How the Reds stole Christmas

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Monday December 21, 2009 · 10:46 PM PST

2009/12/21 · 22:46

Not an allusion to the 1950's, but rather an adaptation to the famous Grinch poem by Dr. Seuss. Replace the Whos with Blues, and the Grinch with Reds, and fashion a tale with the theme of the differences in approach to life and democratic governance. But make it funny too (though doubtful the Republicans will appreciate the humor).

This poem is also printed as an Op-Ed in the Seminole Chronicle, so if you give a jump over there, it'll boost their online readership numbers and perhaps give a boost to the Seminole County Democrats! The poem begins below the fold...

Greg in FL

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Sunday June 08, 2008 · 11:19 AM PDT

2008/06/08 · 11:19

I'm enjoying reading the Sunday Kos symposium on the primary season post-mortem. It's clear from this - and the Sunday New York Times Op-Ed Symposium on the same topic - that there are a thousand reasons why things resulted in the way they did.

Borrowing a line from my fellow Central Floridian DarkSyde, let us not forget the criticality of the fourth dimension...

Greg in FL

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Tuesday February 26, 2008 · 9:11 PM PST

2008/02/26 · 21:11

Tonight, for the third time in 15 months, a once-solid Republican seat in the Florida House of Representatives has changed hands to the Democrats here in East Central Florida. This time it was exceptionally colorful, and quite close...

Greg in FL

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Tuesday January 15, 2008 · 12:11 PM PST

2008/01/15 · 12:11

...again.

Early voting started yesterday for the Florida Presidential Preference Primary, which will end with statewide polling on January 29th. Despite it being a brutally cold day (59 degrees), I decided to make a mad dash to the heated car in the usual Florida garb - short sleeve shirt, light pants, no jacket. I survived.

For whom did I vote? Cross the break...

Greg in FL

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Monday November 05, 2007 · 11:14 AM PST

2007/11/05 · 11:14

In the off-year elections of 2005, the surprisingly strong wins by Tim Kaine in Virginia and Jon Corzine in New Jersey were signals of change providing the first indication of the Democratic sweep to come in 2006. Less well noticed, but caught by Our Great Orange Masterwere the State Legislature pickups by Democrats on Long Island. When momentum builds for change, it manifests itself down-ticket just as well as in the high-profile races. And momentum is out there right now. We’re about to turn a healthy chunk of a red county in the nation’s fourth most populous state blue for the first time in decades. So while you’re watching Kentucky choose a Democratic governor tomorrow, here’s another race to follow:

Greg in FL

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Wednesday September 19, 2007 · 8:55 PM PDT

2007/09/19 · 20:55

A tropical wave has been passing across Central Florida today and is headed west out over Gulf waters. If it intensifies as predicted, it will become Tropical Depression Ten on Thursday and Tropical Storm Jerry by Thursday night.

Major hurricane likely in Gulf next week

Greg in FL

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Saturday August 26, 2006 · 10:54 AM PDT

2006/08/26 · 10:54

Tropical Storm Ernesto is strengthening in the eastern Caribbean and is on track to enter the Gulf of Mexico in two days. Conditions appear to be favorable for development into a major hurricane (Saffir-Simpson category 3 or higher). Computer model tracks begin to diverge at 3 days out (Tuesday Aug. 29), but once a storm enters the Gulf, it's going to make landfall somewhere.

Here is a good site for long-range forecasts. Note that the track of Ernesto only grazes land features briefly, staying mostly over water, before getting into the Gulf. More on the flip... Read More

Survey USA data on Bush approval is out

Greg in FL

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Thursday July 20, 2006 · 11:10 AM PDT

2006/07/20 · 11:10

The fifty-state tracking poll data for Bush's job approval from SUSA for July has just been released here:

http://www.surveyusa.com/...

There are only two states with an over-50% rating (ID and UT). This matches Bush's low in May, before the Zarqawi killing. Only four states with a net (approval minus disapproval) above zero.

Last July (2005) SUSA did not publish a presidential job approval data set, so I was surprised to see them do it this year.

Letter from Orlando

Greg in FL

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Wednesday May 17, 2006 · 10:58 AM PDT

2006/05/17 · 10:58

The Orlando Sentinel is a Tribune Company newspaper that pretty consistently slants to the right in its coverage, and especially on its opinion pages. This despite Orlando and Orange County Florida trending Democratic (narrow pluralities voted for Gore in 2000 and Kerry in 2004 in the county). I keep up with the editorial pages and occasionally contribute a Letter to the Editor.

I want to share a letter I read this morning with the dKos community. It struck me as interesting regarding this year's elections.

It's pretty short - catch it on the flip... Read More

Rove Haiku

Greg in FL

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Sunday October 09, 2005 · 11:12 AM PDT

2005/10/09 · 11:12

Kos community,
Let's get together and give old Karl a sweet sendoff. Poems, songs ("Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" is already taken), prose, whatever. I was inspired by Scooter Libby's note to Judy Miller. Maybe I should have included ol' Scoot as well, but I'll leave it up to you all. Herewith:

March on, chubby frog;
The leaves change color and fall,
Good-bye architect!

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