This is our regular feature where every day I do a quick post with the top posts/stories that I think people should read from the previous day. The basic list of possible sources is open to Florida newspapers, political web sites and progressive blogs.
1. 9/11: Deep Something – September 11–Six Years Later, The Reid Report – Unhappy anniversary, and Left Side Out – The day it all began to change.
2. Tax cuts: Change in Tallahassee – ‘Super’ tax exemption Going Down The Tubes, Bigtime, Polk Politics – Polk Demos Oppose Tax Amendment, and Naked Politics – Is Legislature “hiding the ball” over tax cuts?
3. PIP: Change in Tallahassee – Democratic State House 91 hopeful Chris Chiari. Throws down on sunset of PIP insurance, and Pushing Rope – Charlie Crist & PIP.
4. Incertus – Barbara Ehrenreich Once Again Completely Misses the Point: “In general, I enjoyed Nickel and Dimed the first time I read it. Sure, the author/ narrator was sanctimonious and more than a little exploitive of the people she wrote about, but her heart seemed to be in the right place.”
5. The Buzz – Thrasher fronts anti-Hometown effort: “Tallahassee lobbyist John Thrasher, a former speaker of the House, is helping to lead a statewide effort to convince voters to revoke their signatures on Florida Hometown Democracy petitions. The revocation push takes the form of a statewide direct mail campaign aimed at voters who have signed Hometown’s slow-growth petitions over the past 150 days.”
6. Pushing Rope – Progressives Tired of Bill Nelson: “The comments at the Florida Progressive Coalition blog shows the state’s progressive activists turning on Bill Nelson. They are angry about Nelson’s grandstanding over the fight between the Florida Democratic Party and the DNC over the January 29th primary date.”
7. Polk Politics – Case for High-Speed Rail; Jeb’s Vengence: “In response to an item in today’s Politics Column on the high-speed rail and former Gov. Jeb Bush’s appointment of some people to the High Speed Rail Authority, who actually opposed the train, a former authority member said many of those changed their minds after seeing the possibilities.”
8. Blast Off! – Jim Naugle update: “Some of you across America’s Wangâ„¢ and around the country or beyond might be wondering what is going on with Florida’s favorite batshit crazy homophobic mayor, Jim Naugle of Fort Lauderdale.”
9. AP – “THE NUMBERS — DEMOCRATS: Hillary Clinton 42 percent, Barack Obama 13 percent…THE NUMBERS — REPUBLICANS: Rudy Giuliani 28 percent, Fred Thompson 17 percent….”
10. Pushing Rope – Barack Obama Music Video: “Now this is not something I see everyday. Meg Foster is going to shoot an Obama Barack music video.”
11. Miami-Dade Dems – Quick response to flap around Raul Martinez: “Not letting the ink dry for long: Joe Garcia, chair of the Miami-Dade Democratic Party, lept to the defense of former Hialeah Mayor Raul Martinez after the Republican state chairman, Jim Greer, ripped Martinez for hosting a fund-raiser for Hillary Clinton on Monday.”
12. Change in Tallahassee – Univision’s Presidential Forum Outdraws English-Language Debates: “An impressive 4.6 million viewers tuned into Univision’s Democratic Presidential Candidate Forum last night, demonstrating that Hispanics are just as eager and invested in next year’s election as any other audience.”
13. The Democratic Primary: The Buzz – Davis blasts DNC, Pushing Rope – Florida Democratic Primary Still on Jan. 29th, and Pensito Review – Should Florida Democrats Change Parties?
14. Here are the sites in our Candidate Watch Network that have been updated: Eye on Ileana.
15. Out of state blogs talking about Florida (or related topics): Pam’s House Blend – Untangling the latest GOP gay scandal with Mike Signorile, and Rook’s Rant – Today Is Not A Holiday.
16. Also, check out the blogging Florida roundup at Florida Netroots.
17. For more, as always, go to the FLA Politics daily round-up.
