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Congratulations to all the Florida Netroots winners! Special mention needs to be given to Kenneth Quinnell for all of his work on behalf of Florida progressives. Thanks, Kenneth! And, thanks also to everyone on this list, everyone who was nominated, everyone who helped KQ, and everyone who has been working to advance progressive causes in Florida. Some [...] Why does anyone think Crist would caucus with the Democrats? “One thing we asked on the poll was whether people thought Charlie Crist should caucus with the Democrats or Republicans if he was elected. 43% of respondents said he should go with the Democrats and 37% with the Republicans. “Perhaps more interesting was what those planning to [...] It’s been a busy day, so today’s post is a round-up of some of the items that caught my attention. LeBron is a democrat (or at least donates to the DNC). *** Rasmussen polls indicate that 60% of Floridians oppose the federal government’s suit against Arizona over their new immigration law. 62% support passing legislation similar to Arizona’s [...] Deadline for voting in the Florida Netroots Awards is July 10. Below are the categories and links to the nominated blogs. Someone nominated R/CT for “Best Local Blog: Blogs about city/county/regional politics in the state of Florida,” and for that I want to give the nominator a hearty Thank You! To vote, however, you can’t [...] The Hillsborough County Republican Party website looks much better than the Hillsborough County Democratic Party website. Notice how the HCRP has social media links at the top of the right-hand column. Starting at the top and working your way down you can join an email list, go to their YouTube page, or join them on Facebook, [...] You might want to bookmark some of these, or drop some into your RSS feed reader. In no particular order, here are some of the local politics blogs and pages I read regularly. The Florida Independent’s daily essential Florida politics reading. The Spencerian is one of my favorite local blogs that covers national politics. Pushing Rope is another. In [...] Didn’t this happen a lot during the last election season? A lot of Republicans, including John McCain, stole songs to use in their campaigns and were sued by the artists? Heart asked Palin to stop using the song “Barracuda.” Van Halen, Jackson Browne, and John Mellencamp threatened suits if McCain/Palin didn’t stop stealing their music [...] I have three topics for this week’s Politics Monday. First, civic education in Florida. Even Florida Republicans sometimes advocate liberal values. Charles McBurney, R-Jacksonville, sponsored the “Justice Sandra Day O’Connor Civics Education Act,” which requires middle school students to be tested on civic knowledge. The bill passed both houses unanimously. Civic education has been a cornerstone of [...] John Thrasher, the new head of the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF), sent a memo to RPOF members clarifying that any support of Governor Charlie Crist (should he decide to run as an independent) would violate their loyalty oath. (h/t Pushing Rope) Florida Republicans Marco Rubio, Ray Sansom, Jim Greer, and Delmar Johnson are being investigated by [...] I suppose one of the most fun political games going right now is speculating on the future of Governor Charlie Crist. Here’s a speculative scenario by Mike Thomas I’d like to see. “Charlie calls for a special session on corruption, targeting Republican abuse of party funds. This puts Republican legislative leaders in the very awkward position [...] Crist vetoes SB6. I’m actually somewhat surprised. I assumed he’d sign it to shore up support with his Republican base. “I veto SB6 because this bill is contrary to my firmly held principle to act in the best interests in the people of Florida,” said the governor, speaking to a packed room of reporters. The [...] Battleground Tampa Bay is a well-executed site covering local politics. I can’t remember now where I picked up the link, and there’s no “about” page, so it’s not clear to me who’s responsible. *** Sticks of Fire is reaching out to local candidates for the Hillsborough County Commission and asking them to write about themselves and why [...] When Sansom’s indictment was dismissed by a judge I thought the story was over. Kudos to State Attorney Willie Meggs for persisting in his pursuit of justice and charging Ray Sansom, Jay Odum, & Bob Richburg with grand theft. “In a surprise escalation of the case against ousted House Speaker Ray Sansom, a state prosecutor [...] In his recent interview with Terry Gross at NPR Sharlet explains Stupak and Pitts role in the secretive, ultra-Christian C-Street cabal The Family, as well as their connection with Uganda’s proposed extreme anti-homosexuality laws. He also explains some about the Ensign affair and Coburn’s role. Florida Senator Bill Nelson is a member in good standing with [...] Billy Townsend at Metro I4 News, generally of liberal sensibilities, makes a case for Sen. Paula Dockery, R-Lakeland for the Governor of Florida. Some good political analysis. “You’ve probably all heard that Sen. Paula Dockery, R-Lakeland, plans to run for governor and will challenge that former Clinton impeachment prosecutor and generally reptilian-looking fellow Bill McCollum [...] Florida Progressive Blog has this great post about the Palm Beach County Progressive Round Table meetings. “Almost fifty different progressive organizations with presence in Palm Beach County are invited to PRT quarterly meetings, where a representative from each group in attendance gets a strictly enforced five minutes of presentation time to update everyone else in attendance [...] Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen hasn’t had anything to say about Honduras since her visit earlier this month. Perhaps she realizes how wrong she was, but thinks she’ll look weak if she admits it. Maybe? Look, the Honduran constitution specifically states that citizens cannot be exiled. Zelaya was exiled. If he committed a crime he should have been [...] The Honduran constitution specifically forbids exiling Honduran citizens. The military shoved Zelaya out of the country. This is clearly unconstitutional. The rule of law demands that Zelaya be allowed to face his accusers in a court. Zelaya was never given this opportunity. So, conservative America (and Florida Rep. Ros-Lehtinen), exactly what part of this criminal scenario do [...] Crist and his cronies have decided the best way to honor the fallen is to get together, have a party and raise some money! Stay classy, Charlie. Guests include: Mel Sembler, Mayor Rick Baker, Sen. Dennis Jones, Rep. Jim Frishe, Mike Alstott, Deveron Gibbons, John Stross and Akshay Desai. You may think it’s ridiculous that some people don’t want their children watching Barack Obama’s stay-in-school message. But, what the liberal media won’t tell you is that along with Obama’s socialist indoctrination, there will also be a new pledge unveiled which will become mandatory for all children. “I pledge allegiance to Barack Obama, the supreme leader [...] Since this is back in the news I wanted to re-post a post I posted back in April. Let me first clarify that Florida Energy Associates may have nothing to do with Hugo Chavez or Citgo. I don’t have a clue. This is an attempt to create and spread an unsubstantiated rumor. The point is, NOBODY [...] Kenneth Quinnell at Florida Progressive Coalition blog has a round-up of the blogosphere’s response to Charlie Crist’s appointment of key adviser George LeMiuex to Martinez’s abandoned senate seat. Pushing Rope posted this hour-long interview between the Orlando Sentinel editorial board and Representative Kosmas.
I listened to about 5 minutes before I got too bored to continue, but Hussey listened to the whole thing and offers up some of the key points in the post. Charlie Crist says it’s the power of prayer that’s keeping hurricanes from Florida. Crist noted that just before his election in 2006, Florida had been affected by a total of eight hurricanes in 2004 and 2005. “Do you know the last time it was we had a hurricane in Florida? It’s been awhile. In 2007, I took [...] At Esquire, John H. Richardson travels the country with birther conspiracist Orly Taitz and reports on the lunatics who make up the Obama-hating culture. “Early this spring, I spent two very long days traveling around Kentucky with Orly Taitz, one of the leading “birthers” in a nation full of them. So I can tell you [...] Kendrick Meek‘s campaign for Florida’s open Senate seat expects to tap into the grassroots strength of Web 2.0 and social media. Meek begins testing the waters by sitting down with self-proclaimed troublemaker Peter Schorsch of St. Petersblog 2.0. “Both Meek and Cruz reiterated the campaign’s commitment to new media, not just paying lip service, but [...] Here are some links about last week’s town hall meeting. Wish I could have been there! From FOX news. “A freelance videographer was roughed up in an altercation, which damaged his camera equipment and glasses, and at least one man was treated for minor injuries after a scuffle left his shirt partially torn from his body.” From the [...] Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is asking for $4.5 million for General Dynamics. GD contributed $19,000 to Wasserman Schultz political committees. “Wasserman Schultz, a member of the House Appropriations Committee, slipped into the bill a $4.5 million earmark for a high-tech radio project that the Pentagon didn’t ask for and which, according to a report by [...] If you’re into this sort of thing stop by and visit with probable Senate candidate Kendrick Meek this Wednesday, August 5, from 5:30 to 7:30. You can just show up, or sign up here to let them know you’re coming. The new office is at 2942 West Columbus Drive Suite 103, Tampa, FL 33607. If you’d like to [...] There is some speculation that 72-year old ex-football coach Lou Holtz will run for Suzanne Kosmas’s seat. Here’s my speculation – he won’t run. A Holtz candidacy would create the easiest campaign Kosmas could imagine. She’d just have to keep running this gem Holtz gave the world last year – “Hitler was a great leader.” |
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