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FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Even if Rubio runs for President (which is likely), I figure the FL Dems will not have anyone decent to battle for that seat.

# ¿ Nov 10, 2014 01:00

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# ¿ May 14, 2024 12:25

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Jerry Manderbilt posted:

If a year from now it's looking like Sink is in the front-running for FLSEN, we can write it off as safe R.

I have to think she's done, much like Martha Coakley in Mass, right?

# ¿ Nov 10, 2014 01:30

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Joementum posted:

Hiiiiiiigh hopes, the Tea Party's got hiiiiigh hopes.

I think we can all agree: , though it won't happen.

Please do this, Tea Party. It will redeem the results of this last election being so awful.

# ¿ Nov 30, 2014 06:11

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

I really hope he runs again. It's ridiculous that he lost to begin with.

# ¿ Jan 9, 2015 15:21

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

comes along bort posted:

On the one hand ugh, Crist. On the other hand ugh, Wasserman Schultz.

Yeah those are not some stellar choices, but the bench is empty for FL Dems right now, so those are your best options. Ideally I'd love Grayson, but he won't win a state election.

# ¿ Mar 13, 2015 02:00

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Crist in an interview today ruled out running in 2016.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news...campaign=buffer

# ¿ Mar 17, 2015 01:08

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Oh god no

# ¿ Mar 17, 2015 13:42

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

PupsOfWar posted:

I can't wait for scott brown to run for the Democratic senate nomination in florida

Why are you giving him ideas, he'll probably do it at this point

# ¿ Mar 17, 2015 23:34

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

AreWeDrunkYet posted:

Aren't there people who specialize in this sort of compliance stuff for politicians? It seems like all of the stuff that did in Schock was almost insignificant as far as dollar amounts go, and if he just filed the right paperwork or structured things properly it wouldn't have been an issue.

If he had decent staff they would have stopped him from doing these dumb things.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2015 14:08

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Franco Potente posted:

Speaking of the devil

Rick Scott to consider challenging Bill Nelson in 2018

Oh Christ. Like we need another 6 years of him, but this time he gets to have national impact.

# ¿ Mar 19, 2015 00:22

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Ted Cruz is announcing his run for president tomorrow. Can he run for both president and senate in TX?

# ¿ Mar 22, 2015 13:24

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Franco Potente posted:

I am not sure if you can or not, but it's immaterial: Cruz's term is not up until 2018.

For some reason I thought he won in 2010.

# ¿ Mar 22, 2015 14:39

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

God the FL Dem bench is so empty.

# ¿ Mar 23, 2015 14:02

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Mitt Romney posted:

So the Senate is a lot less likely to go back to the Democratic party in 2016 now and the Democratic party gets a shittier leader?

Certainly seems that way.

# ¿ Mar 27, 2015 14:03

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Of course we get Schumer. drat.

# ¿ Mar 27, 2015 17:25

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Crist already said he's not running. I guess it may be Murphy from Broward.

# ¿ Mar 27, 2015 17:42

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Isn't Rand Paul also having the same issue with running? I know for sure in that state he can't do both at the same time and I guess it doesn't look like the state is going to change that law like he wanted.

# ¿ Mar 30, 2015 00:53

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Naked Lincoln posted:

Is Rubio a lock for reelection if he runs again? Didn't Crist's campaign drain away a lot of liberal and moderate votes back in 2010? If the Democrats run a decent candidate (which I guess is the real problem in Florida) in a presidential year, don't they have at least a decent chance of picking up the seat?

Right now the only Dem who says they are running is Murphy, who I'm not confident would beat Rubio unless Rubio has some big scandal or something. Crist has already ruled it out. In 2010 Crist did take a lot of votes from the Dem candidate Kendrick Meek, but he wasn't going to win regardless.

# ¿ Mar 30, 2015 02:08

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Does his mom also have an unhealthy obsession with bombing a certain foreign country?

# ¿ Apr 7, 2015 14:08

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

The FL Dems have pretty weak candidates. In all honestly it's been like 25 years since the FL Dems had anyone win a statewide election who wasn't Bill Nelson. In a presidential year you would think the Dems would have a good opportunity, but I think it's an uphill battle.

# ¿ Apr 13, 2015 17:38

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

CaptainCarrot posted:

Alex Sink got elected CFO in 2006.

Yes, and look where that got her now...oh wait....

# ¿ Apr 14, 2015 17:31

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

In a presidential year he should win.

# ¿ Apr 18, 2015 15:26

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

We have basically nothing down here, which is what happens when you have 20 years of one party rule.

# ¿ May 6, 2015 16:20

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Ravenfood posted:

I eagerly await Kirk's supporters calling her a coward who doesn't support her country.

