From the Florida Times-Union.
Those crowing about Charlie Crist’s poll numbers need only look back a few short years to find another inevitable party nominee in a statewide race crash and burn. That was Charlie Crist. George Bennett has a great piece on Senator Nan Rich’s campaign and its similarities to Marco Rubio’s.
Part I is available here Part II is available here With complete control of the state government, the Florida GOP was growing in arrogance and recklessness in the early 2000′s. The will of the voters clearly expressed by the Kendrick Meek -backed Class Size Amendment was quickly reversed by the majority of legislators while the […]
This is not really a Florida story at all but we leave Florida for the day because one of my favorite historians passed away recently it was announced this morning. Remini’s historical works about Andrew Jackson are among the best works about arguably the most important figure in American political history. (note I said political […]
You can find part one of the series here Following a successful 2001 legislative session and the horrific attacks of September 11th, the NRA was in the catbird’s seat with regards to Florida politics. Jeb Bush was the Governor and the GOP enjoyed large majorities in both houses of the legislature. Long-gone were the days […]
Big news as a captivity raised Panther was released back into the wild in western Palm Beach County.
This is the first of a three part series on how Florida’s gun laws became so wacky. We are told Florida is a conservative state and because of that in many cases Democrats must support the right to bear arms, and in the case of the stand your ground law the right to use arms indiscriminately. […]
Important read for all progressives from the Nation.
The past few weeks I have been struck by the number of Democrats in Florida who are pushing publicly for gun control measures while also talking about the prospects of former Governor Charlie Crist representing the Democratic Party as our nominee in the 2014 Gubernatorial election. Crist has indicated on any number of issues that […]
