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Guest AuthorApril 29, 2014

A monkey should easily be able to drum Gov. Rick Scott out of office in November — unless it’s a Democrat. The donkey party is in danger of seizing defeat from the jaws of victory. They have a clear, fusion candidate in frontrunner Charlie Crist. And yet, instead of unifying behind him, some Democrats, even […]

Guest AuthorMarch 25, 2014

The recent congressional special election in the Tampa Bay area was a painful process to watch. Two decent major party candidates, sincere in their desire to serve the people, displayed their wares, offering different philosophies and different political positions on the issues of the day. Each identified with a political party that has differing plans […]

Peter SchorschMarch 20, 2014

It’s been more than a week since Special Election left my life and it just hasn’t been the same since. After Republican David Jolly defeated Democrat Alex Sink in Florida’s 13th Congressional District last Tuesday, life was supposed to return to normal. The direct mail stopped arriving. The grainy, black-and-white television commercials are no longer […]

Bob SparksMarch 17, 2014

Now that the dust has settled from the David Jolly vs. Alex Sink race for Congressional District 13, the message machines are in full spin cycle. We have heard most of the analysis from both sides. Was this simply, as Democrats say, a race won by a Republican in a district held by Republicans for […]

Guest AuthorMarch 13, 2014

I hate reading lists that begin with long-winded explanations of what’s to come. So let’s get down to brass tacks and examine three of the biggest myths about the special election in Florida’s 13th Congressional District. Big data is king To be sure, knowing who your voters are, their beliefs and motivations, their habits, and […]

Daniel TilsonMarch 12, 2014

So Alex Sink lost another big one. Not exactly a surprise. After all, this is the same Sink who snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in 2010, enabling an ultra-conservative, ethically tainted multimillionaire businessman to get elected Florida governor. Like Rick Scott then, Republican David Jolly beat Sink in Tuesday’s CD 13 special election […]

Guest AuthorMarch 12, 2014

In case you have been on another planet and haven’t heard, David Jolly beat Alex Sink for the District 13 congressional seat. Jolly is preparing to go to Washington and Sink is cancelling her Feather Sound lease and returning to her mansion on the shores of Lake Thonotosassa to let the gardener and housekeeper back […]

Guest AuthorMarch 11, 2014

Anyone watching the special election in Congressional District 13 would come away with a few takeaways from Republican David Jolly’s win over perennial Democrat loser Alex Sink. Jeb Bush is still really important in Florida. Alex Sink is a horrible candidate with another coulda, woulda, shoulda loss on her resume. Even though Obamacare is super […]

Daniel TilsonMarch 8, 2014

The good news about the David Jolly-Alex Sink Florida CD 13 special election campaign is…it’s almost over. The vote is Tuesday. The bad news is, it has been an exasperating exercise in the kind of outside interest-funded “gotcha!” politics that confounds and alienates more voters than it informs and engages. The 13th U.S. congressional district […]

Martin DyckmanFebruary 9, 2014

Winston Churchill never lived in any of the four constituencies that elected him to Parliament, or in the two others where he ran and lost during his 65 years in politics. He didn’t need to. “Apparently an MP can be elected to Parliament without even living in this country, provided he has citizenship,” writes my […]

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Stephen Goldstein: Nan Rich should drop out of the governor’s race

John Grant: Get ready for the fall elections and a flood of PAC-paid attack ads

Peter Schorsch: Special Election was a November-to-March affair to remember

Bob Sparks: Republican brand tries to catch the wave

Fred Piccolo: Three myths about the Congressional District 13 race

Daniel Tilson: Lessons for losers from Florida congressional district 13

John Grant: It’s a Jolly victory for the GOP in congressional district 13

Jamie Miller: Jeb Bush came to the rescue in Congressional District 13 race

Daniel Tilson: Silver lining in clouded Florida CD 13 special election

Martin Dyckman: Politicians shouldn’t have to live in their districts