Well, does the Florida Democratic Party blow another one (through Crist?)

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

They need to get their GOTV act together in the Gold Coast and invest in candidate recruitment at the local level.  The Ohio Democratic Party has a similar problem.  You can't just invest in rising stars once they've been elected to the State House.  They need to invest in people with potential who run for things like Mayor, City Council, County Sheriff/Commissioner/Auditor/Treasurer/Prosecutor, and city school board.  Then those folks can be groomed to run for state house and maybe even state senate down the road.  You build a bench from the bottom up, not the top down.  Additionally, well-liked local electeds are usually better candidates than random out-of-district folks with higher early name ID.   Lastly, anyone who helped cause the second FL-13 fiasco (forcing out Sykes) should be sacked, IMO.