Peter Schorsch, Author at Florida Politics - Campaigns & Elections. Lobbying & Government.

Peter SchorschDecember 27, 2015

After batting only .400 in 2014 with my five “bold” political predictions, my goal for 2015 was to improve my political prognosticating. How did I do? Well, if I was a baseball player, I’d be headed to the Hall of Fame. But as a political prognosticator, it looks like I need more batting practice. That’s because […]

Peter SchorschDecember 25, 2015

Americans are becoming less and less concerned about the “War on Christmas,” a new survey from Public Policy Polling finds. In 2012, PPP found 47 percent of voters nationally believed that such a thing existed to only 40 percent who didn’t. Now just 37 percent of voters believe in the War on Christmas to 42 […]

Peter SchorschDecember 23, 2015

The 2015 holiday season marks a quiet before the storm in Florida politics, before the lawmakers and lobbyists take over Tallahassee in January and the high drama of Jeb Bush vs. Marco Rubio and the rest of the GOP presidential field reaches its primary crescendo. So this year, before the annual rites and rituals of “The Process” come to […]

Peter SchorschDecember 23, 2015

State workers are getting Christmas Eve off as a paid holiday. For the fifth year in a row, Gov. Rick Scott has directed state offices to be closed an extra day. This is the third time Scott has given state workers Christmas Eve off. Last year, employees had the day after Christmas off. In 2011 state employees […]

Peter SchorschDecember 22, 2015

Republican state Rep. David Santiago is poised to run in Florida’s 6th Congressional District, several sources have confirmed to FloridaPolitics.com. In recent days, the state House District 27 representative has made phone calls to several Tallahassee-based donors, fundraisers, and lobbyists seeking their support for a campaign expected to get off the ground in early 2016. CD 6 is […]

Peter SchorschDecember 22, 2015

Six weeks before the Iowa Caucuses open the 2016 presidential race in earnest, Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz lead the Republican field nationally, but Trump trails either Democratic candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton or Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, and 50 percent of American voters say they would be embarrassed to have […]

Peter SchorschDecember 21, 2015

More than a decade after losing a judicial campaign to an opponent who would later be removed from office, Declan Mansfield has been appointed to the 6th Judicial Circuit Court bench. Gov. Rick Scott announced the appointment Friday afternoon. In 2003, Mansfield lost a contentious race to John Renke III, the politically connected son of a former […]

Peter SchorschDecember 20, 2015

Last month, the Hillary Clinton campaign named Orlando Democrat Alan Grayson to its Florida Leadership Council. The liberal firebrand and U.S. Senate candidate joined more than 150 elected officials and community leaders – the elite of the state’s Democratic politics – to build a grassroots coalition to help Hillary win the Florida primary in March. […]

Peter SchorschDecember 20, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie says it’s time for voters to start getting serious about the election as they head into the new year. The New Jersey governor returned to New Hampshire Saturday to begin a four-day bus tour across the early-voting state, where he’s been drawing new interest and gaining in polls. “It’s game […]

Peter SchorschDecember 19, 2015

This past Thursday, Mitch Perry working, in part, from several tips I received, reported that a dispute with a signature-gathering firm is making it likely that the group attempting to expand solar power choice in Florida will fall short of acquiring the necessary signatures to qualify for the ballot next year. It’s no understatement to say Perry’s story put […]

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How did my 5 “bold” predictions for 2015 fare?

Poll: Americans trust Donald Trump most to fight “War on Christmas”; GOP down on Festivus

This holiday season is brought to you by these Florida lobbyists and political associations

Gov. Rick Scott gives state workers Christmas Eve off

David Santiago poised to launch congressional bid

Half of U.S. voters embarrassed with Donald Trump as president, Quinnipiac poll finds

13 years after losing contentious race, Declan Mansfield appointed to the bench

Alan Grayson still not clear about endorsing Hillary Clinton

Chris Christie says “show time” is over in New Hampshire

On Jim Turner and FloridaPolitics.com not being a “blog”