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FLORIDA POLITICS
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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, November 24, 2005

New Q Poll Results

    After nearly four years of all "Jeb!" all the time, Florida voters thing he is well ... a big 'nuthin:
    Things in Florida got better since Bush became Governor, 31 percent of voters say, while 22 percent say they got worse and 39 percent say they stayed the same.

    Since Bush became Governor:

    - Education got better, 29 percent of Florida voters say, while 27 percent say it got worse and 34 percent say it stayed the same;

    - The economy got better, 30 percent of voters say, while 28 percent say it got worse and 36 percent say it stayed the same;

    - The tax situation got better, 9 percent of voters say, as 33 percent say it got worse and 52 percent say it stayed the same. ...
    And so sad about big brother:
    Florida voters disapprove 61 – 37 percent of the job President George W. Bush is doing.
    "Little change in Florida on Gov. Bush's watch, voters tell Quinnipiac poll; President Bush was little or no help to the state" Complete Poll Results ("From November 8 - 13, Quinnipiac University surveyed 855 Florida registered voters with a margin of error of +/- 3.4 percentage points").
    Bush has boasted of cutting taxes by $14-billion, but apparently most people living in Florida didn't get the memo. Either that, or they are too busy coping with rising property tax bills, homeowners' and health insurance bills, utility bills, gas prices, etc.

    The poll said that only 9 percent of voters believe the tax situation in Florida has improved since he took office. Wait -- there's more. Sixty percent of Republicans in the Quinnipiac survey said the tax situation in Florida has stayed the same since Bush arrived, and another 16 percent of Republicans said it has worsened.

    "Where the hell is Quinni-pac?" Bush replied when reporters asked about the poll Wednesday. (Note: It's in Connecticut, Governor, where your grandfather, Prescott Bush, was once a United States senator). "I'm not going to comment on polls. Next question."
    "Jeb Hates Polls, and No Wonder!"

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