Emails & Opinions

Guest AuthorNovember 2, 2016

Tuesday, Nov. 8, is Game Day! The election is just days away and the news is all abuzz this morning about “rigged” elections, sexual-assault allegations, FBI investigations, unpaid taxes, and more emails. Just when you might have thought that the soap opera that is the 2016 presidential election could not get any crazier, well, here […]

Bob SparksNovember 2, 2016

Donald Trump may be on his way to winning Florida. Is that really possible? Of the seven polls taken in the past week, Trump leads in three surveys, each by four points. Hillary Clinton leads in three of them, each by one point. In what may be another ominous development for Democrats, Florida is into […]

Steve SchaleNovember 2, 2016

To: Curious Americans and President Vladimir Putin From: Steve Schale Re: No More Wednesdays!! *6 days until the election. *10 days until FSU basketball tips off. *24 days until I start Clark Griswalding my house. *114 days until the Daytona 500. Before I begin, a note to Democrats: RETURN YOUR FREAKING VBM BALLOTS, PLEASE. So […]

Peter SchorschNovember 2, 2016

The surest way for Charlie Crist to be the next U.S. Representative from Florida’s 13th Congressional District may be if it rains on Election Day. A day-long thunder storm would certainly suppress turnout and keep those who have yet to cast their ballot from making their vote count. And those voters — CD 13 residents likely to vote, but […]

Peter SchorschNovember 2, 2016

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. YES, YOU’RE LOSING SLEEP OVER THIS ELECTION – Wearable devices that track exercise and other vital signs reveal what many have suspected: The election is making us lose sleep, the Wall Street Journal reports. The night […]

Florence SnyderNovember 2, 2016

Most free stuff is worth what you’re paying for it. An exception is Above the Fold, a compilation of the front pages of Florida’s newspapers, produced by Cate Communications and delivered to your inbox daily by 8 a.m. In time it takes to drink a mug of coffee, you can take in a drone’s-eye view […]

Mitch PerryNovember 2, 2016

Remember when Hillary Clinton would invoke Michelle Obama‘s phrase when dealing with Donald Trump that, “When they go low, we go high?” That was so, oh, I don’t know, October-like. In Pasco County yesterday, the Democratic presidential nominee spent considerable time tearing apart Trump, invoking his greatest hits of insults as she tries to rally […]

Guest AuthorNovember 1, 2016

As surely as voting is integral to our unique American political system, so is money — and that’s not a dirty word. There is nothing wrong with this fundamental truth and reality: it takes real money to run a campaign, promote a platform, reach the electorate, and get elected. Self-righteous critics who decry the role […]

Peter SchorschNovember 1, 2016

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. JUST ONE MORE WEEK LEFT TO GO MORE THAN 3.8 MILLION FLORIDIANS HAVE ALREADY VOTED – As of Tuesday morning, 2,033,123 vote-by-mail ballots have been returned for the November general election, and 1,769,199 people have voted early across […]

Guest AuthorNovember 1, 2016

To prepare for war with Nazi Germany, the British government considered how to maintain civilian morale should events go badly. Among other things, it printed more than two million posters with the slogan “Keep calm and carry on.” Although they were never issued, copies are available wherever good refrigerator magnets are sold. That slogan is […]

Emails & Opinions
A light switch glows warmly against a backdrop of blurred, softly shimmering lights, enhancing the inviting ambiance of the room during the evening.

Gerrod Lambrecht: Are you ready for some football … I mean election?

Is Donald Trump on his way to winning Florida?

Steve Schale: Notes on the ninth day of early voting in Florida

Charlie Crist 48%, David Jolly 45%, final poll of CD 13 shows

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – 11.02.16

Above the Fold: Free, but worth its weight in gold

Mitch Perry Report for 11.2.16 — Hillary Clinton returns to the oldie but goodies in Dade City speech

Nancy Texeira: Money is a clean, key component of American democracy

Sunburn for 11.01.16 — Just one more week

Martin Dyckman: Keep calm and carry on