Notes For Saturday, October 19, 2002

John Ellis Bush's style is to assert firm control. 9:08 AM [Go to current Florida Politics site (no popup ads)]

No wonder the Republicans are running things. Democrats just can't bring themselves to play hardball, with some quaking in their boots about calling Jerry Regier's appointment "radical right politics". I guess its OK for John Ellis Bush to refer to critics of Regier as bigots", as in "soft bigoty". Yet to refer to Bush's policies as "radical right" is off limits for some reason? 9:06 AM [Go to current Florida Politics site (no popup ads)]

DCF is back as a political issue, at least in the Palm Beach Post. 8:57 AM [Go to current Florida Politics site (no popup ads)]

Brogan: "Florida's economy is stable". Does that nean "the economy is funadamentally sound."? 8:55 AM [Go to current Florida Politics site (no popup ads)]

ABC's "The Note" is invaluable, if you can find the time to read it. ABC moves "the Florida governor race from Incumbent Party Favored to Toss-up." ABC's Governors Race ratings are here. 8:46 AM [Go to current Florida Politics site (no popup ads)]

Joe Conason writes aboutJohn Ellis Bush 8:37 AM [Go to current Florida Politics site (no popup ads)]

The Links page has been restructured; it now starts with an index (to Florida newspapers andd Florida pundits, with other categories to be added soon). Please advise of any sites worth linking. As far as Florida pundits go, the anonymous Grapefruit site, although infrequently updated, is always worth a look. 7:00 AM [Go to current Florida Politics site (no popup ads)]