Emails & Opinions

Peter SchorschNovember 2, 2018

Normally, the extras flanking politicians in TV ads are about as memorable as the stock photo models on direct mailers. They flitter across your eyeballs for a second, before getting tossed into the orange bin in the garage. Sometimes they’re dressed up as tradesmen, construction workers, college students or, in the case of a recent […]

Peter SchorschNovember 1, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot The campaign behind a proposed constitutional amendment to ban live greyhound racing in Florida may have gotten an unexpected though indirect boost from a “bully pulpit.” The Washington Examiner reported Thursday that Lara Trump, President Trump’s daughter-in-law, has “won the […]

Guest AuthorNovember 1, 2018

The Florida Association of Property Appraisers (FAPA) recommends Floridians vote YES on Amendment 2. The amendment asks voters whether to make permanent a 10 percent limit on the annual increase in assessed value of a non-homestead property. A “yes” vote will avert a sudden and largely unexpected tax crisis for more than 5 million residential […]

Peter SchorschNovember 1, 2018

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Daniel McAuliffe, Jim Rosica, and Drew Wilson. Halloween is in the books, and while many of us are coming down from a sugar high, Florida pols still have their hands out for more. The fundraising cutoff for the 2018 […]

Joe HendersonNovember 1, 2018

As Cheerleader-in-Chief for his team, Donald Trump is hard to beat. The raucous Halloween night crowd at Hertz Arena in Estero loved the multiple-course helpings of red meat the President served at an old-fashioned style campaign rally with the midterm elections less than a week away. The President hit all the talking points. Well, shouting […]

Jacob OglesOctober 31, 2018

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When President Donald Trump announced he’d host an Oct. 31 rally in Florida, the real question wasn’t what he’d say but what the crowd would wear. Would there be vacuform masks of The Donald? Would witches cast some unholy spell to life Rick Scott’s Senatorial ambitions, or could some sexy version of a children’s cartoon show pass out “Make […]

Peter SchorschOctober 31, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot Beware “the leftist horde!” U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz’s fundraising emails are like a master class in framing for one’s base. One message this week alerted to that very horde “trying to do everything possible to transform our very way of […]

Peter SchorschOctober 31, 2018

Despite being outspent and hammered by PACs on everything from health care votes to yacht purchases, U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan appears primed to stave off a challenge from Democratic attorney David Shapiro in Florida’s 16th. The polls have been clear for quite a while. October polls have shown Buchanan with a growing, outside-the-margin lead: St. […]

Guest AuthorOctober 31, 2018

Nov. 6 is one of the most important midterm elections in recent memory and hundreds of thousands of Americans across the country and across Florida have registered to vote for the very first time. Following the shooting in Parkland, a growing number of young people have committed themselves to participate in our democratic process. Data […]

Guest AuthorOctober 31, 2018

At a time of renewed political attacks on LGBT Americans, the pro-equality vote — the ‘Rainbow Wave’ — may prove decisive in Florida’s midterm election. Candidates ignore this growing voting bloc at their peril. Equality Florida has invested deeply in connecting with voters for whom LGBT rights are the motivating issue. We have identified 1.3 […]

Emails & Opinions

Sean Shaw’s anti-special interest ad features some curious casting

Last Call for 11.1.18 — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics

FAPA: Yes on Amendment 2 will avert tax crisis

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 11.1.18

Joe Henderson: Donald Trump hit talking points and Dems better listen

Halloween in Trumpland

Last Call for 10.31.18 — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics

Vern Buchanan primed to survive unprecedented negative assault in CD 16

Andy Pelosi, Igor Volsky: Guns have no place at the polls

Nadine Smith: ‘Rainbow Wave’ may decide key Florida races