[Theodore R.]

I think 2 were up for retention last year and I tried as hard as I could here on FR to pass the word but they were retained anyway.

I read the Free Republic political threads last fall, and I never saw anything about the FL Supreme Court judges coming up for retention in a plebiscite. I just never saw it. I guess it was impossible to get that kind of information to the mass of voters. People just rubberstamp names that they recognize. In this kind of election, there is a tendency for more to vote "Yes" than "No" unless they are in a "cross" (meaning "conservative") mood.

[mrtoby]

I worked in a campaign in 2000 and found out from a state attorney speaking at one of our fundraisers that the only way you can be informed about elected judges is ask a lawyer. If you don't know any, he said, make cold calls from the yellow pages until you get some answers. Many of these positions are considered non-partisan, so they don't have to identify their party and my local RNC said they couldn't legally give me a recommendation. I find this abusrd because the Supervisor of Elections candidates have to indicate their political affiliation. Anyway, I think Jeb has been able to make one appointment to the SCOFLAW bench, so it's not 100% corrupt :)