Southern Political Report

Grits

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:00:00 EST

The weekly roundup of political news from across the South: Some House Dems side with GOP; AL: Cobb not running; NC: Perdue, Burr have low numbers; FL: Crist, McCollum have high numbers.

On same-sex marriage/civil unions, the air is leaking out of the tire

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:00:00 EST

Don't expect any Southern state to follow suit with the six which now permit same-sex marriage any time soon. But as a recent poll in Texas indicates, the issue has significantly less political traction than it did earlier in the decade.

DCCC keeps heat on Florida’s three Cuban reps

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:00:00 EST

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) has focused considerable attention on the three Florida congressional seats currently held by Cuban-American Republicans. While well-financed Democratic challenges failed in all three districts in 2008, the committee’s continued media releases attacking US Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Mario Diaz-Balart suggest that Democrats are not convinced that the three GOPers are secure in 2010.