Fumbling Florida
Bob Moser : Electoral Politics
Have Democrats already blown the biggest swing state?

Bob Moser : Electoral Politics
Have Democrats already blown the biggest swing state?
Jack Gordon, "the unabashedly liberal conscience of Florida's State
Senate," was chosen majority leader at a time when his politics should have made
him an anathema. His fight against discrimination and his involvement in state politics helped
many powerless Floridians.
Marc Cooper : Democratic Party
Florida remains the most evenly divided state in a deeply polarized America.
Jake Bergman & Julia Reynolds : Guns & Gun Control
Law enforcement officials describe the US as a one-stop shop for the guns sought by international terrorists.
Gregory Palast : Voters & Voting
On November 7 tens of thousands of eligible Florida voters were wrongly prevented from casting their ballots. Nearly all were Democrats, nearly half of them African-American.



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