Progress Florida Education Center's Best of the Blogs for the week ending 2-17-12
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While Rome burns, Mike Haridopolos fiddles (actually, he throws a football)
By Peter Schorsch
St. Petersblog 2.0
The image of Senate President Mike Haridopolos tossing a football on the lawn outside the Senate Office Building - a pastime the Merrit Island Republican engages in while the business of the Florida Legislature proceeds on without him - is a telling reminder that this was not how it was suppose to work out for Haridopolos.
Florida's New (2012) Congressional Map
By Mario Piscatella
MPA Political
An analysis from the prospective of progressive Democrats of the newly drawn US House district boundaries in Florida.
Religious Freedom
By Mustang Bobby
Bark Bark Woof Woof
The hue and cry being raised by some members of the Catholic church hierarchy and some opportunistic members of Congress over the Obama administration's requirement that employers provide contraception to their employees reminds me that their argument of religious freedom and how the evil federal government is stomping all over it applies to more than just pills and condoms.
Largest Private Prison Bill In History Dies In Florida Senate Despite Million Dollar Lobbying Campaign
By Scott Keyes
Think Progress
The largest proposed expansion of private prisons in the nation will not proceed after the Florida Senate voted down the proposal on Tuesday.
Does it matter who is president? Yes it does
By Gimleteye
Eye on Miami
I hear this a lot lately. Not just from my Republican friends -- uniformly dismayed by the GOP presidential primaries -- but also my Democratic ones.