Wouldn't be the first time that worked against an actual injured war vet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Cleland

# ¿ May 15, 2015 04:12

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Between that and the guy challenging Bennett in CO not running, been a good week for Senate Dem chances

# ¿ Jun 9, 2015 14:40

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Joementum posted:

Hagan won't run against Burr in NC.

Ugh I can't believe they are even possibly considering Heath Shuler

# ¿ Jun 24, 2015 01:47

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

The FL Supreme Court ordered that 8 congressional districts be redrawn (this isn't even the first time either, my district was supposed to change before the 2014 elections but that was pushed back) due to them violating our 2010 state ballot initiative. It amended the state constitution in order to force fairer district boundaries.

The majority opinion in the case specifically points out how state Republicans deliberately redrew districts against state law to favor Republican incumbents.

quote:

The 5-2 decision was written by Justice Barbara Pariente, who ruled the Legislature unconstitutionally favored the Republican Party in redrawing its maps. She also scolded the legislative leaders for destroying redistricting records and adjusting maps in secret meetings with Republican political operative to create an appearance of a transparent process while conspiring to favor Republicans.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/political-pulse/os-florida-high-court-orders-congressional-maps-redrawn-20150709-post.html

# ¿ Jul 10, 2015 03:35

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

There are rumors circulating that Florida's current Lieutenant Governor, Carlos Lopez-Cantera (R), will be announcing his run for Rubio's seat tomorrow.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/elections-2016/article25078312.html

# ¿ Jul 14, 2015 23:24

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Feather posted:

It's not just incompetence, though, it's complicity. Florida is a prime example of both incompetence and complicity. And certain democrats who have some influence but aren't elected (e.g. Markos Moulitsas of Daily Kos) help with the latter significantly (e.g., in Markos' case, by effectively endorsing Republicans like Crist and Murphy in Florida). It's true it's not every state and local party, though, but generalizations aren't universally true of course.

FL is a mess because there is no real leadership to speak of, and they have no candidates here due to the party just not being competitive at all in something like 20 years within the state. The last Dem governor was in the 90s, and no Dem senator has been elected other than Bill Nelson, who is a Blue Dog anyway. Nobody really wants to run against the GOP in this state, not with a horribly incompetent party that managed to lose two easy elections against an actual criminal for governor, and again when they missed an easy layup for the 13th Congressional District due to a Congressman's death.

I'm skeptical that this will even change in my lifetime. There really isn't any real ray of hope here. They are probably going to botch the election for Rubio's vacant seat in 2016 as well.

# ¿ Jul 26, 2015 02:37

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

His speeches during the ACA voting were amazing.

# ¿ Jul 30, 2015 23:37

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

I believe a judge just ruled a week or so ago that he was never legally married to his wife

Personal problems aside, he's good on most issues other than I/P.

# ¿ Jul 31, 2015 02:16

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Yeah there was an annulment ordered because of that.

# ¿ Jul 31, 2015 12:54

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Evan Bayh is the worst. I hope he never holds office again.

# ¿ Aug 25, 2015 18:00

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

I have to remind people nationally how bad our state party is when they claim that the Dems have a decent chance of picking up Rubio's seat.

# ¿ Aug 26, 2015 14:47

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Scott Brown: the first person to lose a Senate vote in every state

# ¿ Nov 11, 2015 16:55

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Considering who they just elected Governor, and the whole Kim Davis fiasco, he's facing an uphill battle

# ¿ Jan 26, 2016 18:30

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Here in FL I have to assume it will be Murphy running for the Dems, but I haven't been paying attention yet on who are the GOP candidates. Considering this state seems to never elect Dems at the statewide level anymore I'm going to default to pessimistic.

# ¿ Feb 15, 2016 15:06

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

He's probably going to end up dropping out of the race.

# ¿ Feb 24, 2016 01:25

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Cliff Racer posted:

edit: With Rubio looking to have an ever increasing likelihood of being the Republican nominee things might turn pretty difficult for Democrats in Florida this cycle, even if Hillary ends up winning nationally. Major caveat of course being that if Rubio (or, hehhehheh, Kasich) doesn't win they'll get to mop the floor with whichever of the undetectable blowhards the Republicans do choose.

Eh I don't know if that makes a huge difference. I would also disagree that he has a good chance to win the nomination to begin with.

# ¿ Feb 24, 2016 01:50

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# ¿ May 14, 2024 12:25

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

I'm more concerned that the FL Dems are again going to end up with a candidate who is barely left of the GOP candidate, and as a result they are going to whiff on another chance to take a Senate seat that is very much in play.

# ¿ Feb 24, 2016 02:08

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