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AZ is a prime example of why FL needs a Dem Gov and Legislature!! (Original Post) Roland99 Nov 2018 OP
We're working on it! In It to Win It Nov 2018 #1
I am really starting to believe the northern border states' place isn't in this union. roamer65 Nov 2018 #2
If Gillum had won the legislature would have weakened the governorship Awsi Dooger Nov 2018 #3
There was a lawsuit in AZ, but the two campaigns came to a settlement marylandblue Nov 2018 #4

roamer65

(36,745 posts)
2. I am really starting to believe the northern border states' place isn't in this union.
Mon Nov 12, 2018, 08:24 PM
Nov 2018

I think we would be better served by having a place in the Canadian confederation.

We would be able to progress further and faster under it.

 

Awsi Dooger

(14,565 posts)
3. If Gillum had won the legislature would have weakened the governorship
Mon Nov 12, 2018, 08:31 PM
Nov 2018

No question about it. That North Carolina example is going to be repeated everywhere the GOP can do it.

I'm sure Florida would have taken it to incredible extreme, probably with Rick Scott advising them over the past few months. He knows what the most valuable aspects of that job are.

Granted, if Gillum had won the state supreme court would have remained liberal and there would have been court fights. Now if DeSantis wins that court will tilt right and they'll rubber stamp any type of similar changes if let's say a Democrat wins the governorship in 2022.

This cycle will never feel like victory to me if we lose the two races in Florida. I don't even like to look at fellow Floridians because I'm always thinking...that's a Scott voter, that's a DeSantis voter

marylandblue

(12,344 posts)
4. There was a lawsuit in AZ, but the two campaigns came to a settlement
Mon Nov 12, 2018, 08:33 PM
Nov 2018

Also, the governor and AZ Republican leaders did not follow Trump's lead on voter fraud allegations. So it seems there is a better class of Republicans in AZ than in FL.

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