The race to replace Marco Rubio in the Senate is already one of the strangest soap opera-worthy down ballot races in the nation, and it might get even more bizarre. GOP operatives are apparently pressuring Ben Carson to make an official exit from the presidential primary to run for Senate…
In 2008, Patrick Murphy was a Republican who cut a $2,300 check to Mitt Romney. In 2016, he’s a Democratic congressman running for Senate who just got the endorsement of Barack Obama. My, my, how things can change. This despite the fact that a poll released yesterday shows that while the majority…
The winds of change are blowing through American politics. Americans are sick of business as usual, sick of the establishment and sick of incumbent politicians. Insurgent, outsider candidates have been gaining steam over the past few years. It’ snot just present in the Presidential primaries. The phenomenon can be found…
Today is a day the GOP establishment never could have imagined. If neither Marco Rubio nor Ted Cruz surge in the dozen states casting primary ballots on this Super Tuesday, Donald Trump could all but wrap up a Republican presidential nomination tonight. And there are hints that Florida’s Trump-lite governor,…
If you’ve been on the internet today you’ve probably seen John Oliver’s epic takedown of Donald Trump (AKA Donald Drumpf). The HBO comedian takes a shot at Trump’s tendency to threaten to sue people without ever actually filing suit. True, Trump never did get around to taking Rosie O’Donnell to court,…
After putting his superdelegate vote up for an online vote, Democratic Rep. and Senate Candidate Alan Grayson announced today that Bernie Sanders won the online poll in such a landslide that he’s decided to officially endorse him. Sanders diehard supporters are usually ecstatic when a sitting Democratic politician breaks with the…
Florida’s primary isn’t officially until March 15th, but polls are already open at 20 early voting locations across Miami-Dade County. Sure, the dynamics of the primary races may change a bit between now and then (especially on the Republican side), but if you’ve already made your mind up you can…
With twelve states ready to cast their primary votes in Super Tuesday tomorrow, Marco Rubio has very little left to lose. Yes, Rubio has finally managed to consolidate the establishment GOP behind him. But his best finish so far is second place, and Donald Trump is obliterating him in polls…
Are you a Floridian who is a Ted Cruz-fanatic, hoping against hope that John Kasich somehow pulls off the upset of all upsets or is still on the Ben Carson train? We hate to say it, but a vote for either of those three in the Florida primary is, basically,…
For nearly a decade, the mysterious Zodiac killer terrorized the Bay Area by brutally murdering young couples and then taunting police and the press with cryptic notes. The killer was never found. Unless he’s now a front-running GOP presidential contender? A rumor that the long-sought after serial killer is actually…
This is the most diverse group of legitimate presidential contenders America has ever seen. One the Democratic side you’ve got both the first woman and first Jew to ever win a primary. On the Republican side, those left standing include two Cuban-Americans and an African-American. Regardless of the rest of…
If Marco Rubio is actually going to win the Republican nomination at some point he’ll actually have to win, you know, some primaries. While some in the media and establishment (perhaps out of blind hope) have positioned him as the one to beat, he hasn’t actually performed better than second…
Tune into any of the Democratic debates and you’ll hear a lot about income inequality, but very little about the issue that is (depending, on the economist your talk to) one of the driving factors behind or major symptoms of inequality: rising rents, a lack of affordable housing and the…
It’s doubtful most Floridians had even heard of Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, yet the state has officially honored him since 1922 by placing his likeness in the National Statuary Hall. Well, today the State House of Representative voted to remove ol’ Kirby from the place of honor by an 83 to…
In addition to being Miami Beach’s mayor, Philip Levine is also among the biggest property owners in booming Sunset Harbour. That’s created some sticky situations in the past, like when Levine voted to put millions of city cash into anti-sea level pumps and street adjustments to protect the buildings he owns. …
Roger Stone and Ana Navarro are both Republican political operatives who are now better known for their roles as TV talking heads. Both have ties to candidates in the race, both live in Miami and both are frequently seen giving their opinions on CNN. That’s quite a bit in common…
One of political writer’s favorite games to play to fill out column inches is “Who would ______ pick as their running mate?” Political writers, however, haven’t spent much time thinking about who Donald Trump would pick, mostly because they’re still more focused on whether or not Trump can actually win…
America’s saddest presidential campaign has finally been euthanized by the good voters of South Carolina. No more can voters chuckle woefully at pleas to “Please clap” or at ham handed attempts to explain why Dubya wasn’t wrong to invade Iraq. Jeb! and his random exclamation point have walked slowly into…
It’s a presidential election year in which Americans of all stripes are questioning the health of our democracy, but you don’t start at the presidential level to realize how broken democracy can be at times. Just take the Florida legislature as a prime example. Representatives and Senators up in Tallahassee once…
The political data hounds at FiveThirtyEight have assembled a map of which presidential candidate is most popular on Facebook in every county in America. You’ll see seas of blue for Ben Carson, strongholds of gold for Donald Trump, regions of purple for Bernie Sanders, flecks of red in Texas for…
If you’ve ventured into the comment section of any news article about the race between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in recent weeks you’ve probably ran into some angry banter about Superdelegates. Well, Rep. Alan Grayson, ever attuned to the internet grassroots, had decided to use the controversy to his Senate…
When the news broke last night that Obama will head to Cuba next month — becoming the first sitting president to visit since 1928 — it swept through Miami like a tropical storm. Pot-banging protesters stormed the streets of Little Havana, molotov cocktails were flung at consulates of nations friendly…
