Nothing will change there as long as the entrenched good-ol-boys who wield authority at the local level continue to prevent democratic practice. Florida is about as corrupt a state as has ever existed, and coming from Rhode Island, I know corruption.
bluestockton
· 1 year ago
Is "When is the wedding" a rhetorical question, Joe? Charlie has announced that it's going to be on December 21. Very chintzy of him--the church ought to be already decorated for Christmas so he won't have to pony up for more flowers.
Soundboy_jeff_meanie
· 1 year ago
and he looks FABU in red velvet... it'll match the pointsettias, don'tcha know.
:-)
Bush_Bites
· 1 year ago
I read that Crist's approval ratings are starting to go south too.
I hope it doesn't take still another Republican governor before even the dumbest Floridians figure out that governors can promise the moon, but they can't force insurance companies to sell homeowner's insurance at affordable rates in a hurricane zone. And that you can't have low taxes and good schools too.
Florida might actually elect a Democrat the next time around. Alex Sink is, I think, the only Democratic cabinet-level official, but she is getting good reviews for her management of the Department of Financial Services. And apparently she's interested in running for governor.
ron071
· 1 year ago
Perhaps this time around Florida will do the correct thing and assist in getting this country back on track.
WANT MORE of the SAME ????????? VOTE McCAIN !!!!!!!!
Gorgonzola
· 1 year ago
What's the difference. Five nutjobs on the SCOTUS can roll back anything they want.
EmGD
· 1 year ago
Just more people to throw off the rolls. They're all probably criminals anyway. Make the call Charlie, don't let Jeb down.
The Miami Herald also ponders the impact of Crist since he is being vetted for V.P. When is his wedding? ---
if, after the election, Obama wins... crist will schedule his wedding as soon as his beard can grow one.
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jr
· 1 year ago
"this is good news for McCain"-cable news
Mark in Florida
· 1 year ago
?? how is this good news for McSAME? did I miss something. Quinipiac today shows Obama ahead of McSAME in OHIO, FL, and CO.
TampaZeke
· 1 year ago
Unfortunately this doesn't bode well for the anti-gay marriage amendment in Florida since African-Americans and Hispanic voters are much more likely to be socially conservative Democrats who will vote for Obama and for the discriminatory marriage amendment. The amendment pushers are really targeting the African-American and Hispanic pastors and churches to get out the vote in support of the amendment.
In Florida an amendment requires a 60% super-majority vote of the people to pass. It was going to be close anyway but I fear that the greater number of socially conservative Democrats drawn to the polls by Obama will doom gay families in the state.
It's ironic that I have spent the last twenty years focusing on registering minority voters and getting them to the polls and finally, this year, they will probably turn out in mass but they could very well be the tipping point that makes me and my husband constitutionally second-class citizens in our state.
whomod
· 1 year ago
I gotta disagree with that. Hispanics for the most part, while more socially conservative, don't feel the need to go out and impose their beliefs on the rest of the population. They tend to see these things as personal decisions rather than something to be imposed on society as a whole. And usually the rigid catholic conservatism usually lasts only among 1st and 2nd generation immigrants (who are less apt to vote anyways) and the deeply Catholic. 3rd generation and onward Hispanics in my experience usually tend to become more socially moderate to liberal.
the biggest problem with Hispanics is that while they are the biggest minority group in America today, they are way underrepresented in the voting population. that has a lot to do with apathy and not seeing any personal benefit to themselves personally. In California though, when the state GOP ran with their anti-immigration agenda, this sleeping giant was suddenly energized.
moreleesafer
· 1 year ago
This is good news. Many people who have not paid attention to politics in the past are doing so this year. Partly because of the excitement surrounding Barack Obama, partly because they are sick and tired of paying $4 + for a gallon of regular unleaded. I know as a country we tend to care more about what someone wears to the Oscars than what our legislature is doing while we are looking at that atrocious dress Gweneth Paltrow wore when she won the Best Actress Oscar for "Shakespeare In Love"; but to use paraphrase the “also ran” from NY….”Everything changed after 9-11”. The erosion of our civil liberties, hungry people in food bank lines, foreclosures…. I am an optimist I like to believe that we are finally waking up and figuring out that WE are the government and our representatives exist to serve US. Perhaps we are ready to hold them to it.
Btw, saw a story on Thinkprogress.org about how the VA chief decided NOT to let non partisan voter registration groups set up shop at the VA. WTF? So I guess once we send them to get their arms and legs blown off they should then crawl on their stumps to the nearest gov’t office to ensure they have a vote next time? I have a feeling this has to do with the rethugs knowing that they do not have the military vote sewn up this time. John, can you arrange a e-mail campaign?
