Obama hanging on in Florida
A new poll shows Democrat Barack Obama holding his lead in the key battleground of Florida.
Obama has 49 percent to 44 percent for Republican John McCain, who badly needs to win the state, according to a poll released today by Suffolk University in Boston and 7NEWS Miami (WSVN-TV).
"Barack Obama continues to lead John McCain by a slim margin,” David Paleologos, director of the Political Research Center at Suffolk University in Boston, said in statement. "But our Florida bellwethers may be telltale signs of the race tightening."
In Hillsborough and Monroe counties, Obama and McCain were tied at 42 percent each. Suffolk University conducts "bellwether polls" in counties that historically reflect how the wider population will vote.
Statewide, Obama leads McCain 46 percent to 45 percent among those very likely to vote, but among respondents who said they have already vote, Obama was crushing McCain 60 percent to 40 percent.
"John McCain still has an opportunity to close the gap among those self-identified voters who may change their minds in the next seven days. The question is whether he will close the margin or flip the state entirely from blue to red," Paleologos said.
The survey was conducted Thursday through Sunday and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
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I see you all have not lost your fight :
GOOD! Because we have a lot to do. You! (the American people) are going to have to take back control of your elected government at every level, and set your government back on the right path of service to you, and the greater good of the World.
Barack Obama and the democrats are your best hope of doing that now. Tell your family, friends, and everyone you know to support them as best they can. Because the Bush McCain vote fraud, vote cheating, vote buying, vote manipulation machine is already hard at work to cheat you again. And we all know what a disaster that has been the past 8 years of Bush McCain.
Barack Obama and the democrats will need all the power you can give them at every level of government (Federal, State, County, and local City elected governments). Obama and the democrats will have an enormous mess to fix for the American people, and the rest of the World. A mess caused by the corrupt Bush McCain administration.
You see, starting back in 2000, and before 911, it was mostly the Republican governors, Republican legislatures, and county elected Republican officials that conspired with the corrupt Bush McCain administration to raise college, and university tuitions by the fastest, and highest rate increases in American history. Some state tuitions went up by as much as a WHOPPING! 30% in one year.
The reason the Bush McCain administration did this was to force struggling working class kids into the military to pay for the sudden jump in tuition. Which was forced on them by the corrupt Bush McCain administration, and their corrupt Republican Governors, and republican controlled state legislatures.
See, Bush McCain had plans to get us into all these immoral, foolish, criminal, and unnecessary wars from the start. So they could use these wars to seize power, and later to get reelected. But, for their evil plan to work they needed more volunteer soldiers struggling to pay for an education whose blood they could spill to help them seize more power. Remember Bush McCain's "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!" theatrics.
The exploitation, and lost lives of these finest Americans is despicable, disgusting, immoral, corrupt and criminal. And it makes me SICK, and ANGRY!
You will have to vote for Obama, and the democrats in overwhelming numbers to overcome the Bush McCain vote fraud machine. Vote early if you can. Then help your fellow Americans cast their votes now, and on through election day. Vote for Obama, and the democrats like your life, and the lives of your loved ones depends on it. Because it does. You will not survive 4 more years of "Let Them Eat Cake" Bush McCain, and their republican allies.
Just look at the mess we have now.
You can fix this mess with your votes for Obama, and the democrats. And REMEMBER, no matter which of us may stumble or fall, the rest of you must continue to surge forward for Barack Obama, and the democrats, and for your-selves most of all. The children, and the World are counting on us.
It's in your hands now. And I know you will get it done.
God bless all of you.
JACK SMITH - WORKING CLASS... :-)
Florida is full of senile old geezers always talking about stuff from 30 years ago, like McCain. I can't believe he doesn't dominate.
Maybe Bush baby will call in favors to Florida gain and some strange way McCain will end up winning in Florida.
No faithi the voting system after the Bsuh era.
Corruption at its best. Thanks Bush for a lousy 8 years and my 86K portion to the deficict.
What an idiot Bush is
"Die oldy Die!!??" Hate your dear old grandma much? What are you going to do in 30 years? Do us all a favor; don't wait that long.
Floridians will be the laughing stock if they re-elect Bush (McBush) again.
Fool me once, shame on you...
Fool me twice, shame on me...
Fool me again, shame on ..... I don't know...
Wake up Floridians.... please...
"No faithi the voting system after the Bsuh era.
Corruption at its best. Thanks Bush for a lousy 8 years and my 86K portion to the deficict.
