Florida Megathread

[Miles]

I'm not sure I'd buy too much into this, but the University of North Florida shows Scott's approval at 49/42. He still trails Crist 44-40 but leads Rich 42-28.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

I'm not sure I'd buy too much into this, but the University of North Florida shows Scott's approval at 49/42. He still trails Crist 44-40 but leads Rich 42-28.

Uni polls gonna uni poll.

[Donerail]

Hasner has put his house on the market at $50K below purchase price.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Hasner has put his house on the market at $50K below purchase price.

I saw this a few weeks ago, but was unsure where to post it and forgot about it. I am stoked for his potential campaign, and am eagerly awaiting his announcement.

[TX Conservative Dem]

Scott could still pull this off and we've seen previous governors win reelection despite poor approval ratings before.

[Donerail]

Hasner has put his house on the market at $50K below purchase price.

I saw this a few weeks ago, but was unsure where to post it and forgot about it. I am stoked for his potential campaign, and am eagerly awaiting his announcement.

For what it's worth, I'd take having Justice and Graham in Congress if it means losing Murphy and Garcia.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Hasner has put his house on the market at $50K below purchase price.

I saw this a few weeks ago, but was unsure where to post it and forgot about it. I am stoked for his potential campaign, and am eagerly awaiting his announcement.

For what it's worth, I'd take having Justice and Graham in Congress if it means losing Murphy and Garcia.

I'm cool with that deal. If only we were the political bosses of Florida .

[publicunofficial]

Hasner has put his house on the market at $50K below purchase price.

I saw this a few weeks ago, but was unsure where to post it and forgot about it. I am stoked for his potential campaign, and am eagerly awaiting his announcement.

For what it's worth, I'd take having Justice and Graham in Congress if it means losing Murphy and Garcia.

Garcia sure, but I like Murphy for dedicating a lot of time and money to knocking off West when he could've just ran in FL-22 and for being a potential statewide candidate.

[Miles]

Gwen Graham cleaned up this quarter, raising 450K.

Hopefully, this helps to dissuade Al Lawson from running.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Hasner has put his house on the market at $50K below purchase price.

I saw this a few weeks ago, but was unsure where to post it and forgot about it. I am stoked for his potential campaign, and am eagerly awaiting his announcement.

For what it's worth, I'd take having Justice and Graham in Congress if it means losing Murphy and Garcia.

Garcia sure, but I like Murphy for dedicating a lot of time and money to knocking off West when he could've just ran in FL-22 and for being a potential statewide candidate.

He was not going to win in FL-22. Lois Frankel was by far the most powerful candidate in that primary. Trust me on this one, as a resident of FL-22, and as a volunteer/intern (voluntern?) on the campaign that lost to Frankel, and I don't think his name came up once. He was in the race to challenge West. When rumors surfaced that West was moving to FL-18, he went to the local Democrats and made it clear that he was going to run against West, not for FL-22.

FL-22 was hardly a "safe" seat, for whatever it’s worth. We were the underdogs no doubt, but saying he "just could have" run in FL-22 understates the difficulty that Murphy would have faced. He did not have anything close to Frankel's name recognition, nor did have West's radicalism (and carpet bagging) to compete with.

[MalaspinaGold]

I guess this is the correct place to post
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/legislature/special-election-under-way-for-house-district-36-seat-in-pasco/2147303
Amanda Murphy beats Bob Gunter in HD-36. Murpy ended up with 50.8%.

[Flake]

I guess this is the correct place to post
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/legislature/special-election-under-way-for-house-district-36-seat-in-pasco/2147303
Amanda Murphy beats Bob Gunter in HD-36. Murpy ended up with 50.8%.

Yay!

[Donerail]

Crist 2014!

[windjammer]

Well, the Flo democrats seem to become better with their recruits .

[Flake]

Well, the Flo democrats seem to become better with their recruits .

Thank you my recruiting game is getting better

[Dereich]

Well, the Flo democrats seem to become better with their recruits .

I don't see how you could infer that from any recent events. The most recent thing happening with the FL Dems (which I forgot to mention at the time) is their leadership engaging in a mini civil war with their house minority leader getting booted by the caucus for trying to be independent from Tant http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/story/darryl-rouson-rejected-next-democratic-leader-florida-house

And I wouldn't really call Charlie Crist a Democratic recruit, more like the opposite. Charlie Crist is recruiting the Democratic party in his attempt to get back into the Governor's mansion.

[Donerail]

Well, the Flo democrats seem to become better with their recruits .

I don't see how you could infer that from any recent events.

A solid recruiting job in Pasco (Murphy) and in St. Pete (Kriseman), and assuming good recruits in Pinellas (hopefully Justice, probably Sink) and for gov (Crist).

[windjammer]

Well, the Flo democrats seem to become better with their recruits .

I don't see how you could infer that from any recent events.

A solid recruiting job in Pasco (Murphy) and in St. Pete (Kriseman), and assuming good recruits in Pinellas (hopefully Justice, probably Sink) and for gov (Crist).

[Dereich]

Well, the Flo democrats seem to become better with their recruits .

I don't see how you could infer that from any recent events.

A solid recruiting job in Pasco (Murphy) and in St. Pete (Kriseman), and assuming good recruits in Pinellas (hopefully Justice, probably Sink) and for gov (Crist).

Murphy managed to win a seat in the State House in an off year special election with the backing of the popular former occupant of that seat. Doesn't say much about the state party. FL-13 is going to be a tight race no matter how strong a candidate the Democrats nominate, and I'd never put it past the FL Dems to lose a winnable race. I'll stick by my statement on Crist, he isn't really a Dem recruit,  they're more of a Crist recruit. Kriseman I don't really know the details of, so I don't know if the Dems are being especially competent there.

[Donerail]

Well, the Flo democrats seem to become better with their recruits .

I don't see how you could infer that from any recent events.

A solid recruiting job in Pasco (Murphy) and in St. Pete (Kriseman), and assuming good recruits in Pinellas (hopefully Justice, probably Sink) and for gov (Crist).

Murphy managed to win a seat in the State House in an off year special election with the backing of the popular former occupant of that seat. Doesn't say much about the state party. FL-13 is going to be a tight race no matter how strong a candidate the Democrats nominate, and I'd never put it past the FL Dems to lose a winnable race. I'll stick by my statement on Crist, he isn't really a Dem recruit,  they're more of a Crist recruit. Kriseman I don't really know the details of, so I don't know if the Dems are being especially competent there.

They did manage to find a businesswoman with a long record of community involvement who was able to win over independents and moderate Rs (including Fasano) despite a money disadvantage  - and they found a competitive, winnable race and didn't throw it away. Schale has more. FL-13 could be tight, but there's no guarantee the Rs nominate a quality candidate either, especially with Sink leading by (IIRC) 15 over Baker. Crist, fair enough. Kriseman Dems have helped big-time with fundraising (including a Tant-led one in Tally), polling, and campaign staff.

[Miles]

'Very good for Democrats, if true:

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[windjammer]

'Very good for Democrats, if true:

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I don't know if this poll is skewed or not, but Murphy is a strong candidate. It would surprise me if he doesn't become a senator or a governor one day.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

'Very good for Democrats, if true:

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I don't know if this poll is skewed or not, but Murphy is a strong candidate. It would surprise me if he doesn't become a senator or a governor one day.

No, this was basically an internal poll. This is as worthless as a quadriplegic soccer player.

[Donerail]

George Sheldon will be running for AG as a Dem.

[windjammer]

Is Bondi popular?