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Daniel TilsonDecember 16, 2014

Attention, knee-jerk opponents of Obamacare: Be careful what you wish for. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the King vs. Burwell case in March 2015. It pits some sloppy statutory language in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) about who is or isn’t eligible for subsidies, against the obvious intent to offer subsidies to all uninsured […]

Daniel TilsonDecember 10, 2014

I’m this close to believing Florida Democratic Party (FDP) leaders can’t see the political forest full of discontent and disinterest enveloping them, due to a new reform agenda focused on “operational” tree trimming. The party responded to its Election 2014 failures the same way so many other large, out-of-touch organizations respond after taking big, embarrassing […]

Daniel TilsonDecember 8, 2014

Marco Rubio is at it again. After months of fumbling around trying to boost his bona fides as a foreign policy expert, Florida’s junior U.S. senator pivoted his way out of Thanksgiving weekend seeking credibility on the domestic economic front. But in writing and speechifying about our ever-worsening American income inequality crisis, Rubio remains incredibly […]

Daniel TilsonDecember 2, 2014

Gov. Rick Scott and his minions proved last week that they view middle-class Florida consumers as mostly slow-witted turkeys ready to be roasted to a crisp and gobbled up by corporate gluttons. While most of us were distracted by shopping, cooking, traveling and other Thanksgiving preparations, Scott’s hand-picked five-member Public Service Commission (PSC) voted to […]

Daniel TilsonNovember 23, 2014

Thanksgiving’s coming, so let’s talk economic turkey. Election 2014 has strengthened the grip of big business and rich folks on Florida government and economic policy. The Florida Democratic Party (FDP) let the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) write and own the “narrative,” the storyline of what has and hasn’t happened in the economy on their […]

Daniel TilsonNovember 19, 2014

Let’s get it straight. Open political warfare over immigration reform isn’t starting with President Obama’s pre-Thanksgiving Executive Order on immigration. It started more than 16 months ago when the U.S. Senate did something amazing in this age of congressional gridlock, passing a compromise immigration reform bill with bipartisan input and support. That proposed legislation was […]

Daniel TilsonNovember 17, 2014

Like the excitement baseball fans feel every February when they hear the first crack of the bats in Spring Training, the creaking noises coming from Tallahassee this week are putting smiles on the faces of many a Sunshine State politico. Not so much everybody else, with good reasons. Yes, the new edition of the Florida […]

Daniel TilsonNovember 13, 2014

Unconvinced by Florida Election 2014 number crunching and tea leaf reading, both before and after Nov. 4’s Democratic doomsday? Me too. Of course, that’s not to say I haven’t been poring over plenty of it. But just as I wouldn’t give numbers undue weight in pre-election analysis, neither will I pin sweeping Democratic defeat on […]

Daniel TilsonNovember 8, 2014

In the wake of mistakes, failures and defeats, learning and adaptation opportunities abound. Seen through that filter, the aftermath of Election 2014 is a chance for the Florida Democratic Party (FDP) to do some rebranding, and reboot for 2016. Team Blue can talk itself blue in the face about almost $13 million in money bombs […]

Daniel TilsonNovember 5, 2014

The condolence calls, texts, tweets and Facebook messages started coming in just before 10:30 on Election Night, right after the Associated Press called Rick Scott the winner of the governor’s race. Family and friends from New York to California and points in between (including Florida!) knew how hard Floridians like my Mrs. and me fought […]

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Daniel Tilson: Beware of what would replace Obamacare

Daniel Tilson: Florida Democratic Party can’t ‘LEAD’ from behind

Daniel Tilson: Marco Rubio’s working class hero con job

Daniel Tilson: Team Scott makes it a happy Thanksgiving for Florida energy monopolies

Daniel Tilson: Rewriting the Florida Republican economic narrative

Daniel Tilson: We should welcome Obama immigration reform with open hearts, minds

Daniel Tilson: 2015 Florida Legislature begins preparing for more of the same

Daniel Tilson: Running campaigns ‘by the numbers’ doesn’t add up for Florida Democrats

Daniel Tilson: Florida Democratic Party should own campaign finance reform

Daniel Tilson: Why do Democrats keep failing in Florida?