Republican Legislature

New Gallup poll labels Florida ‘leaning Democratic’– tell that to Republican Governor and Republican Legislature

Published on February 1, 2010 in Statewide by Peter Schorsch

According to a new Gallup survey of each states’ residents’ stated political affiliations, Florida is among 10 states considered to be Democratic leaning, in which the state’s Democratic supporters outnumber Republican supporters by at least 5 percentage points but less than 10 points. Florida is “Democratic leaning”??? Tell that to the Republican Governor and to the Republican US Senator, tell that to the Republican candidate for Governor who is leading the Democrat by 11 points, tell that to the two…

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Wall Street Journal labels Charlie Crist the ‘Republican Barney Frank’. Yikes!

Published on June 29, 2009 in Statewide by Peter Schorsch

The editorial page of the Wall Street Journal tagged Charlie Crist as the Republican Barney Frank, but not for the reasons you may assume. “Florida Governor Charlie Crist is running for the U.S. Senate next year, and we wonder if one reason is that he doesn’t want to be in Tallahassee when the next hurricane hits his state. His veto of a hurricane insurance reform bill last week all but guarantees a state disaster on top of any wrought by…

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Adam Smith’s expose on JNC politics is better late than never

The difficulty for being Adam Smith, the St. Petersburg Times political editor (other than his getting dressed for the TV program “Political Connections,” on which Smith displays both an ability for insightful journalism and horrendous wardrobe choices, is that his newspaper spent the last four years sleepwalking through the GOP ascendancy in Pinellas politics. That’s why Smith is forced to write catch-up pieces, such as today’s article debating the apoliticalness (new word!) of the Pinellas-Pasco Judicial Nomination Commission. Smith writes…

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