Michael Calderin

Florida's Silent Revolution

by: Matt Stoller

Mon Oct 29, 2007 at 11:14

( - promoted by Matt Stoller)

"This is the new Democratic team and the new Democratic Party in this part of the country! And people better start getting used to it!" - Mitch Kates, aka 'Jason the Terrible' after state Senator Charlie Justice's victory

I met the most wonderful people in Florida yesterday, and though I've become immensely cynical of late, the people-powered revolution quietly sweeping through the party was clearly in evidence.  I spoke at the netroots component of the Florida Democratic Convention, in Orlando in the middle of the state.  Orlando is a swampy humid area dominated by hospitality workers and vacationing Midwesterners.  It's a beautiful area with a natural swampiness, the kind of tropical Everglaes-esque foliage I love.

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