come to florida. i think the people of florida are smart enough to understand that this is a ploy where the left, including andrew gillum, are trying to accuse racism where it just doesn t exist. amanda, you want to weigh in there? yeah. i do think the national component to this gubernatorial election is interesting and not good at all for florida voters. the if you re scanning the headlines to learn about these candidates today, you would learn that one is for impeachment, the other is against the rigged witch-hunt. one is for medicare for all. the other is for repealing obamacare. but these are people who are running for governor. where is the talk about the toxic green slime washing up on florida shore or the people being shot up all over the place in the state of florida? it seems to me this race is becoming so nationalized they re both taking the ball off state issues, and that s not a good strategy for either of them to win. i want to make one more note and we re going have
are not going to fly in florida, especially when a goodly a double-digit number of people who have escaped from socialism in the western ems sphere have come to florida. i think the people of florida are smart enough to understand that this is a ploy where the left, including andrew gillum, are trying to accuse racism where it just doesn t exist. amanda, you want to weigh in there? yeah. i do think the national component to this gubernatorial election is interesting and not good at all for florida voters. the if you re scanning the headlines to learn about these candidates today, you would learn that one is for impeachment, the other is against the rigged witch-hunt. one is for medicare for all. the other is for repealing obamacare. but these are people who are running for governor. where is the talk about the toxic green slime washing up on florida shore or the people being shot up all over the place in the state of florida? it seems to me this race is becoming so nationalized t
fidel castro s failing health led him to hand over power to his brother, raul. after formally taking power, he initiated new reforms and offered to normalize relations with the united states. president obama has lifted some restrictions on travel. the strong anti-cuba lobby in congress and south florida has hampered further action. despite the fact that the president said just three months ago that u.s. policy towards cuba, quote, doesn t make sense. for years it s been assumed that cuba cuban-americans and the florida vote would keep change from happening. but it s no long er the politicl third rail it once was n. fact, support in south florida is growing. the atlanta council found that while 56% of americans nationwide favor closer ties with cuba, the number is even higher in florida and among hispanics, 63% of floridians support changing u.s. policy and 62% say the same thing. two of the pollsters join me now. democratic pollster paul and republ
president obama has been hesitant, but politically you could argue some on spanish radio, some of this was had hit against him, his positions on cuba. and he still won florida. again, still the vote was 51%/49%. it s a small sample in the exit poll. it s evenly split among cubans. i think things are people are supporting change now. it s funny, we mark the 50th anniversary of the beatles on ed sullivan. all the events you talked about, as glenn mentioned, they were roughly 50 years ago as well, and yet nothing has changed in terms of this policy. i think most americans now look at this from a common sense standpoint and say why not? we talk to everybody. why don t we have some kind of relationship? and then there are underlying reasons that support it in terms of its place in the region and business, et cetera. i don t think there s a lot for the president and frankly many republicans. a lot more on this. it will be on my website with my
from the florida shore. for 50 years u.s. policy has remained virtually unchanged. cuba has been an economic and diplomatic pariah but things may be changing. over the weekend florida gubernatorial candidate charlie crist called for an end of the trade embargo and promptly got slammed by a number of republican leaders. but crist isn t alone. a new poll shows the majority of americans support changing u.s./cuba relations. they want to engage more directly with cuba. 30% of them strongly support that. just over a third of americans are opposed. but in order for real change to happen, there s a lot of history to overcome. during the first half of the 20th century the u.s. played the role of the helpful neighbor to cuba lending military and economic support. that all changed with the cuban revolution in 1959 when fidel castro and a band of fwgu guegu