Comments on: Could the Democratic victory Tuesday signal an opportunity for Florida Dems?

By: Business Tax Guru

Business Tax Guru — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:51:21 +0000

I’ve been engaged in taxes for lengthier then I care to admit, both on the personal side (all my employed lifetime!!) and from a legal point of view since passing the bar and following up on tax law. I’ve put up a lot of advice and corrected a lot of wrongs, and I must say that what you’ve posted makes complete sense. Please uphold the good work – the more individuals know the better they’ll be armed to deal with the tax man, and that’s what it’s all about.

By: Tyrant Ted

Tyrant Ted — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:00:51 +0000

hey mad mike, should we look into election fraud since you seem so confident crist is going to win? do you have some inside information? if so, please share.

By: adam

adam — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:38:34 +0000

Well said, Don! By what measure could that woman be described as a moderate?

If she is a moderate, who could be considered liberal?

By: Mad Mike

Mad Mike — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:48:12 +0000

Sorry, but no matter how hard Michael Bender, the PB Post and all the other Liberal, Leftists try….

Charlie Crist WILL BE the Republican candidate for Senate… AND WILL win the general election.

By: JGP

JGP — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:48:11 +0000

You gotta’ love the Palm Beach Post. Every newspaper headline in the country talks about the GOP sweep and the Post headline is “Could the Democratic victory Tuesday signal an opportunity for Florida Dems?” Almost laughable.

But to answer the question, the answer is NO. Unlike the VA and NJ races, where millions of people voted (and conclusions can be drawn), the NY District 23 race was very different.

First, the Democrat defeated Doug Hoffman, a third party candidate (Conservative Party of New York) that had never held office and self-admittedly knew very little about local issues. Instead, Hoffman said was running on national issues–which might have been effective–if had been running for national office!

Rubio is a former Speaker of the FL House with a fair amount of experience running for office and governing.

Second, Hoffman got 45% of the vote and lost to the Democrat 49-45, so the Democrat won with less than 50% of the vote.

There is nothing to suggest that anyone will be able to win the FL governor’s race with under 50% of the vote.

Finally, the Republicans in NY made a stupid mistake by nominating a liberal (not a moderate Republican) that actually voted to the left of the Democrat running.

Both Rubio and Crist are well-within the GOP’s ideological spectrum. Some conservatives may deny it, but Crist is a moderate not a liberal. And both would have the full support of the Republican Party regardless of who wins the primary.

What amazing is that Hoffman did as well as he did with no party support. If anything, I suspect that conservatives will be emboldened by the VA, NJ and NY-23 races. And right now, it appears that they have reason to be emboldened.

By: No democracy

No democracy — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:37:45 +0000

This Erick Erickson isn’t very bright. His comments beg the question, why are these so called “moderates” and “conservatives” forced to share a political space called the Republican Party in the first place? Why are they forced to herd into a party simply to politically express themselves? Why can’t they have a viable chance at starting their own parties? The answer, because as Erickson himself said the other day, this is a”two party nation” which means it is an undemocratic and non-pluralistic nation. Until this two party system is resolved this type of nonsense of having to share political space between those who have no common principles will continue. The same goes for the Democratic Party.

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:36:02 +0000

Axelrod’s wishful thinking. One Congressional race where there was an anomaly. Get real people have had it with high taxes and unresponsive government. The Dems better think about the people for a change instead of what they need to say to get elected.

By: Don

Don — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:07:51 +0000

Not to quarrel with the analysis, but by what standard was Scozzafava “moderate”? Who is further left than she is? She was a high taxing, pro-choice, pro-union. If she is moderate, there are no liberals. What is so hard about writing “a liberal Republican”? They do exist, especially in the NE. One can’t objectively comment on intra-party disagreements if one can not see there are two sides, not just one side and a middle. There are conservative Democrats and liberal Republicans.