Florida Democrats, depressed by 'rotten' election, struggle to move forward

[DonCoquixote]

http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/depressed-by-rotten-results-florida-democrats-struggle-to-move-forward/2206419

"It's hard. It's rotten. It's depressing," said the chairwoman of the Florida Democratic Party, Allison Tant, who promises to press ahead and finish her four-year term. "But I'm not going to walk away just because it's gotten harder. I don't have that in me."

But rather than unite, some Democrats are pointing fingers and seeking scapegoats.

Their target is state Rep. Mark Pafford, a soft-spoken lawmaker from West Palm Beach already chosen by his colleagues to lead the 38-member House Democratic caucus for the next two years. Humiliated by last week's losses, some Democrats want to replace Pafford with Rep. Dwayne Taylor, of Daytona Beach.

Tant is furious at what she calls a "circus" and is calling out Pafford's critics as "bed wetters" on the eve of a public vote Monday in Tallahassee.

"I'm pretty tired of this whole circular firing squad thing," Tant said as she pounded her fist on a conference table in an interview with the Times/Herald. "I'm ready for the bed-wetting to stop."

Ok, this is where this Flordian will vent, warning, bad language will follow

Ok Tant, you refuse to give up, yet this is the SECOND Democratic Gubernatorial candidate to lose by 1 percent and roll over.

You have the NERVE to call people unhappy with YOUR performance Bed-wetters. As far as the circular firign squad, why don't you ask your pal Debbie Wasserman Scultz about why her support of WINNING CANDIDATES like Alan Grayson is LUKEWARM? Rick Scott may never have been a factor if not for your incompetence, then again, neither might have Charlie Crist! Yet, if there is a liberal candidate, you and debbie throw them to the dogs. You depend on those ultra rich liberals in South Florida, the same idiots that fucked up their vote in 2000. And yet, you also asked Obama not to go for Immigartion reform, because you would rather cater to the white voters that are SKEEEERED of Hispanics rather than the Hispanics that are solid democrats.

The truth is simple...if the Democratic party is serious about winning, they need to get serious about Florida. Heaven help us if Jeb runs, because his fucking machine alreayd has experience in throwing elections, and it does not help the Rick Scott is in the driver's seat. Of course, that would mean the demcorats have to get serious about getting rid of incompetent leadership, and that include both you, and yes, Debbie Wasserman Schultz! If we are going to be a minoryt party in this state, we can at least clear the deadwood and prepare to actually FIGHT!

[ladjf]

1. To put it succinctly, the Democratic Party is in almost total disarray. nt