GOP delegate Al Cardenas is a partner in the law firm of Tew Cardenas LLP with offices in Miami, Tallahassee, and Washington, D.C. Cardenas served two terms as chairman of the Republican Party of Florida and co-chaired the Bush/Cheney 2004 Florida campaign. He chats from 1-2 p.m. on September 3rd.
Shannon McLin Carlyle is a fifth generation Floridian and a lifelong Democrate. She founded The Carlyle Appellate Law Firm, and co-founded The Florida Appellate Alliance, PLC after serving as a staff attorney at Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeals.
Beth Reinhard is The Miami Herald's political writer. Born and raised in South Florida, she received a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Pennsylvania and a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University. She has been a reporter since 1991 and has worked at newspapers in central New Jersey, Washington, D.C. and West Palm Beach. She joined The Herald in 1998 and has written a Saturday column on politics since 1999.