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Joe HendersonOctober 8, 2018

Um, Matt Gaetz? It wasn’t funny. It wasn’t clever. I’d say the Republican congressman from the state panhandle ought to be ashamed of himself, but he is a politician, and every time anyone thinks there is a line that can’t be crossed, it gets obliterated. This was one was especially tasteless, though, referring to Tallahassee […]

Joe HendersonSeptember 22, 2018

You can’t have a major political campaign unless the candidates debate, right? Usually, they are over-scripted, overhyped and underperforming, but a Florida Governor’s debate between Andrew Gillum and Ron DeSantis should be memorable. Both sides were working out the specifics on Monday, but it looks like this is going to happen. You would assume someone […]

Joe HendersonSeptember 4, 2018

Maybe more than any election in a long time, voters in the middle might as well be people without a candidate. Think about it. Maybe your politics are center-right. You might be generally conservative but will vote for something that sounds somewhat liberal if you decide it’s a good thing. Or, maybe you’re the opposite […]

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