Just over two months ago, support for passage of Amendment 4 was favored by 53% of voters.  Today, according to a new poll from Mason-Dixon, the so-called Hometown Democracy initiative is supported by 26% of likely voters. The difference?  Two months ago, Mitch Kates was busy screwing up, err, managing the campaigns of Charlie Justice [...]

From the New York Times regional newspapers: With the economy weighing on the minds of most Floridians, some 44 percent of those polled favor Scott, a Naples businessman, while 39 percent favor Sink, the state’s chief financial officer. Some 11 percent of the voters remain undecided. Another 6 percent of the voters said they would [...]

If there is any doubt about Senator Jack Latvala being a strong, independent voice in Tallahassee, check out his latest mailer, in which Latvala, a Republican, blasts “deals in Tallahassee like this nearly $50 million dollar “Taj Mahal” courthouse: and

So long as Alex Snitker doesn’t win on Tuesday, I will be happy with any of the choices winning on Election Day.  I very much respect Charlie Crist, Kendrick Meek and Marco Rubio.  But I am not an idiot, I know who is going to win.  And, as one of the earliest promoters of Rubio’s [...]

Listening to Charlie Crist’s phone call to Kendrick Meek, which immediately reminded me of: Here’s the transcript of how the rest of the Crist phone calls went: Crist: Hi, uh, Kennyi, this is Charlie. I met you at the, um, at the Dresden tonight. I just called to say that I had a great time… [...]

Henry Boxlor is not impressed with editorial endorsements: I find one of Rick Scott’s latest radio ads interesting. It’s the one where he bashes Sink for all of the endorsements she has received from local newspapers. First of all, bashing a newspaper for anything is kind of like going to the museum and kicking the [...]

From Kendrick Meek’s campaign: The Kendrick Meek campaign announced today that Kendrick will be joining President Bill Clinton for a rally in Orlando on November 1. The Orlando rally will take place on Monday night. The events are open to the public. Information about obtaining free tickets to the rally and further details regarding venue [...]

Capping two weeks of events across Florida, state and community leaders today in Palm Beach and Pinellas Counties urged voters to say yes to more flexibility in Florida schools. “Throughout our campaign, leaders in communities across Florida have expressed their strong support for providing schools the flexibility to manage class size,” said State Representative Will [...]