Thank you to the FPC for asking me to cross post. My shit is custom. What if I told you that when a candidate sways from your ideology by an angstrom, you don’t have to give the proverbial finger to … Read More
Barely a year in office and he already excels at taking orders from his big donors. The astroturf group called Americans for Prosperity, aka the political tool of the right-wing Koch brothers, ranks Marco Rubio with four other US senators … Read More
Medicare in Florida is in trouble. Likely Senate candidate Adam Hasner has shockingly endorsed a reckless plan to end Medicare as we know it and hand out tax cuts to billionaires and oil companies, and his would-be opponents, George LeMieux … Read More
State Senate President and Republican Senate hopeful Mike Haridopolos continues to grab headlines for all the wrong reasons. In this morning’s St. Petersburg Times, the newspaper outlined a laundry list of Haridopolos’ unethical practices that have come to define his … Read More
Florida Democratic Party spokesman Eric Jotkoff released the following statement reacting to George LeMieux entering the Republican Primary for U.S. Senate: “After being widely criticized when he was appointed to the U.S. Senate, George LeMieux simply played partisan games and … Read More
President Obama today invoked a plan by U.S. Sens. Bill Nelson and Robert Menendez as a means to reducing America’s reliance on foreign oil. In a speech unveiling a major new energy policy, Obama told an audience at Georgetown University … Read More
I’m not going to lie to you: it’s kind of nice that Duncan doesn’t have to go up to Tallahassee for what amounts to two months for the Florida Legislative Session, which starts today. Of course, from a political and … Read More
Remember when Jimmy Stewart takes the Senate floor in “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” and refuses to cede it until he’s made his point? That’s how filibusters are supposed to work: A principled senator would stand up in the light … Read More
Today Mayor John Marks of Tallahassee and Mayor Evlanov of Krasnodar, Tallahassee’s Russian Sister City, issued a joint letter to U.S. Senator George LeMieux (R-Florida), urging him to support the ratification of the New START Treaty this year, during the … Read More
And says some other things, I have trouble following him when he starts to ramble. EXTRAS: *Source: The Buzz *More: Bill Nelson *Follow us on Twitter and Facebook. *Help support this blog, this type of post and additional investigative reporting … Read More
One of the key reasons that Democrats lost in 2010 was that they did little to inspire their base and that base didn’t volunteer, contribute or vote at the same rates that they did in 2008. Bill Nelson saw those … Read More
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I rarely take time out to say “I told you so,” partially because like most people, I’m wrong often enough that I don’t want to be a sore winner. But damned if I didn’t tell you so on this one: … Read More
Have you missed having your inbox flooded with emails from Team Rubio? Once again, we want to thank you for your support and efforts. We wouldn’t be on the Road to Reclaim America without all of those calls, conversations, emails, … Read More
I’m guessing this will be my last post about Kendrick Meek and the Meek campaign, since I’ll say the last things I have to say about it and move forward to other topics. But I’m going to address the things … Read More
The election is over. We fought hard, but so did our opponents. Carole and I wish Senator-elect Marco Rubio and his family the very best. Soon it will be Thanksgiving, and I have no shortage of reasons to give thanks. … Read More
Thank you for your support. Your efforts and sacrifice have paid off. We are on the Road to Reclaim America and have much work to do. I’m grateful for this opportunity and for your trust. While we prepare for all … Read More
A lot of people disliked the fact that Kendrick Meek was the Democratic candidate who Democratic Party insiders rallied around early on, forcing out or scaring off other potential candidates. The theory was that these other candidates would’ve done better … Read More
“Tonight, I stand before my fellow Floridians with an overflowing heart and an uplifted spirit, forever appreciative that people throughout this state believed in our campaign and embraced values that we as Floridians hold dear. From the moment we began … Read More
Why aren’t you reading Jack & Jill Politics regularly?: I have been voting since I was 18 years old. I have voted in enough elections to know….YOU DON’T ALWAYS VOTE FOR THE ULTIMATE WINNER OF THE ELECTION. It feels good … Read More
Is it me or is Michael Hussey’s latest diatribe against me even less accurate than his earlier stuff? I wrote a post on Democratic leaving Kendrick Meek. Kenneth Quinnell decided to fact-check my post. Key word here is “fact-check,” since … Read More
To paraphrase Jon Lovitz as Michael Dukakis: “I can’t believe we’re losing to this guy.” “During a meteoric rise in Florida – he became speaker of the state legislature in 2005 when he was just 34 – he steered an … Read More
Peter Schorsch makes a comment today that I’ve heard a number of other people make since the August primary: On one hand, Kendrick Meek is costing Democrats any shot at keeping Florida’s US Senate seat from falling into Marco Rubio’s … Read More
Progressives should always recognize that the real world is not a simplistic place where simplistic answers are the way to describe reality. Sure, we should find ways to try to communicate complex ideas in simple and clear terms, but that’s … Read More
This is the first in a series of posts on the candidates for Congress and the issue of Social Security, written for Ourfuture.org. Democrat Kendrick Meek has a strong record on Social Security, consistently opposing efforts to privatize the program … Read More
