It's clear why the presidential candidates and their families are such frequent visitors to the Sunshine State: The race between President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney is a dead heat.
A new Quinnipiac University poll shows Florida too close to call. Obama leads 48 percent to Romney at 47 percent, within a 3 percent margin of error. The poll was taken between Oct. 23-28.
In late September, Obama had a nine-point lead in a previous Q-poll.
Are You Among the 2.7 Million Floridians Who Already Voted?
Marc Caputo of the Miami Herald reports that 2.7 million ballots have been cast out of 12 million registered voters. An estimated 75 percent of registered voters are expected to take part in the 2012, meaning that 30 percent of voters have cast their ballots early.
Are Dems 'Cleaning the Clocks' of GOP'ers?
Palm Beach County Republicans are concerned about Democrats staking out an advantage in early voting, according to a memo obtained by FLDemocracy/WPTV. The memo, from an adviser to a local GOP campaign, said that the Democratic turnout effort is "cleaning our clock."
"The early and absentee turnout is starting to look more troubling," the GOP operative said in the memo sent Tuesday. "Even if Romney wins the state (likely based on polls), the turnout deficit in PBC will affect our local races."
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John Patrick Grace Huntington, West Virginia
Nobody can ever predict what the October Surprise will be, but this year it is how FEMA was just brought to the forefront of this campaign and the fact that Romney is on record of wanting to get rid of it and now won't speak at all on it.
So will all coastal states, including North Carolina and Virginia. And Romney recommended "privatizing" it? Just how would that work? Can you imagine private companies bidding on rescuing people from storms and on providing disaster relief in the form of shelters, clothes, food? That storm will move the needle plenty -- and not in Romney's direction. John Patrick Grace Huntington, West Virginia
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/02/14875519-blackout-imposed-as-george-w-bush-speaks-at-cayman-islands-investment-conference And here is Big W getting nailed about it from the local Texas press: http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/2012/11/bushs-top-secret-cayman-islands-speech-youre-welcome-america.html/
Then how about change with no hope: http://carrollwood.patch.com/articles/romney-promises-real-change
Gen. Colin Powell, a Republican and Sec. of State under President George W. Bush: “I’m not quite sure which governor Romney we would be getting with respect to foreign policy.” http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/10/25/1086721/powell-romney-foreign-policy/?mobile=nc Politifact: 42 percent of Romney’s comments in recent months have been false, much higher than Obama’s comments. http://www.politifact.com/personalities/mitt-romney/ Salt Lake City Tribune, largest daily paper in Republican and Mormon-led Utah: “Romney (is) willing to say anything to get elected.” http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/opinion/55019844-82/romney-obama-state-president.html.csp Rick Santorum, former Republican Senator: “This is someone (Romney) who doesn’t have a core. He has been on both sides of almost every single issue in the past 10 years. “ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av3q7-a-ayc&feature=player_embedded#! FactCheck.org: “Romney distorts facts on Jeep, auto bailout.” http://factcheck.org/2012/10/romney-distorts-facts-on-jeep-auto-bailout/ Brit Humes of Fox News: “Republicans do not trust Romney” http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/10/30/brit_hume_republicans_do_not_trust_romney.html
Sandy's comments are exactly the kind of thing I'm talking about. People like that are becoming less significant as the white vote goes down and others go up. We'll tolerate you but we're not going to let you run anything.
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