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U.S. Democratic Party Politics

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2012

    Boring Moderate Bill Nelson's Stance on Gay Marriage is Vaguely Boring and Moderate

    There are worse things for politicians to be than boring moderates, sure, but Bill Nelson is a boring moderate through and through. So, it's really no surprise that his stance on gay marriage is predictably off in some vague, boring, moderate middle land.

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2012

    State Sen. Nan Rich to Run Against Rick Scott in 2014

    Florida's next gubernatorial election is more than two years away, but if Gov. Rick Scott's popularity remains below sea level, there's a good chance a Democrat could emerge victorious for the first time since 1994. The question is, of course, which Democrat?State Sen. Nan Rich, the top Democrat in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2012

    Florida GOP and Dem Chairs Act Like Children in Allen West's Commie Comment Flap

    In our latest example of why we hate politics in Florida because way too many people involved act like children, let us now examine the letters sent between the chairs of the Florida Democratic Party and the Republican Party of Florida this morning over GOP Rep. Allen West's comments about how he he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2012

    Luis Garcia Pulls out of David Rivera Race, and Now Dems Have No Candidate

    Rep. David Rivera is one of the most vulnerable Republican congressman in the entire country. He's under numerous criminal investigations, and his seat in District 25 is quickly seeing its Republican voter advantage fade. It could be a slam dunk for Democrats, assuming, of course, they had anyone to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    Rep. Luis Garcia Lashes Out at Debbie Wasserman Schultz After Alex Penelas Buzz Emerges

    So, state Rep. Luis Garcia was the Democrat who was supposed to take on scandal plagued Rep. David Rivera in November. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, buzz emerged that former Miami-Dade mayor Alex Penelas, also a Dem, was mulling entering the race (he's talking publicly about it now, but ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2011

    Carole Crist Privately Asked if Charlie Should Run for Governor As a Democrat

    ​Florida's own Lady Macbeth, Carole Crist, apparently isn't a big fan of being just a simple trial lawyer's wife. She married a superstar politician after all, so maybe it's no surprise she's privately asking about the possibility of hubby Charlie Crist making a return to politics -- this time, ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    Do Florida Democrats Have a Hispanic Outreach Problem?

    ​Democrats in Florida have a huge registered voter advantage over Republicans, but you couldn't tell that by looking at the leadership in Tallahassee and the Republican super majorities in both house of the state legislature. There's a few reasons for that situation (including the Republican-contr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2011

    Former Senate Candidate Jeff Greene's Infamous Party Yacht Is for Sale

    This, for some reason, is the only image we have on file of Summerwind. ​Would you like to own a yacht that once hosted the likes of Lindsay Lohan and Mike Tyson? Would you like to to be the captain of a boat that was described as something like a Studio 54 of the seas for dorks complete with alle ... More >>

  • News

    April 14, 2011

    Alex Penelas: Mayoral loser

    This, for some reason, is the only image we have on file of Summerwind. ​Would you like to own a yacht that once hosted the likes of Lindsay Lohan and Mike Tyson? Would you like to to be the captain of a boat that was described as something like a Studio 54 of the seas for dorks complete with alle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    Alex Penelas Wants To Finish His Job Of Ruining Miami-Dade

    ​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke -- who is a candidate to replace more-boring-than-bread-pudding ex-Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez -- explains why a reru ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 6, 2009

    The Haitian Twoubadou

    ​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke -- who is a candidate to replace more-boring-than-bread-pudding ex-Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez -- explains why a reru ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2009

    Genius DSCC Points Out Neither Sarah Palin Nor Charlie Crist Will Seek Second Terms

    Sorry Democratic Senatorial Campaign Comittee, but your latest little video project kind of  fails. The plan is to attack two Republican candidates for Senate, our own Charlie Crist and New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly Ayotte (who?), by comparing them to Sarah Palin. Reason: They're all ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2009

