Tag: florida
member name: Gene Smith
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November 20, 2006 09:08 PM EST --
Tip O'neil's famous line, "All Politics is Local", has never been more appropriate. Here in Pinellas County, Florida, we have just gone through an election of historic significance. . . .
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November 04, 2006 07:22 AM EST --
The big push to get out the vote for Jim Davis and Daryl Jones is now in full swing. The major effort is going to be this weekend, but it will continue right up until the polls close on Tuesday. . . .
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December 22, 2006 01:32 AM EST --
I have stayed away from diarying about Iraq. Lots of very bright people have been writing about it. I have been focused on the 2006 elections, nationally and here in Florida. I just didn't want to . . .
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October 31, 2006 11:43 AM EST --
The second of the two FL-Gov debates aired live on MSNBC and Florida NBC affiliates last night. The debate was moderated by none other than our good friend "Tweety", aka Chris Mathews. The debate . . .
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December 26, 2006 02:03 PM EST --
Today we are back on track. The last two weeks have been spent on How to Talk to the Main Stream Media. While I personally thought they would be very useful, they did not get overwhelming responses. That's . . .
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April 30, 2007 08:56 PM EDT --
This may be a particularly apropos time for a diary on this topic. This very week The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation joined forces with The Broad Foundation and announced a $60 million political style . . .
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January 01, 2007 11:35 PM EST --
As the 110th Congress is getting ready to come into session, I have been thinking quite a bit about a Values Based Foreign Policy. The Democrats in Congress have been shut out of any meaningful role in . . .
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December 27, 2006 01:07 AM EST --
Cheers to Bill in Portland Maine for taking a look back at 2006 in his Cheers and Jeers Diary on DailyKos. At this time last year, who' a thunk it?
But as 2006 draws to a close, I find myself looking . . .
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December 19, 2006 11:29 PM EST --
Authors' Note: This is the fourth in a series of "How to Talk to..." diaries.
Last week in "How to Talk to the Main Street Media" we laid out some general parameters about the . . .
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December 28, 2006 04:45 PM EST --
Cross Posted from Florida Kossacks
John Edwards announced his candidacy for President of the United States in New Orleans today. To paraphrase a line from my favorite movie, Casablanca, "I'm . . .
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January 15, 2007 07:25 AM EST --
A tyrant is deposed and executed. The long suffering majority, oppressed by the tyrant and his band of cohorts begins a blood letting in retribution. "Dead Ender" supporters of the deposed regime . . .
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January 23, 2007 08:00 AM EST --
A few weeks ago I posted a diary titled How to Talk to Small Business People . So many of the comments were about health care issues that it become apparent that this was a topic in desperate need of further . . .
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February 18, 2007 11:00 AM EST --
There is an effort under way, quietly, to make an impact on local politics. The goal is to get reasonable people who share progressive values elected to local office. The difference here is to not leave . . .
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October 22, 2006 08:24 PM EDT --
The Florida Governors race is just starting to get fun. And it is getting closer.
Democratic candidate Jim Davis has trailed his Republican opponent Charlie Crist anywhere form 5 to 20 points since the . . .
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October 26, 2006 06:47 AM EDT --
John Campanelli has a diary on DaikyKos about the Republican candidate for FL-Gov being "outed". Whether or not Charlie Crist is gay is a distraction from the real issue here. We've . . .
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October 29, 2006 12:27 PM EST --
On the eve of the second and final debate in the FL-Gov race, Jim Davis clearly has old Mo on his side. A new St. Petersburg Times poll shows the race too close to call.
Like many campaigns before his . . .
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December 29, 2006 07:53 AM EST --
In the 1st Quarter of 2007, we looked ahead to the high (low?) lights coming up to start the New Year.
Now for the 2nd Quarter...
Cross Posted from Florida Kossacks
The Major League Baseball season . . .
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December 13, 2006 02:37 PM EST --
Cross Posted From: Local Politics is All
There was an interesting meeting this morning in Downtown St. Petersburg. A rather eclectic group gathered at 8 ish to talk about artists and the arts . . .
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January 07, 2007 11:06 AM EST --
After the 2000 Presidential election debacle in Florida, I did what many of my fellow Floridians did. After I got done slamming my head up against the wall and puking at the sight of Katherine Harris (I . . .
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