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While Florida's G.O.P. kick at each other, Florida Dems kick dirt ... by gimleteye

14 hours ago ago from EYE ON MIAMI

Back in the days when I coached pee-wee soccer, I called them dirt-kickers. Those were the six year olds more interested by clumps of grass or some strange pattern in the dirt than chasing the ball down the field. The swarm would be the Florida G.O.P. now engaging supporters of Jeb Bush and US Senate candidate Marco Rubio stealing the ball from Gov. Charlie Crist. Florida Democrats? They would be the dirt kickers. With the G.O.P. in such ...

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Jim Greer has not yet begun to fight

22 hours ago ago from Select Your Vote

In response to the daily calls for him to resign, Republican Party of Florida state chairman Jim Greer has this to say: ain t happenin In a letter to state committee members, Greer writes: It is treason that for the sake of personal ambition that members of this party are airing dirty laundry. He also notes several key stats for Florida s GOP: A 26-14 lead in the state Senate, a 76-44 lead in the House and a 15-10 lead in U.S. ...

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Democratic Rep. Parker Griffith becomes a Republican and a straw in the wind?

11 hours ago ago from Select Your Vote

President Obama signed a disaster declaration for the state of Alabama this afternoon. But that involved damage from last month s Tropical Storm Ida and had nothing to do with today s defection of a representative from his Democratic Party over to the Republicans. Parker Griffith , a radiation oncologist in real life, was just elected to the House last year from northern Alabama s Fifth District after the retirement of another Democrat, ...

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Where’s the Center? More on Polarization and the Parties

1 day ago ago from Progressive Fix

Here at P-Fix, the ever-energetic Scott Winship has pivoted from a debate with me and others about the advisability of limiting or killing off the Senate filibuster into an extended and scholarly discussion of the origins and nature of partisan polarization. He’s mainly doing battle with the 2005 book “Off-Center” by Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson. I have no particular dog in that fight, other than to observe that Hacker and Pierson did ...

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Cat Fight! Jim Greer vs. Florida Republicans

1 day ago ago from My Cats Are Democrats

By Sniffles So, embattled Florida GOP chairman Jim Greer has injected some startling venom into the holiday season, in the form of a 19-paragraph screed to his state committee members. Goodness gracious. We know that the pro-Marco-Rubio forces have been giving Greer a hard time lately, but as Scarlett O'Hara would say, Oh, Jim, how you do run on. But it's not just the length of the tome that has our suspicions heightened instead of ...

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Matt Osborne: Parker Griffith's Christmas Present To Alabama Democrats

7 hours ago ago from Huffington Post

Parker Griffith, my representative, is switching from the Democratic Party to the Republicans. This is not shocking news, as rumors have been swirling for months and Griffith has been reciting right-wing memes for a very long time. For example: at an August town hall in Florence, Alabama, Griffith pandered to the worst elements of the crowd. From death panels to immigration hysteria, he didn't miss a single teabagger talking point. ...

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