What an idiot Bush is"
Who is the idiot here....the one who can't spell!
Poor MPM...spends all day in his parents basement trying to be witty...
Hey Working Class Jack..off How many sites can you drop your cut and paste into? Hard at work for the Obama campaign we see....You must have been promised a cherry speech writing gig when he acends to his throne...
"no matter which of us may stumble or fall, the rest of you must continue to surge forward for Barack Obama, and the democrats, and for your-selves most of all. The children, and the World are counting on us."
How inspirational...what a battle cry...fight on good chaps....fight on!
Hey Working Class Jack..off How many sites can you drop your cut and paste into? Hard at work for the Obama campaign we see....You must have been promised a cherry speech writing gig when he acends to his throne...
"no matter which of us may stumble or fall, the rest of you must continue to surge forward for Barack Obama, and the democrats, and for your-selves most of all. The children, and the World are counting on us."
How inspirational...what a battle cry...fight on good chaps....fight on!
I have met some of those senile old geezers. They are smart, hard-working and creative people. When they were young, they saved Europe from Hitler, and us from Emperor Hirohito. They are also more tolerant and gracious than some of their juniors, apparently.
Don't worry. Florida has broken out the abacus and we're ready to count. We're second only to California for home foreclosures and we know which way the wind is blowing.
I'm voting for Obama and so is my Republican father. Change the minds of three people and we won't need an abacus. Hopefully even Diebold can't fudge on a landslide.
Stay strong. Vote Obama/Biden
I live in Florida and I already voted for Obama. I have urged all my friends and family here to do the same because we know that this is Bush's baby brother's state and they like to steal elections. I pray every day that my vote will count this time.
Obama/Biden 08
We have to send a message to Washington that those special interests and lobbyists who control it now, their days are numbered. We have to send a message to the world that America is going to abandon years of hypocritical policies and it's coming back to lead and solve the many problems together. We have to make sure that we put a president in office who cares for the majority of us, not just the top minority. We have to make sure that everyone has an equal shot at the American dream, not just the well-off. Folks, this election is just too important to "just go out and vote". Please read, research and think rationally about your choice.
Barack's taxes and union will drive away businesses, increase unemployment and plunge the country into deeper rececession.
Barack's taxes and union will drive away businesses, increase unemployment and plunge the country into deeper rececession.
And while were on the topic of thanking people who have truly ruined this country's economy, I would like to give a huge shout out to Barney Frank.
Face the facts, Barney Frank is just as responsible for the credit crunch as George W Bush. Maybe more so. I read today that Mr Frank has another fabulous idea to help "fix" our economy.
I have one as well, get Barney Frank out of Washington. That news would lift the dow up 500 points alone!
My wife and I are from Florida and we both voted via Absentee Ballot for Obama. My mother as well as all of my friends back home are voting for Obama. Unfortunately, FL has had numerous problems in the past with voting: in 2000, some counties had problems counting the votes but there were also thousands of people who didn't get to vote because they were conveniently deemed ineligible to vote immediately prior to the election because of voter registration mismatch; most of them were registered Democrats. Also, as recently as 2006 in my hometown of Sarasota, 18,000 votes, of which most were registered Democrats, were not counted and as a result, the Republican Vern Buchanan was elected to Congress. Aside from voting problems, there has been other factors that unfortunately led FL to vote Republican. In 2004, Bush was able to win everyone's vote in the I-4 belt (Orlando area) because the state was hit by 6 hurricanes in 6 weeks and he came down with Jeb and handed out hurricane relief money to everyone. It's amazing how quick he was to respond with hurricane relief funds just prior to the 2004 election when FL got hit but when Katrina hit, it took him forever to do anything. Also, many of the "Snowbirds" (that is, people who live up north most of the year and in FL only during the winter months) vote Republican because most of them are rich and they don't want to pay more taxes; unfortunately, that's all they really care about. However, I have a lot of hope for my home state this year and from what I gather people there are starting to wake up just like everyone else in this country. There is only one logical choice in this election and that is to vote for Barack Obama.
Both candidates want to start to buy up bad mortgages and renegotiate the principle owed so the people that are 3-4 months behind will end up with a nice little windfall. This will perpetuate into the system and other people will also stop their mortgages to get a piece of this new free pie. We must not reward bad behavior and let the free markets work the problems out of the system on their own.
Vote with your heart and mind - VOTE McCAIN!
Don't let Obama take away your guns, it's your right to bear arms!
Don't let Obama turn this country Communist by spreading your wealth around!