Let, Then, the Florida Democratic Party Pass

Insanity is defined by trying the same thing again and expecting the same result.  So, naturally, the Democrats nominated Charlie Crist again for governor . . . and Ron DeSantis wiped the floor with him. 

And despite being an attractive candidate with a solid record in the House, Val Demings could not overcome Marco Rubio in her bid for the Senate.  She was blessed with an opponent who opposed the Medicare prescription-drug price negotiation bill in a state full of retirees, and she still lost badly. 

Oh yeah, can you tell me what Crist and Demings stood for?  I mean, apart from their boilerplate Democratic positions on the issues?  I mean, why did Crist want to be governor a second time after having serve with great undistinction the first time around?  And what made Demings give up her safe House seat, where she could have accrued more seniority and become a member of House leadership, for a Senate seat?  I mean, what motivated her?

These questions will forever remain unanswered,  and another question is why the state's Democrats nominated these two in the first place. 

Oh yeah, Democrats lost the state agricultural commissioner's office to the Republicans in this year's elections, so now they won't have a statewide elected official anywhere, likely never to elect another one.  

I came across this one opinion piece on how the Florida Democratic Party can fix itself,  Quite frankly, it is beyond repair.  And Ron DeSantis will see to it that, even if Florida Democrats should somehow fix themselves, they will never win a statewide election again, thank to DeSantis's voting police to track down, arrest and make an example of (usually black) Florida residents who try to vote illegally ("illegally" meaning purged from the rolls for no good reason and left off because the Democratic Party is too neutered to protect their voting rights).

But no, Florida Democrats will carry on like all of those aging rock stars (that is, all rock stars) that continue touring in the laughable hope that a new generation will re-invigorate rock and roll and allow the Old Guard to retire.  In other words, Florida Democrats are dead.

And they don't even know it.