Poll: Who’s better at counting votes in the Florida Senate?
by Michael C. Bender | December 8th, 2009
The Florida Senate is scheduled to open floor debate on their special session bill today at 1:45 p.m. Senate President Jeff Atwater and his top lieutenant, Alex Diaz de la Portilla, are hoping to secure enough support to hold a formal vote this afternoon. So far, the bill has barely managed to survive three Senate committee votes in the past 24 hours.
Their main roadblock is Sen. Paula Dockery, R-Lakeland, who has led the opposition for two straight years.
As of yesterday, Dockery said she hadn’t counted votes for two weeks, when she was sure she had enough votes to defeat the bill for a third straight time. But rarely do legislative leaders call a session without having enough support. Which brings us to a question…
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December 9th, 2009 at 10:14 am
PBP, the more appropriate question is; “Who is better at extorting votes?”
On that question, the answer is easy; Jeb Bush, Charlie Crist and Jeff Atwater, hands down.