Mark in Florida
· 1 year ago
I just saw a poll today that had Obama ahead of McSAME by two. I think it just came out today. Can't remember the source. Also, I think we are up to 300,000 as of today. Obama will win Florida, and it will turn blue, with or without the Jewish vote. The hispanic vote is breaking democratic this year. :-)
Mark in Florida
· 1 year ago
Charlie Crist is a fraud. Thank god we have a democratic CFO here holding his feet to the fire.
whomod
· 1 year ago
I really don't place much trust in polls seeing as how they're outmoded being that they only call people on land lines. Given the way the world actually works today, it stands to reason these people they're polling are older and well established voters. As opposed to younger voters who are more apt to have cell phones exclusively. This fact would tilt any poll you read, conservative seeing as how older voters tend to lean conservative. That being the case, if these flawed polls that tilt older and don't account for new registered voters are showing Obama neck-and-neck, you can be sure Obama actually leads by a much wider margin than anyone is reporting. As of yet, I've only heard a handful of people on TV or the print media acknowledge the fact that pollsters only call land lines and established voter rolls. But like Hillary during the primaries , they want to pretend a race is much closer than it actually is.
shanobama
· 1 year ago
Good point. real politics states that a 5% lead in the popular vote is usually an electoral landslide.
I still think we need +10 to overcome Diebold, voter caging, etc.
Indigo
· 1 year ago
There is an increase in registered voters in Florida who registered as Democrats. Even so, I'm not sure the word "surge" is the appropriate word here.
Indigo
· 1 year ago
Florida Governor Charlie Crist's wedding is set for December 12. Money maries money. It'll be a lovely shade of lavender with white gold rings and ever so properly country club in every way. He isn't a viable VP candidate. That's not going to happen.
anarchy
· 1 year ago
I don't worry about Florida.
they will be GONE once sea levels rise, along with much of the current coastlines on either side of the country.
I would advise all Florida Democrats to get the hell out of their overvalued housing and head for higher ground.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jane-smiley/my-ed...
:-)
That's gotta help us.
http://www.miamiherald.com/458/story/580784.html
Florida might actually elect a Democrat the next time around. Alex Sink is, I think, the only Democratic cabinet-level official, but she is getting good reviews for her management of the Department of Financial Services. And apparently she's interested in running for governor.
WANT MORE of the SAME ????????? VOTE McCAIN !!!!!!!!
http://thesebastards.blogspot.com/
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if, after the election, Obama wins... crist will schedule his wedding as soon as his beard can grow one.
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In Florida an amendment requires a 60% super-majority vote of the people to pass. It was going to be close anyway but I fear that the greater number of socially conservative Democrats drawn to the polls by Obama will doom gay families in the state.
It's ironic that I have spent the last twenty years focusing on registering minority voters and getting them to the polls and finally, this year, they will probably turn out in mass but they could very well be the tipping point that makes me and my husband constitutionally second-class citizens in our state.
the biggest problem with Hispanics is that while they are the biggest minority group in America today, they are way underrepresented in the voting population. that has a lot to do with apathy and not seeing any personal benefit to themselves personally. In California though, when the state GOP ran with their anti-immigration agenda, this sleeping giant was suddenly energized.
I know as a country we tend to care more about what someone wears to the Oscars than what our legislature is doing while we are looking at that atrocious dress Gweneth Paltrow wore when she won the Best Actress Oscar for "Shakespeare In Love"; but to use paraphrase the “also ran” from NY….”Everything changed after 9-11”. The erosion of our civil liberties, hungry people in food bank lines, foreclosures….
I am an optimist I like to believe that we are finally waking up and figuring out that WE are the government and our representatives exist to serve US. Perhaps we are ready to hold them to it.
Btw, saw a story on Thinkprogress.org about how the VA chief decided NOT to let non partisan voter registration groups set up shop at the VA. WTF? So I guess once we send them to get their arms and legs blown off they should then crawl on their stumps to the nearest gov’t office to ensure they have a vote next time? I have a feeling this has to do with the rethugs knowing that they do not have the military vote sewn up this time. John, can you arrange a e-mail campaign?
source. Also, I think we are up to 300,000 as of today. Obama will win Florida, and it will turn blue, with or without
the Jewish vote. The hispanic vote is breaking democratic this year. :-)
I still think we need +10 to overcome Diebold, voter caging, etc.
they will be GONE once sea levels rise,
along with much of the current coastlines
on either side of the country.
I would advise all Florida Democrats to get the
hell out of their overvalued housing and head
for higher ground.
let the GOP develop gills to breathe underwater.