A week after the Republican dominated Legislature passed legislation that critics say will damage the environment, limit access to voting and make it more onerous to get a legal abortion, Florida Democratic Party chairman Rod Smith says he’s convinced that the Florida GOP has gone too far outside the mainstream, and says such overreach presents the best opportunity in years for Democrats to start making a comeback in the Sunshine State.
Speaking to a packed house of mostly Tampa area Democrats at the South Tampa home of Stacy Frank, Smith was the headliner at a fundraiser late Saturday afternoon that featured U.S. Senator Bill Nelson, Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn, and five of the seven Tampa CIty Council members.
This article appears in May 12-18, 2011.
