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Darryl Paulson: Will 2018 bring no change or a political tsunami?

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Sometimes political change comes slowly, one drop at a time. That was the 2016 Florida congressional election where Democrats gained a single seat, although the opportunities were everywhere. Sometimes elections result in a political tsunami, where the political landscape is fundamentally altered, and one party replaces the other party as the dominant political force. The 2010 and 2014 midterm elections created a tsunami where Republicans wiped out a substantial Democratic majority and won political control of the House. What will…

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Patrick Murphy and Kobayashi Maru

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In what has to be one of the best opening sequences of any Star Trek episode or movie, James T. Kirk somehow manages to win the unwinnable test. For those of you who consider such sci-fi schlock beneath your station, the Kobayashi Maru is a no-win training exercise which tests the character of the new cadet, while being disguised as a mock battle scene — one which cannot be won. Kirk somehow manages to win the unwinnable test. How did he do…

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Charlie Cook: ‘Almost certain…(Crist) would sit with Democrats’

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This morning on MSNBC’s “Daily Rundown” noted political analyst Charlie Cook said that it was “almost certain” that Charlie Crist would go to Washington and “sit with Democrats.” While Crist refuses to tell Floridians where he will sit in the Senate, it has become increasingly clear that the supposedly “independent” candidate will be a “Democrat” in Washington and a “yes” vote for the Obama-Pelosi-Reid agenda.

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Charlie Cook: ‘Almost certain…(Crist) would sit with Democrats’

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This morning on MSNBC’s “Daily Rundown” noted political analyst Charlie Cook said that it was “almost certain” that Charlie Crist would go to Washington and “sit with Democrats.” While Crist refuses to tell Floridians where he will sit in the Senate, it has become increasingly clear that the supposedly “independent” candidate will be a “Democrat” in Washington and a “yes” vote for the Obama-Pelosi-Reid agenda.

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