Florida's Only Bright Spot In November: Andrew Gillum
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NextGen America and For Our Future are two PACs financed by Tom Steyer. They spent $1.4 million dollars in the Florida Democratic gubernatorial primary helping Andrew Gillum overcome huge odds to beat two conservative Democrats, Gwen Graham and Philip Levine. But you ain't seen nothin' yet. Yesterday Steyer told the NY Times that he will spend more money in Florida this fall than in any other state. He's going to put approximately $5.2 million towards Gillum's election, almost $2 million of which towards get-out-the-vote-efforts, which will likely help Democrats up and down the ticket. Steyer specifically mentioned Senator Bill Nelson, an extremely weak incumbent running a miserable campaign against a far worse opponent, Governor Rick Scott, who's running a really dynamic campaign.
Nelson has one chance of being re-elected: the anti-red wave. So far polls have been very, very close, with Nelson winning one day and Scott the next day. Yesterday it was Scott's turn. Quinnipiac polled Florida and Nelson's lead was eye-popping: 53-46%, primarily because women back Nelson 58-41% and because Florida likely voters give Trump a negative 44% to 54% job approval rating. 56% of Florida voters say they want Congress to act as a check on Trump. Scott, of course, is a complete Trump lackey.
It's worth noting that all 7 public polls of the gubernatorial race show Gillum winning. The most recent one, by Ipsos, released September 12, shows Gillum leading DeSantis 50-44% among likely voters and 61-21% among likely independent voters.
Steyer is eager to see his contributions to the Gillum campaign help other Florida Democrats. The tragedy is that there are virtually no Democrats running who are better than just a garden variety Democrat. The candidates considered the most electorally viable are 4 from the Republican wing of the Democratic Party: New Dem Nancy Soderberg (FL-06), New Dem David Shapiro (FL-16), New Dem Lauren Baer (FL-18), New Dem Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (FL-26); plus Kristen Carlson (FL-15), Mary Barzee Flores (FL-25) and Donna Shalala (FL-27). [Note: Mary Barzee Flores might turn out to be a good member if she wins.]
Labels: 2018 congressional races, 2018 gubernatorial races, Andrew Gillum, Bill Nelson, Florida, Republican wing of the Democratic Party, Senate 2018, Tom Steyer
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There's another bright spot: Sean Shaw for Attorney General.
It's good that our side has Steyer, but he's totally swamped by corporate money donors such as the Kochs. The corporatists are too close to finalizing the conquest of America as outlined by the Powell Memo, and aren't going to go down to defeat easily - not while too many in America remain controlled by corporate media and haven't got a single thought of their own in their heads.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaLpyJI0ltg
Andrew Gillum is no progressive, DWT. Please check out this skit from Jimmy Dore.
DWT, you really need to check out whom you endorse.
2:26 and 2:29, if it's blue, it'll do. easy to remember cuz it rhymes.
So... what's the FL lege look like? Even if Gillum is a progressive, about all he can do is veto the dumbest shit out of that lege. He can't write stuff and he can't make the lege do good lege.
He might be able to keep the Nazis from killing the entire coastline with oil slicks, but he won't be able to DO much.
Except he's not a progressive. He'll deal and sell out the nonrich, nonwhite almost as fast as Pelosi and scummer.
Just vote GOP, 3:50. That is what you are going to get anyway.
6:21 pm, most sane people on the left would rather get the GOP than get a fake leftist Democratic party that does the same as the GOP.
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