    Jesus License Plate Has Died for Your Sins, and No, a Brotha Can't Get a Plate

    The state has important issues to deal with. Yet the legislature is spending lots of time grappling with the pressing problem of license plate aesthetics and appropriateness. Jesus plate-gate will apparently soon come to an end, though. Sen. Gary Siplin (D-Orlando) has basically said the plate featu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2009

    State Stem Cell Funding Ban Upheld

    Last month President Obama repealed the ban on federal funding on stem cell research, but that doesn't necessarily open the door to state funding. Yesterday, the state house voted to keep language in a bill that would bar universities from using state money for embryonic stem cell research 68-46. Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2009

    This Week in 2010 Speculation: Sink for Gov, Crist Still Mum on Senate

    It seemed like a foregone conclusion just a few months back that Gov. Charlie Crist would run for a relatively easy re-election. Then in November, the Republicans in Washington got their asses handed to them, and whenever Minnesota decides to get its shit together, the Democrats in the Senate will h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2009

    Silly Porn Tax Remains Silly

    via Wikimedia CommonsCan we tax plastic surgery instead? The Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau has been following a proposed porn tax with quite some fervor lately, but the State Legislators can't seem to talk about the proposal with a straight face. Republican Sen. Carey Baker said he'd heard someone ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2009

    North Bay Village = Quid Pro Quo

    In the Fifties and Sixties, North Bay Village was a place where seedy mobsters and corrupt politicians came home to roost.  At one point in its 63-year history, a law-enforcement report concluded North Bay Village, a man-made three-island city along the John F. Kennedy Causeway, had "Dade's larges ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2009

    North Miami Mayor Kevin Burns to Run for Senate

    In our very important four-point treatise on netroots campaigning, we predicted "gay candidates will be the hot new netroots cause, just watch," and now, right here in Florida, that theory will be put to the test. North Miami Mayor Kevin Burns will tomorrow officially kick off his campaign to see ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2009

    Rod Smith Might Be Considering Losing Another Primary Election

    When it comes to the 2010 Senate election, just about anybody who's nobody is getting in. Rod Smith, a former state Senator of the conservative Democrat variety, made a decent run in the 2006 Gubanotorial primary, but ended up losing to Jim Davis. Along the way though he picked up some key newspaper ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2009

    McCollum or Boyd Won't Be Your Next Senator

    Both sides of the Senate 2010 fray just lost significant rumored candidates. Republican Attorney General Bill McCollum and Democratic Congressmen Allen Boyd have both said they won't seek the open seat. McCollum has sought a Senate seat twice before. He claimed his party's nomination in 2000, but lo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2009

    Debbie Does the DNC

    It's not often that Republican reps Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and the Diaz-Balarts must be happy about announcements of new Democratic leadership, but the buzz today that congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz will be elected vice-chair of the Democratic National Committee must have them smiling. As co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2009

    Florida Democrats Lacking Latino Candidates

    Absent from the list of possible candidates for the Democratic nomination for either governor or senator in 2010 are Latinos. It's nothing new. The Democrats have never run a Latino for governor or the Senate, and they've never elected one to the U.S. House of Representatives. In fact, one would be ... More >>

  • News

    December 18, 2008

    Hillary Clinton Would Be Prez

    If Florida counted in the primaries.

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2008

    Surprisingly, Right-Wing Radio Host Has His Facts Wrong

    You can tell information is factually accurate when the author prefaces his little article with a boast about how one time he called a Democratic congresswoman a "poverty pimp" to her face. Oh snap. He then blathers on, "If her constituents somehow became affluent -- in spite of her best efforts to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2008

    The Even Less Likely Cabinet Rumors

    You can tell information is factually accurate when the author prefaces his little article with a boast about how one time he called a Democratic congresswoman a "poverty pimp" to her face. Oh snap. He then blathers on, "If her constituents somehow became affluent -- in spite of her best efforts to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2008

    And What of The State Legislature?

