Perhaps nothing so clearly illustrates the positions of the two parties in Florida as the locations where each held its post-election/planning meeting this year. Democrats likely reviewed the fact that they only picked up one seat in what should have been a year of sweeping victories while passing around a bag of chili-cheese Doritos The […]
The 2008 election is barely a week old, but, predictably, the punditocracy has already moved on to 2012, filling the empty airwaves with speculation about the political future of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the failed Republican vice presidential candidate, whom many conservatives consider to be the next GOP frontrunner. If history is a guide, chances […]
Florida Democrats have one foot in a blue state and the other foot firmly planted in a red one. Despite Sen. Barack Obama’s victory in Washington, Tallahasee looks about the same. Republicans, who in 1996 took control of the Legislature for the first time since Reconstruction, return to Tallahassee with their iron-clad majorities intact. The […]
From the Florida Democratic Party: DENVER – At the request of Senator Barack Obama, the Democratic National Convention’s Credentials Committee today voted to restore full voting strength to the delegates from Michigan and Florida, bringing the primary dispute to closure. Florida Democratic Party Chair Karen L. Thurman issued the following statement from Denver: “Every Floridian […]
It is always with a sense of trepidation, if not outright dread, that I open an e-mail from Florida Democratic Party Chair Karen Thurman. One cringes just imagining what stupid stuff the FDP has come up with this time. Today’s electro-missive from Tallahassee was a doozy. Seems the party is going after Republican Rep. Tom […]
Howard Dean has announced the Democratic National Committee will pay to hold the Florida primary again, and this time, candidates will be allowed to visit the state before the voting. Dean said the primary will be held Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008. Sen. Hillary Clinton says she’s quitting her campaign and will join Sen. Joe Lieberman […]
National Journal’s Charlie Cook rarely pulls punches in his “On Politics” column, but in last week’s piece, he really lambasted the Florida Democratic Party “leadership” for incompetence and alleged that Barack Obama was manipulating the situation to his advantage. It is truly astonishing that a state and one of its major parties have opted to […]
So “now what? The Florida Democratic Party said this afternoon it won’t pursue a do-over of its contested primary, putting the dispute squarely in the lap of the Democratic National Committee’s rules committee next month. Florida officials had floated the idea last week of a mail-in vote, but questions quickly arose about its logistics and […]
I received another weird e-mail from Florida Democratic Party chair Karen Thurman. She started off gloating over Republican national party chair Mel Martinez stepping down after only nine months on the job: Does the Florida Democratic Party have so much money and resources that it can waste it on a spoof Web site that appears […]
When the hubbub over Florida’s new presidential primary date began, the Florida Democratic Party was quick to blame the Republican-led state legislature for a change that violated national Dem Party rules and introduced the state party to a world of hurt. It turns out, however, that it was actually a Democratic state senator who introduced […]
To hear Trump talk, he’s the only one
Who’s ever stood trial for crimes he’s done.
But instead of courtroom drama,
We get Trump in his pajamas,
That’s how he earned his new nickname: Don Snoreleone.
