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Darryl PaulsonSeptember 11, 2013

What if I told you that Republicans are likely to win the white vote in the 2016 presidential election by 24 percent? If you are a Democrat, you might be a bit nervous. Don’t be. Republicans can win the white vote by that margin and still lose the election if nonwhite voters cast their ballots […]

Darryl PaulsonSeptember 10, 2013

For 35 years I told students in my government courses that politics comes from the Ancient Greek word “poly” meaning “many” and “tics” meaning “ugly, bloodsucking parasites.” During the first 15 years, students laughed. For the last 20 years, students busily wrote the definition in their notes. They had no reason to believe it was […]

Darryl PaulsonSeptember 9, 2013

Near the end of his term as governor, when his name was being floated as a possible vice president on the McCain ticket, Charlie Crist visited Israel to help enhance his foreign policy credentials. One of the Israeli newspapers ran the headline “Christ is Coming.” It wasn’t Christ, but Crist, who was coming, and now […]

Darryl PaulsonSeptember 5, 2013

For 35 years I taught courses about Florida and Southern Politics. A great portion of those courses dealt with the issues of race and segregation. The struggle to end segregation and provide civil rights for all Americans was long and bitter. The Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s and the passage of the […]

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