As per my usual, I was checking out the local news sites’ political stories. The St. Pete Times has a story today about the race for Florida House District 52. In general it was an merely intersting article – until … Continue reading
Bob O’Malley at O’Blog has compiled a two solid lists of the candidates for federal and state offices. Tommy at Sticks of Fire found the lists and wrote about them on that site. His work inspired me to compile a … Continue reading
This is the week for most state and local candidates to “qualify” for the ballot, meaning they are filing their official papers. Senate and Congressional candidates, along with most judicial candidates, qualified in May. This qualifying period ends at Noon … Continue reading
Robert at Interstate4Jamming has a good post today about how to grow a political party, although he is talking about the Democratic party. It is imperative that we as Democrats on the local level change our mind-set and begin concentrating … Continue reading
Okay, so this is a bit of slightly old news. However, I wanted to post some quick analysis. It would seem that both Supervisor of Election Buddy Johnson and a local circuit court judge have determined that Johnson’s deadline of … Continue reading
Okay, I now feel like I have arrived. Yes, some good bloggers have previously welcomed me to the blogosphere (here, here, here, and here)… but today Tommy at Sticks of Fire has posted some kudos about the State of Sunshine. … Continue reading
The St. Pete Times’ Buzz and the Tampa Trib’s Political Safari are both reporting on new problems for Katherine Harris campaign. The Hotline has a story as well, speculating that it’s because how difficult Harris is to work with. This … Continue reading
It would seem that Florida GOP Congressional Candidates could be sacrificial lambs. First, the House of Representatives passed it’s oil drilling plan. Their plan does have a protection for the Navy and Air Force training area in the eastern gulf… … Continue reading
Okay, let me be the first to say that I am neither a financial expert nor an economist. But there is a trend coming that could be a harbinger of things to come. 1) Rising interest rates. Alan Greenspan, Ben … Continue reading
This is something I have been saying for some time, but I thought some quick analysis would be in order. With so many candidates from the Bay area, plus the open seats at the state and federal level, Tampa Bay … Continue reading