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Could Charlie Crist’s Populism help revive an impotent Florida Democratic Party?
The subject of Charlie Crist looms like the elephant in the room on both the Republican and Democratic sides of the proverbial aisle. Crist irritates the Republicans because they fear his popularity and teflon image. Crist enrages progressive Democrats (like myself) because he’s not only a party-switcher but was once a partisan “Ronald Reagan” Conservative. […]
Throwback Tuesday: From Florida Memory, Gov. Farris Bryant Testifies in front of US Senate
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 […]
Have Most DEC’s Merely Become Social Clubs or Glorified Debating Societies?
I’ve been going to DEC meetings around the state for almost two decades. In that time I have seen some good DECs, some decent ones and mostly ineffective ones. While the impotence of the Florida Democratic Party has been largely blamed for the continued poor electoral performances of the party at the state level, the […]
Marginal Seat Freshman Democrats Showing Pragmatism
The two biggest upsets in legislative races election night were the victories of Mike Clelland and Carl Zimmerman over well-established incumbent Republicans. No legislative race victory in the past decade has meant more for the attempts to rebuild the Florida Democratic Party than did the defeat of Chris Dorworth by Mike Clelland. Dorworth, the Speaker […]
The Florida Squeeze 