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Thanks for visiting. On a semi-daily basis we scan Florida's major daily newspapers for significant Florida political news and punditry. We also review the editorial pages and political columnists/pundits for Florida political commentary. The papers we review include: the Miami Herald, Sun-Sentinel, Palm Beach Post, Naples News, Sarasota Herald Tribune, St Pete Times, Tampa Tribune, Orlando Sentinel, the Daytona Beach News-Journal, Tallahassee Democrat, and, occasionally, the Florida Times Union; we also review the political news blogs associated with these newspapers.

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The Blog for Thursday, January 20, 2005

What is it With Marquez?

    The Orlando Sentinel's designated Dem-leaner pundit has always been with the Dems who argue that the party should be more like Republicans; and, Marquez is certainly entitled to criticize those who support the "Democratic wing of the Democratic Party" (don't get me wrong, I was a Clark supporter).

    But this is a bit hard to take: after noting yesterday that "Jeb!" has "So much potential" and is such a "a smart guy" (in a column gently urging him to do more on growth management issues), we get this today:
    For Florida's Democratic Party activists to unanimously endorse Howard Dean's bid to run the national party speaks volumes about their political ineptness and strategic cluelessness.
    "Bombastic knucklehead won't help Dems win"; Governor Dean is a "bombastic knucklehead", while "Jeb!" is so "smart", full of "potential", and dare I remind you, Marquez once lauded "Jeb!"'s "vision" for Florida as "universal and timeless", and "clear and electrifying as [the inauguration] day's cobalt blue sky."

    Isn't it time for the Sentinel to complement its right-of-center pundits with someone with a just slightly progressive bent (or at least someone whose analysis is little more than a series of ad hominems); after all, the City of Orlando and Orange County generally have been reliably "blue" in the past decade.

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