However, if you are more concerned with what is happening now and will happen in November that
can and will hand the Presidency to Barack Obama, than with what happened a couple election cycles ago, please read on...
the ever-awesome St. Pete Times has a
must read on the Biden/Palin debate:
Biden demonstrated a strong command of economic issues, health care and foreign policy. He cited specifics and offered unusually sharp responses, in contrast to his reputation for rambling answers. He made a coherent case against the Bush administration for its handling of the economy and the war in Iraq, and he effectively linked McCain's proposals to the unpopular incumbent.
Palin often talked in circles. In one sentence, she declared "darn right it was the predator lenders'' who have caused the economic crisis. Then she talked about the need for more regulatory oversight. Then she talked about the need for people to be responsible and avoid getting into debt.
At other points, she was absolutely incoherent. She lost herself in a rambling response about nuclear weapons. She was inarticulate at best about the causes of global warming — probably because she previously has questioned whether humans have contributed to the problem. Responded Biden: "I think it is man-made. … If you don't understand what the cause is, it's virtually impossible to come up with a solution.''
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Palin was clear on at least one point, and the Obama campaign will wrap it around McCain. In a discussion in which Biden described Obama's plan to keep tax cuts for the middle class but not for wealthier Americans, Palin suggested she was not on board with such a "redistribution of wealth.'' That was an easy shot for Biden, who noted that helping middle class families in Scranton, Pa., and other places send their children to college is not a redistribution of wealth.
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But the Alaska governor said nothing to reassure Americans she is prepared to be a heartbeat away from the presidency.
and the NYT published an interview with a
local volunteer's boyfriend:
By DAMIEN CAVE
Published: October 3, 2008
NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. — Jim Piccillo lost his job as a bank vice president in August, applied for food stamps to support his two young daughters and swore off a life of loyalty to the Republican Party. He now volunteers here in Pasco County for Senator Barack Obama of Illinois.
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For Mr. Piccillo, 34, skepticism arrived with the Republican convention. After voting twice for George W. Bush, he said he was especially turned off when Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former New York mayor, mocked Mr. Obama’s early work as a community organizer.
“Those are the people I’m looking to for help,” said Mr. Piccillo, a former mortgage banker who said he had sent out 1,500 résumés without finding a job.
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Pasco County is just one place where the Republicans’ experience is running up against the Democrats’ new arrivals. It was here, among the rural areas and exurbs north of Tampa, where President Bush ran up the big margins that helped push him to victory in 2004. Senator John Kerry, the Democratic nominee that year, did not open an office in the county, making the Obama outpost here in New Port Richey a novelty.
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Steve Schale, Mr. Obama’s Florida campaign manager, said the results statewide had been encouraging. “We have 600,000 African-American voters who are registered to vote who did not vote in 2004,” Mr. Schale said.
Also mentioned in the article was that the initial Palin Factor had waned, and how Obama offices in the area were busier than McCain ones. This is getting so exciting down here! As tired as I am, not canvassing on Saturdays or phone banking weekly doesn't even seem like an option anymore.
Early voting begins the 20th of this month, and in 30 short days, Florida will officially be a bold and beautiful Blue!
note to the Debbie Downers and 'realists' who can't wait to chime in with how this election is going to be stolen in Florida and how we always screw up - your concern is duly noted. But with respect, I am volunteering in this swing area, and its swinging our way BIG! We no longer evote - we use optical scan, and a Bush is not in charge. TIA for your prayers/scorn/hatred/whining, though.
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