State Supreme Court Justice Harry Lee Anstead faces an aggressive effort to remove him. There are efforts by both Democrats and Republicans to find a silver lining. After a presidential race so tight it took the courts to determine the winner, no one will label Florida as a solidly Republican state. Democrats emerged more united than they have been in years. Now the party also may have an easier time attracting quality candidates and raising money.
Republicans still can claim victory in the presidential race.
They won two additional state House seats and held onto three targeted congressional seats. They also point to the relatively high-minded debate in the Florida House on appointing a second slate of presidential electors as evidence that legislators will be able to move on. And there is an overwhelming eagerness from Bush and state legislators to move beyond the presidential race. But Florida is changing faster than either party can calculate the impact. The state's residents are getting older.