    You can tell information is factually accurate when the author prefaces his little article with a boast about how one time he called a Democratic congresswoman a "poverty pimp" to her face. Oh snap. He then blathers on, "If her constituents somehow became affluent -- in spite of her best efforts to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2008

    Pelosi Power

    You can tell information is factually accurate when the author prefaces his little article with a boast about how one time he called a Democratic congresswoman a "poverty pimp" to her face. Oh snap. He then blathers on, "If her constituents somehow became affluent -- in spite of her best efforts to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2008

    CBS 4 Schedules a Diaz-Balart Debate Double Header

    You can tell information is factually accurate when the author prefaces his little article with a boast about how one time he called a Democratic congresswoman a "poverty pimp" to her face. Oh snap. He then blathers on, "If her constituents somehow became affluent -- in spite of her best efforts to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2008

    The Nomination Goes To Obama

    You can tell information is factually accurate when the author prefaces his little article with a boast about how one time he called a Democratic congresswoman a "poverty pimp" to her face. Oh snap. He then blathers on, "If her constituents somehow became affluent -- in spite of her best efforts to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2008

    Weekly News Wrapup - Spiraling Economy, Racketeering and Still No Delegates.

    You can tell information is factually accurate when the author prefaces his little article with a boast about how one time he called a Democratic congresswoman a "poverty pimp" to her face. Oh snap. He then blathers on, "If her constituents somehow became affluent -- in spite of her best efforts to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2007

    Delegating Denver - Will Florida Attend?

    You can tell information is factually accurate when the author prefaces his little article with a boast about how one time he called a Democratic congresswoman a "poverty pimp" to her face. Oh snap. He then blathers on, "If her constituents somehow became affluent -- in spite of her best efforts to ... More >>

  • News

    May 26, 2005

    The D Word

    Say anything you want, but just don't call them Democrats

  • News

    May 19, 2005

    Acute Democratitis

    Jimmy Morales ponders the disease with no known cure

  • News

    October 7, 2004

    Count All Votes -- Except Those for Nader

    The Reform Party's presidential candidate makes some people crazy

  • News

    August 5, 2004

    Democratic Mayor or Republican Mayor?

    The county mayor's race is nonpartisan -- on the surface

  • News

    June 3, 2004

    Pay to Play

    In this political season, Miami's high-profile campaign contributors favor Republicans and Democrats

  • News

    August 8, 2002

    Armesto Watch

    In this political season, Miami's high-profile campaign contributors favor Republicans and Democrats

  • News

    July 18, 2002

    The Meek Shall Inherit the House

    And in the process dynasty trumps democracy

  • News

    August 16, 2001

    Space Cowboy

    Someone please tell Bill Nelson that not everyone in the Democratic Party looks like him

  • City Life

    May 17, 2001

    Best Mob

    Republican hooligans

  • News

    December 14, 2000

    Democracy Is Messy

    And it doesn't get any messier than a gaggle of Democrats gathering to elect their own leaders

  • News

    November 16, 2000

    The Dead-End Kid

    Alex Penelas has gone AWOL, and the Democratic Party faithful are furious

  • News

    July 20, 2000

    Donkey Demise

    Miami-Dade's Democratic Party is a shambles. Blame Joe Geller, candidate and chairman.

  • City Life

    May 11, 2000

    Best Local Boy Gone Bad

    Alex Penelas

  • News

    June 6, 1996

    DeFede

    Friends (and Money) in High Places

  • News

    August 31, 1994

    The Case of the Invisible Candidate

    , The 107th District state House race provides a mystery worthy of Dashiell Hammett

  • News

    March 9, 1994

    Hugh Had to Be There

    He's inexperienced. He's hefty. He's the First Brother-in-Law. And he's coming soon to a ballot near you.

  • News

    July 7, 1993

    Politics and Prosecutors

    Why is it that naming a U.S. Attorney for Miami seems to be one of the world's most complicated tasks?

  • News

    March 4, 1992

    Inside Feature

    Why is it that naming a U.S. Attorney for Miami seems to be one of the world's most complicated tasks?

  • News

    February 19, 1992

    Inside Feature

    Why is it that naming a U.S. Attorney for Miami seems to be one of the world's most complicated tasks?

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