Tag Archives: Donald Trump
MAGAstan Miami-Dade
Majority-Minority Miami-Dade County has emerged as the urban center of national MAGA culture just eight years after giving Hillary Clinton a nearly 300,000 vote plurality. What the heck happened?!?
We’re going to be okay!
Oh, I can’t tell you how exciting it was, you just had to be there. Being just 21 years old and voting for the first African American President. Every Democrat and leftist I knew adored the very concept of Obama becoming our next President. The polls, the excitement, the momentum, everything; was showing a landslide. […]
Will Florida Democrats heed the words of Biden’s State of the Union?
President Biden’s State of the Union last week was remarkable. Not just as a piece of theater but as a reset of the Democratic Party, in an attempt to return to its roots. The words “woke” or discussion of polarizing social issues like trans rights, etc that might motivate donors but have provided diminishing returns […]
Marco Rubio’s long history of anti-LGBTQ activism
As Floridians and Americans continue to become more tolerant and supportive of equality, Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida) continues to double down on his record of opposing LGBTQ Floridians’ basic rights and freedoms. Just last month, he publicly attacked the right to same sex-marriage in a speech to a group known for pushing extreme anti-LGBTQ legislation. Rubio’s anti-LGBTQ activism goes back […]
Poll: Is Donald Trump or Ron DeSantis more dangerous?
I’ve made my case over the last few months that I believe despite everything horrible that was associated with Donald Trump’s candidacy and Presidency, the more focused, disciplined, inflexible and outright autocratic Ron DeSantis represents a more mortal threat to the Republic should he become President. Interestingly since I floated that notion I have had […]
Trump’s demagogic clown show was a warm-up for DeSantis outright autocracy
The United States spent a tense four years under President Donald J. Trump which culminated in the January 6, Insurrection, the “Parler Putsch” which was inspired by Florida Republicans. For all the pressure Trump put on American democracy and institutions we did survive – albeit just barely. Next time we may not be so lucky, […]
CPAC 2021: “conservatives” led by Trump and DeSantis gather in Orlando to cancel Conservatism
CPAC, that annual cattle call of opinion leaders on the right hosted by the American Conservative Union (ACU) will for the first time in its history leave the Washington DC area in 2021. The ACU which non long ago was led by Floridian Al Cardenes is now led by the mega-MAGA insider Matt Schlapp. Yes […]
Bloomberg doesn’t expand the electorate for Democrats. He shrinks it.
Over the last four years, this simple question has been overlooked. Yes, many political pundits and consultants pontificate as to which candidate for president is “electable”, but they rarely ask this question within that context. Additionally, when asked this questions, many pundits and consultants stay within their silos, and only look at possible upward mobility, […]
Rick Scott’s Nixonian effort to beat Biden in Iowa is shameful
Senator Rick Scott has had quite a week sitting at the forefront of President Trump’s defense in the US Senate. Along with his ally, former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi one of Trump’s defense attorney’s, Florida’s Junior Senator has played a central role in the obstruction of a proper trial. Now he’s taking his act […]
In 2020, the GOP holds the slightest of edges in Florida
The common narrative among activists and those who are hopeful that Democrats will win Florida in 2020 is that President Trump is so unpopular and demographic shifts will deliver the state to the Democratic Presidential nominee. But the problem is Trump isn’t as unpopular in the state as many Democrats think (particularly among those most […]
The Florida Squeeze 