'Fire Karen Thurman' Website Created

Its not just Sen. Jeremy Ring, D-Margate, calling for Florida Democratic Party Chairwoman Karen Thurmans scalp.

Peter Schorsch, best known for his service as the executive editor of St. Petersblog, has created a website demanding Thurmans removal after the elections Tuesday -- when Democrats lost four congressional seats, the gubernatorial race, were blown away in the battle for the three other Cabinet posts and became completely irrelevant in the Legislature as the Republicans gained veto-proof majorities.

Florida Democrats have had their problems before. There was a great deal of moaning and soul-searching in the Democratic ranks back in 1966 and 1967 when Claude Kirk was the first Republican to serve as governor since Reconstruction. And thats nothing compared to the Democratic infighting in the 1830s and 1840s when Jacksonians, Calhounites, Tylerites and Van Burenites battled it out in Florida and across the South. This looks like it could be a time of soul-searching and clashes for the Florida Democrats -- and right now Thurman is at the center of it.