2. It's OK to rack up historic fraud fines as long as your mother loves you enough to cut an ad.
3. The Florida Democratic Party will never get its act together.
4. While liberals argue about the proper way to elect Marco Rubio, Republicans just voted for Marco Rubio. Their way works better.
5. Lying on your financial disclosures, running a tuck of nasty mailers off the road and calling your opponent a henchman of Castro is no big deal as long as you are Republican.
6. Receiving a text message is a fireable offense as long as you are a Democrat.
7. Being a conservative Democrat in a moderate district doesn't make sense anymore. Granted, being a liberal in a moderate district didn't help much either.
8. I should have hated Allen Boyd. Then this morning would be a little easier.
9. Floridians still vote right on most amendments even when they vote wrong on most candidates.
10. This sucks.
The only real lesson here is that Florida is a PURPLE state the parties must sell themselves each and every time out of the block. Amendments 5&6 should help ensure that. States that are solidly Red or Blue tend to become both complacent and corrupt over time - it is useful to turn out the rascals every 12-16 years
ReplyDeleteThe Democrats have always been divided dating back to 1966 when Claude Kirk was elected governor, the first GOP governor since Reconstruction. Since Democrats outnumbered Republicans 5 to 1 in 1966, the Demcrats really had to self-destruct for Kirk to win. Kirk wound up with the GOP nomination because no one else really wanted it
I hope Meeks tries again. He deserved better treatment than he got from his party. I hope Crist disappears from sight
I will reserve judgment on the new Governor of Florida until I've seen him/her in action
I think Rubio would have won a head to head against either Crist or Meeks
The numbers show you are right on Rubio. Frankly, I've taken so much heat from Crist supporters that is a relief to me.
ReplyDeleteYou are right that the state is purple, but that makes it so frustrating to see Democrats lose again and again and again. Sink was only Democrat on the Cabinet since Bob Butterworth left, and now we will have an all red Cabinet again. The Legislature was already dominated by the GOP, and today is more so. And somehow, four incumbents were turned out, including conservative Dems, liberal Dems and moderate ones. It seems to me Florida is very susceptible to Republican waves, but on a legislative level, never catches a Democratic one.
Sink has conceded, BTW. Now let's just hope Scott doesn't get indicted while in office. (Sorry, can't reserve much judgment myself when so many judgments have already come back)
By undoing the effects of gerrymandering, the state should appear more purple in upcoming cycles. 2008 was a strange year all around so I am not sure any patterns can be read from it. I think the one thing that the Democratic Party needs to do, both in Florida and on the national level, is to distance themselves from the ambulance chas... er trial lawyers. If the trial bar endorses someone, I instinctively support the other candidate as I think that the legal profession has very effectively looted businesses andtaxpayers for years. I am not the only moderate who feels this way and the more right-wing take it as an article of faith
ReplyDeletePerhaps, but it seems to be an issue that has fallen off since the early 00s. Maybe with a GOP House, it will become a banner issue again for the right, particularly as the "rescind healthcare" debate moves beyond bumper stickers and into real political negotiations.
ReplyDeleteFlorida democratic party is not the problem. It's
ReplyDeletethe voters stupid.