From Yellow Dog Democrats to Red State Republicans: Florida and Its Politics since 1940
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FLA Politics - Front Page (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
After reading the hard copy of your hometown newspaper, should start your web-day with the Florida Progressive Coalition . Our digest of, and commentary on today's Florida political news and punditry follows. RPOF "could not have failed more" "Florida Republican leaders worked hard to thwart any costly and potentially divisive primaries in this busy election...
Think Progress (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
After hard-line conservatives and tea party activists forced moderate Republican Dede Scozzafava to drop out of the race in New York’s 23rd congressional district, they announced that Florida Gov. Charlie Crist would likely be their next target in the GOP civil war. Politico’s Ben Smith reports that some Florida Republicans recently registered an official “Tea...
Naked Politics (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Florida Dems Suzanne Kosmas -- a freshman legislator who ousted a Republican in 2008 -- and Blue Dog Dem Allen Boyd were among just 39 Democrats voting against the health care bill as it narrowly cleared the House with a...
S E N A T U S (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
In perhaps the least surprising story of the day, the conservative Club for Growth PAC “today endorsed Marco Rubio in the 2010 U.S. Senate race in Florida,” according to a press release. "Marco Rubio is the real deal, one of the brightest young stars in American politics today, and a proven champion of economic liberty," [...]
S E N A T U S (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Florida Republican Governor Charlie Crist tells CNN “he never endorsed President Obama’s $787 billion stimulus measure, in what appears to be the latest effort by the Florida Republican to distance himself from the president as he seeks his party’s Senate nomination.” "I didn’t endorse it. I didn’t even have a vote on the darned thing,"...
Pensito Review (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Hands Across the Sand will bring together people on Florida's Gulf coast, and possibly the entire shoreline, to join hands in one long line of resistance to efforts by the state's Republican legislators to sell out the state to oil interests. Literally.
The Buzz Florida Politics (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Until the following e-mails we were under the impression that the Florida GOP and RNC did squat to elect Bill Foster, a Republican, mayor of Florida's fourth largest city, despite Florida Democrats wading in fairly heavily for Democrat Kathleen Ford:...
PoliGazette (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Republicans take New Jersey by 5 points. Republicans take Virginia by 18. NY 23: Owens 50, Hoffman 45, Scozzafava 6 – with precincts still reporting. But what is the real news'? It was no surprise that the GOP took back the state of Virginia, what is a surprise is the massive 18 point margin.…
Red State (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
One anonymous internet attack out of the offices of the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) against the Rubio team is a bit much. But two? There has been another one. Last time, Rich Heffley, one of Charlie Crist’s top guys and on the payroll of the RPOF, orchestrated an entire attack against Marco Rubio online, trying to be anonymous, that came complete with a Hitler video attacking...
Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
If the NY-23 race yields a teabagger-supported winner, Florida's teabaggers will be emboldened in their attacks against candidate Gov. Charlie Crist in next year's Republican primary.
RealClearPolitics (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
BLITZER: A picture can be worth a thousand words, as they say. Right now, one image is being used to spell out a whole story. It's being used against Florida's Republican governor, who now wants to become the next U.S. senator. Governor Charlie Crist is joining us now from the capital, Tallahassee. Gloria Borger, our senior political analyst, is joining me now in the questioning. Governor,...
The Buzz Florida Politics (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
LAKELAND — Florida Republican leaders worked hard to thwart any costly and potentially divisive primaries in this busy election cycle. They could not have failed more and looked less disciplined if they were Democrats. State Sen. Paula Dockery became the...
Florida Politics (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
"Florida Republican leaders worked hard to thwart any costly and potentially divisive primaries in this busy election cycle. They could not have failed more and looked less disciplined if they were Democrats."Look at almost every statewide race and you'll see contests for the Republican nomination.• U.S. Senate: Former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio is...
Bigthink - Site Features Feed (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
... firings have been surprisingly common in the political realm as well. A senior official in the Florida GOP was canned for using Twitter with a more malicious intent. Tim Nungesser, director of the party’s field operations in the state, started a fake Twitter account to discredit Jason Steele, chairman of the Brevard County GOP and a vocal critic of Florida’s Republican...
Minor Ripper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Of the ten listed here in Politico, I would argue that the Florida Senate race and the Ohio gubenatorial race are the most important from a national standpoint: both are quintessential swing states, and Ohio is the bellweather of all bellweathers : Pretty much whoever Ohio votes for president becomes the president. Period. please see video below The Florida Republican party is...
