The annual Jefferson-Jackson dinner is currently underway in Hollywood. Coming into this weekend many questions were being asked about the unity of the party, the effectiveness of fundraising and whether or not a coup would occur in the House caucus. Allison Tant’s first quarter fundraising for the FDP was unimpressive but tonight’s J-J dinner has […]
Excellent breakdown from the Sun Sentinel’s Tony Man about the continued failures of Democrats statewide and the challenges facing the party in another off-year election cycle. A reminder that Democrats have lost 13 of the last 14 races for Governor and Cabinet, a record worse than any other state east of the Mississippi in the […]
Jeb Bush has shook up the conservative movement with his speech yesterday where he discussed immigration policy and families. More from Time Magazine.
Entertaining stuff on gun control but serious questions asked here that need to be answered.
Florida Democrats have had an interesting few weeks. A poorly planned Jefferson-Jackson program turned into a poorly executed spin machine after the Nan Rich’s speaking snub became public. The public explanations for not allowing Senator Rich to speak have been poorly thought out and have left more questions than answers. However, in recent days the […]
From BIZPAC Review.
On Tuesday the Sunshine State News broke the story about proposed rules changes in the Democratic House Caucus that could lead to expulsion of members for voting against a caucus position. While this appears to be a good idea to create some degree of party discipline that has been lacking in recent sessions some of […]
Fascinating revelations here.
Recent events in the Democratic Party, particularly in Palm Beach County have me pondering this question again. In 2002, as a former local party employee who was working with the state party and several local DECs at the time, I strongly backed Janet Reno’s candidacy as an individual (not using my party positions to promote […]
The Florida Division of Library Services has a wonderful website called Florida Memory where they share photos, videos and audio from some great moments in Florida history. If you are a junkie of this state’s history like myself, you are sure to spend hours on the site as I have done in the past. In […]
The Florida Squeeze 