Notes For Sunday, December 01, 2002

And The Next Supreme Court Justice Is . . . read. 3:27 PM [Go to current Florida Politics site (no popup ads)]

Survey of Sunday Papers:

Pensacola News Journal editorializes against Kissinger ["Kissinger the wrong man to head Sept. 11 probe". Editorial.] The Orlando Sentinel shows its stripes. ["Kissinger is good choice". Editorial.]

Miami Herald out to prove it isn't owned by GOP. ["Graham's Steady Hand". Editorial.]

Wallsten on the Bush-Dinnen relationship, very much worth a read. ["Support of class caps may haunt state teachers union". Column.]

An important survey of the election results by Tyler Bridges. ["GOP's strategy flips Florida politics". Article.]

The Palm Beach Post editorial page is hot today:

- "Return absentee voting to its intended purpose". [Editorial.]

- "Tallahassee breaks out pinkie rings", on gambling. [Editorial.] And,

- Joins the Daytona Beach News Journal as the only Florida papers editorializing about "The unexplained audit". [Editorial.]

The Sun Sentinel counsels its own devious plans to avoid bullet train amendment. ["Derail Costly Boondoggle". Editorial.]

Any Democratic Party Argenziano's Out There? Too bad she still shilled for AIF after the manure incident. ["
Argenziano: She can't say that, can she?" In The Tallahassee Democrat".]
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The Unholy Alliance: Well, someone said it, and that someone is Tyler Bridges in his mundanely titled but action packed feature, "GOP's strategy flips Florida politics". Among the high lights:

"One result of the Republican gains is that white non-Jewish Democrats, once the backbone of the state Legislature and Congress, are a vanishing breed in Florida."

"Of the 39 Democrats today in the state House, only 15 are not black or Jewish."

"Of the 14 Democrats in the state Senate, only two -- Rod Smith and Walter ''Skip'' Campbell -- are not black or Jewish."

"Of the seven Democrats in the U.S. House, only two -- Jim Davis and Allen Boyd -- are not black or Jewish."

Only 12 of the 120 House races this year were competitive, where the victor won with less than 55 percent of the vote. In sharp contrast, 29 of the 120 races were blowouts; the victor won with at least 90 percent of the vote."

Only 3 of the 20 state Senate races were competitive, while five were blowouts."

Only 2 of the 25 U.S. House races were competitive, while eight were blowouts."

[Article.]

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