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Steve SchaleJune 16, 2016

To my media friends, both banned by Trump and not: Clearly over the course of the last week, Marco Rubio‘s approach to continuing his political career has changed. But is this a good idea? Objectively, I really don’t think so. Many of you know, I have been around for all of Rubio’s career, and genuinely […]

Steve SchaleJune 7, 2016

One of the hardest things for a campaign, particularly one completely engaged in the fight, is to see beyond itself. Typically, this only gets worse when campaigns, both ones winning and losing, reach the desperate phase — the point when you have simply run out of options because the end is near. Every candidate wants […]

Steve SchaleMay 10, 2016

Six months before Election Day, now that the candidates and races are starting to develop, I wanted to take a look at my favorite of all subjects: State House races. For those of you all who don’t know me well, I cut my teeth in the Florida House. State House races are my first political […]

Steve SchaleMay 9, 2016

Six months before Election Day, now that the candidates and races are starting to develop, I wanted to take a look at my favorite of all subjects: state House races. For those of you who don’t know me well, I cut my teeth in the Florida House. State House races are my first political love, […]

Steve SchaleMay 5, 2016

While we’ve ended up on the opposite sides of many a political fight, there are few people I respect more in the business than Mac Stipanovich. In many ways, Mac is the original GOP operative of the modern Florida political world. While he is a proud member of the GOP establishment, few people have been […]

Steve SchaleMay 4, 2016

Dear Democrats: Well, it is a done deal. Republicans have chosen Donald Trump as their nominee, and already, my social media timeline is full of Democrats and Republicans saying this election is over. And I am here to tell you that you are wrong. Yes, I get it. We all cheered his getting into the […]

Steve SchaleApril 20, 2016

The commanding win tonight by Secretary Hillary Clinton should bring an end to the nomination fight. Going into tonight, her delegate lead was over 200, and her popular vote lead was over 2.4 million. We’ll see how the delegates get allocated, but her lead will significantly grown tonight, and she will add another 200,000 or more her […]

Steve SchaleJanuary 20, 2016

If I had a nickel for every time someone asked me in the past two weeks what the new State Senate maps mean for the partisan balance of the state Senate, I wouldn’t need to play Powerball. There is no question the maps are good news for Democrats. But how much good news? Well, that’s […]

Steve SchaleDecember 14, 2015

Most years, I spend a good chunk of my December talking to kids getting ready to graduate and young professionals looking to get into politics. It is one of the more enjoyable things I do. Of all the things I’m proud of in my career, the biggest achievement isn’t the wins or mentions, it’s seeing […]

Steve SchaleDecember 13, 2015

Most years, I spend a good chunk of my December talking to kids getting ready to graduate and young professionals looking to get into politics. It is one of the more enjoyable things I do. Of all the things I’m proud of in my career, the biggest achievement isn’t the wins or mentions, it’s seeing […]

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Steve Schale: Tis the season – for career advice

Steven Schale: Tis the season – for career advice