FL Dems are rippin each other......Penelas accused of hurting Gore. [View All]

http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2003308250341

SNIP...."LEESBURG -- In an audacious attack on a rival that he said was necessary if Florida's Democrats are to keep a Senate seat in 2004, U.S. Rep. Peter Deutsch used a candidates' forum Sunday to blast Miami-Dade Mayor Alex Penelas as a party traitor with felonious campaign finance practices.

Deutsch, speaking at a luncheon sponsored by the Lake County Democratic Executive Committee, said Penelas cost the Democrats the White House in 2000. He also repeated his demand that Penelas should waive his right to confidentiality in a Federal Elections Commission investigation into allegations of illegally coerced donations.

"Primaries are about weeding out candidates with problems," said Deutsch, a six-term congressman who represents southeast Broward and northeast Miami-Dade counties......"

I don't know Deutsch, but I know my feelings are about Penelas are NOT good. I had heard he supported Jeb, and there were rumors he had hurt Gore's chances in South Florida in 2000. He was here at the political rally Friday night, and he got the cold shoulder from our Dean meet-up chair who had known him in Miami.

Tell me about Deutsch.