The California primary is 11 days away, and I still have not chosen a candidate. This is a first for me.
Florida is the ideal proving ground for my vote. The Democrat who can win it there, can win it everywhere.
As far as the issues go, there is barely any daylight among the three Democrats, […]

Rudy’s campaign bus on the fast track to nowhere in Florida
Word on the skreet is that Rudy is going down. In the polls, that is.
A photo op of the former mayor speeding in circles in his campaign bus around the racetrack inside the empty stadium, perhaps an almost too-perfect metaphor for his effort here
In Florida, […]

It’s hard to make the case that you’re the grownup of the Democratic party while getting a noogie from David Letterman, but John Edwards does.
Thanks to early voting, I have as of today now cast my ballot for John Edwards three times — in the 2004 primary, the 2004 general (as V.P. of course), and […]

A man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a metaphor?
— Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980), Canadian educator, philosopher and scholar

The tedium is the message.
— Brian Eno (1948- ) English electronic musician, music theorist and record producer

I just found out from the Miami Herald that come Jan. 29, I will have the opportunity to vote for a “citizens’ bill of rights.” Apparently, the thing will promote religious freedom, clean air and scenic beauty, as well as ban discrimination on the basis of domestic relationship status, sexual orientation and gender identity and […]

They’re pointing to “Rudy” on the rat’s belly. It does kind of resemble him.
People refer frequently to the “rat” in Central Florida, but they usually mean Mickey Mouse. New York firefighters and the families of 9/11 victims are talking about another rodent: Rudy Guiliani.
Rudy is staking his campaign on Florida, home to millions of New […]

Fellow Pensito Review editor Jon already chronicled the wildly discordant drop-in by Mitt Romney to a Martin Luther King Day parade staging area in Jacksonville. Jon posted the video which shows Mitt pointing at lots of black children but trying hard not to touch one, and most definitely not kissing any black babies even though […]

Alarming news from California has been lost in the noise of the national election coverage. Nearly five years after ousting Gov. Gray Davis because California faced a $14 billion deficit, the state once again faces a $14 billion deficit — and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is threatening draconian budget cuts to education and healthcare, as well […]