theocracy run by Shi’a clerics determined to destroy western civilization are contests between multiple candidates with the same ideology. The same was the case for elections in the Soviet Union and for many years elections in […]
The election of Rep. Mark Pafford (D-West Palm Beach) is far and away the best thing House Democrats have done in years. A party and caucus that have long played a game of accommodation with the Republican majority and have failed to offer Floridians a clear vision or choice in elections made a definitive step […]
From Politico. Rubio by the way was one of a handful of hard right Senators who joined Cruz on the floor during his talk-fest.
From the Tampa Bay Times. My views on this subject are well known but in case it was forgotten.
Darryl Rouson was ousted last night as Democratic Leader Designee and now the party caucus is reportedly ready to name a successor before the week is out. My personal preference would be that Rep. Mark Pafford (D-West Palm Beach), the most progressive voice in the entire legislature to take the reigns of leader. Besides being […]
Darryl Rouson (D-St Petersburg) was ousted tonight as House Democratic Leader designee after a series of serious mishaps. Rouson needed to be removed but the issues within the Democratic Party and the way House elections are run remain apparent. Rep. Rouson had great promise and could have represented a positive change away from the established […]
By Steven Kurlander There’s a free speech controversy brewing in the land of Mount Rushmore and George McGovern over the speaking tour of a virulent anti-Israeli advocate who has made a career employing hateful anti-Semitic representations to argue against the American alliance with Israel. The issue revolves around whether an anti-Israeli advocate who […]
Event headlined by Charlie Crist and Allison Tant and other elected officials per the Sun Sentinel.
The Florida Squeeze 