Florida GOP seeks its ‘heart and soul’ amid identity crisis
by Michael C. Bender | January 10th, 2010ORLANDO — While many Floridians watched Saturday for rarely seen snow flurries, state Republicans contemplated the unusual winds blowing through their party.
After dominating state elections for 15 years, Florida Republicans are suffering a rare identity crisis.
They’re part of a national losing streak over the past two election cycles. And despite controlling the governor’s office and Florida Legislature since 1996, many Republicans are frustrated with the results: Unemployment, food stamp applications and foreclosures have all increased. But taxes and fees have, too.
“Look at the crap we’ve been pulling,” Bob Starr, chairman of the state Republican county chairmen caucus, said in an interview at the party’s annual meeting Saturday, the first major political event of 2010.
“We haven’t acted like conservatives.”
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January 10th, 2010 at 12:09 pm
Pinellas’ Nancy Riley “probably” running for RPOF Vice-Chair, but will this quote come back to haunt her.
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January 10th, 2010 at 1:18 pm
The Republican party is doomed. Chairman Michael Steele new book has put the nail in the coffin and the GOP Party are the pall bearers. There you have it.
January 10th, 2010 at 1:35 pm
What happened to the 11-12 previous posts on this article? There were at least 4-5 from 9:00-11AM. Do you scrub!