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Daniel TilsonJune 16, 2015

We 99 percent of Floridians who haven’t benefited from and in many cases have been harmed or held back by almost 20 years of increasingly conservative Republican domination of Florida government and public policy — we deserve and desperately need a high-functioning opposition party with a specific plan and time frame for restoring political and legislative balance to […]

Mitch PerryJune 13, 2015

Although a majority of House Democrats rejected President Barack Obama on expanding his trade negotiating power, two of the three Democrats who met the news media hours before the Florida Democratic Party’s big summer dinner did and do support the Trans Pacific Partnership. “We are a big tent party, and we have wide-ranging views on […]

Brendan FarringtonJune 13, 2015

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For now, U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy is the only prominent Democrat in the race to replace Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, and he took advantage of that Saturday at a Florida Democratic Party fundraising event where he portrayed himself as a moderate who isn’t going to please everybody all the time. Murphy spent the day racing […]

Daniel TilsonJune 11, 2015

“Leadership Blue Gala” weekend is here for the Florida Democratic Party (FDP). Saturday night is its biggest fundraiser of the year, while the rest of the weekend features party officials and activists from across the state conferencing together in specific caucus meetings, and other more collective and casual configurations. Allow me to take a look […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 5, 2015

Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera makes $124,000 a year. Friday afternoon, the Florida Democratic Party posed a question: What has CLC done lately to earn six figures? Monday, he “toured” Florida’s Department of Revenue. Tuesday, he wore out his hands, according to the Florida Democrats, applauding “at Rick Scott‘s Republican presidential campaign pageant in Orlando.” But he […]

Phil AmmannJune 2, 2015

A number of Republican presidential or prospective candidates in the increasingly crowded 2016 GOP presidential field will visit Walt Disney World this week – something that surely will draw attention. And that’s exactly what happened. A new email from the Florida Democratic Party blasts the entire Orlando Economic Growth Summit – presented by the always […]

Daniel TilsonMay 26, 2015

Time to praise the opposition, and challenge ourselves. In preparation for 2016, the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) did itself proud with recent communications upgrades. Now let’s see if the Florida Democratic Party (FDP) can rise to the occasion with a new fix-it plan scheduled for public release next month. OK, I can hear the […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 20, 2015

Tom Cruise said in Cocktail that “everything ends badly; otherwise it wouldn’t end.” The same principle can be applied to the relationship of the Florida Democratic Party to Jacksonville, where despite clearly prioritizing victory, the state party didn’t seem altogether enthusiastic about the Bold New City of the South. The damage control started the weekend before the election, when […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 13, 2015

Jacksonville voters are now receiving a political postcard from Together for a Greater Jacksonville that makes some hard-hitting claims against Alvin Brown, who has “the wrong priorities for Jacksonville.” The postcard points to the increase in incidence rates of murder, rape, and assault, asaying “and yet, Alvin Brown: fired 147 police officers; cut our sheriff’s […]

Mitch PerryMay 5, 2015

The Florida Democratic Party said Tuesday it will feature Virginia Democratic Sen. Mark Warner and Hawaii U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as keynote speakers at its Leadership Blue Dinner next month. The party’s biggest fundraising night of the year is scheduled to take place in Hollywood. Warner was re-elected to the Senate in November, narrowly surviving a […]

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