I don't like Murphy as well as Grayson, but a slug would
be light years better than Rubio.

It's hard being outspoken even when that is exactly what is needed from progressive candidates. Alan often had be jumping out my chair cheering his fearless attacks of the GOP crazies.

Aren't journalists suppose to know the difference between then and than?

Kidding

My oldest sister was a copy editor for Stanford. Perfect job for her. Dot your i's and cross your t's with her.

It pays really crappy, though.

"crappy" is an adjective. Since "pays" is a verb it needs an adverb.

I failed adverbs.

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He is an outspoken progressive, unfortunately he wrapped his BVDs around his ankles with his personal issues.
He is a wealthy man with some good convictions, I wish he was also a wise man.
Alas.

Good enough for me.

Just like the last governor's race.

it seems over progressives time and time and time again. It is one of the reasons this state is in such a mess.

We all know Murphy is too bland and passionless to win or to do anything worthwhile if he does win.

Nothing positive ever comes of Dems nominating former Republicans. If you start on the right, it's impossible to turn progressibve or even moderate.

We're doomed to lose to Rubio by twenty points now.

serving in the Senate.

No one in Florida is stoked that a Reaganite is the Democratic nominee.

Even if he wins, Murphy would just spend his term voting against HRC oon everything that matters.

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He started off like a upcoming star and faded away when his personal life became public. A shame.

It's impossible for Murphy to inspire enough enthusiasm to beat Rubio. And it's all going to be the fault of the "we HAVE to nominate centrists" crowd.

When the candidate you support gets 17% of the Democratic vote and you think he was the best candidate to take on Rubio.

Grayson is an ass. I would love to see him go Green! Would fit right in with their type.

(Grayson brought his defeat on himself through horrible behavior...the positions he held had nothing to do with it)but of all the people they could choose instead, there was no good reason to nominate a conservative who had LOST his House seat.

Murphy can't beat Rubio. We doomed ourselves to six more years of Rubio by nominating him. No one who wants a progressive Senate is celebrating this result. It means Florida will never have a decent senator again.

"NEW" Democrats are expected to be barefoot and polite, and
fall in line with TPP and other corporate priorites.

Then, they will be rewarded by the elite$,
just like GOPers used to be.


This is progress?

And being a cheating, wife beating asshole with hidden off shore accounts are totally different.

The only thing sweeter than this asshole losing is that his hotty-of-the-month also lost. Resoundingly.


Hilllary is brash. Proposing a health care plan way more progressive that ACA in 1993 that was killed by fellow Democrats. Kaine is brash. Taking on the NRA in Virginia and winning. That is the kind of Brash I can get behind.

No one who voted for Murphy wants anything worthwhile to get passed by the Senate. It's always pointless to nominate conservatives as Dems.

If he's as conservative as you claim, you would expect him to be among the small number of Democrats voting for recent legislation such as the "Conscience Protection Act" -- the anti-choice crowd's most recent wet dream legislation. But he wasn't. And he wasn't among the handful of Democrats that joined with repubs in supporting a number of other conservative house bills.

But those are just facts, I guess.

1.29 M votes in the Republican Primary; 1.035 M votes in the Democratic Primary.

Florida 2012: Republican Senate Primary: 1.127 million votes cast
Democratic Senate Primary: 876,000 votes cast

Florida 2012: Senate General election:
Democratic candidate: 4.5 million votes
Republican candidate: 3.4 million votes.

So the 251,000 vote "deficit" in the primary election turned into a 1 million vote win in the General.

Over 8.5 million voters went to the polls in Florida in 2012 -- the far far lower turnout for the primary is not a predictor of the result in the General.

Sure, it's gotten him in trouble a couple times, but I'm more apt to think it was his mounting personal problems and perceived hypocricy when it comes to his finances and professional background that did him in. Voting record isn't going to matter in a Democratic primary when people see him as an abusive unhinged millionaire.

The Democrats need more, not less, brash reps. that can dish it back to rude Republicans. And its only getting more volatile. He was needed. We don't have enough of those brave enough and witty enough to stand up and throw their ugly lies back in their faces.