South Carolinians find themselves once again enmeshed in debates about race and politics; at least that’s the case if you read some of the blogs rippling across the state. Still, when The State newspaper in Columbia endorsed Senator Barack Obama in the Democratic primary, the paper's editors weren't expecting the venom that Brad Warthen, the paper's editorial page editor, heard: On the day that this newspaper endorsed Barack Obama, our publisher's assistant passed on a phone message from a reader who was livid because we... lire la suite
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South Carolinians find themselves once again enmeshed in debates about race and politics; at least that’s the case if you read some of the blogs rippling across the state. Still, when The State newspaper in Columbia endorsed Senator Barack Obama in the Democratic primary, the paper's editors weren't expecting the venom that Brad Warthen, the paper's editorial page editor, heard:
Florida’s primaries on Tuesday definitely rearranged the field of presidential hopefuls. Two of them are gone — John Edwards and Rudolph W. Giuliani — and another has emerged as the front-runner in the Republican race, and just a few months after being all but counted out. Sunshine State voters crowned John McCain the G.
Florida citrus growers may have dodged at least the worst of the crop damage that a major cold snap brought to the shivering Sunshine State. But it has snowed overnight in some areas in Florida. The bitter cold has enveloped many areas of the nation, with Louisiana going into emergency operations to save people from the cold weather blanketing that state.
HIALEAH, Fla. Rudolph W. Giuliani had a rally Thursday evening to celebrate some of that first-in-the-nation voting – here in Florida. We’re here to tell you that I know the voting has already begun in Florida, the absentee balloting,’’ he said. His campaign passed out absentee ballot request forms to its supporters.
So Taguchi signed a one-year contract with the Phillies this weekend, bringing some versatility to the Philadelphia outfield. The veteran, who can play all three outfield positions, hit . for the St. Louis Cardinals last season, leading the National League with a . average as a pinch hitter.
Michelle Malkin has been keeping up with the moonbat list of folks who just can't stand to wait one more year for Bush to go. She points out that the loons at the ACLU of Florida have joined in. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Florida has followed the lead of the ACLU of Central Florida, the ACLU of Monroe County Florida, and the ACLU of the Treasure Coast (Florida), all of which followed the lead of the ACLU of Southern California in backing impeachment and calling for the National ACLU to do the same.
While other Republicans are busy running for president in Michigan and South Carolina, Rudy Giuliani is sticking with that Florida strategy of his (it also happens to be warmer there than in.
PUNTA GORDA, Fla. Brent Seaborn, the chief strategist for the Giuliani campaign, just offered a few observations Monday afternoon on the race in Florida, given the Quinnipiac poll showing Mr. Giuliani’s lead here evaporating. Obviously, you’d always rather be ahead than behind in these things, but considering we’re in the toughest part of our schedule, we always knew when we built this strategy that Iowa and New Hampshire would be the hard part for us,” he said during a rolling news conference on the press bus.
Among Democrats, nobody’s supposed to be campaigning in Florida on account of the Sunshine State angered the heavens by moving their primary up to January. Candidates pinky swore that they.
South Carolina will get all the attention for the next few days, but the real showstopper in the GOP race will be Florida on the 29th. SC will narrow the field; pity the poor candidate who finishes third there and winds up in the political electric chair. If McCain drops to third, he'll be labeled president of New Hampshire, but little else.
The "president of Florida" is up in the West Palm Beach market with another ad. The mayor's ads keep getting stronger: Click To Play Makes you wonder what might have been. Also: Is the narrator of the ad the same guy who does voiceover work for Fox News Channel? Sure sounds like it.
It looks like the Cyborg and the University of Florida (AKA “SkyNet“) alerted the NCAA to LSU’s top-rated football recruit, cornerback Patrick Johnson of Blanche Ely High School in Pompano Beach, Florida jump in test score [NOLA. com]. Well WTF people? Somebody needed to grab themselves by the sack on stop this madness.
AP - The Republican presidential race turned to Florida on Sunday, ever more chaotic and contentious as four candidates began a 10-day sprint to win the state and momentum heading into the de facto national primary next month.
Doctor Anonymous has been blogging for nearly 2 years now but I’ve only recently come across his radio show. Doctor Anonymous Live is a perfect example for human networking. Just some of the recent guests: Medgadget Guys Kevin MD GruntDoc Emergiblog Nick Genes
Cross-Posted FROM Gribbit's Word With the exit of the only true Conservative in the race for the GOP Nomination, the significance of Florida has been expanded. The Huckster is pulling out of Florida because he knows that he cannot win there. Because Florida is an all or nothing state, if Huckster can't get any delegates, he has shown that he'll ignore Floridians.
Florida bloggers take their turn in the spotlight as their state is flooded with G. O. P. candidate meet and greets, pancake breakfasts, chicken dinners and the like. Already there have been some amusing goings-on in the Sunshine State, starting off with a group protesting Rudolph W.
newVideoPlayer("Rudy_FloridaAd_Snapper. flv", 475, 376,""); Rudy’s new ad isn’t quite Mike Gravel-strange, but it is very terrible. Floridians, who get shat on yearly by devastating monster.
Rudy Giuliani' s campaign said today that a former veteran Florida congressman is supporting him, an endorsement he hopes will boost his prospects in the make-or-break primary on Tuesday. Clay Shaw, a former Fort Lauderdale mayor, represented the area in Congress.
Awesome: Rudy Giuliani has hit the skids in a Florida freefall that could shatter his presidential campaign and leave a two-man Republican contest in the state between John McCain and Mitt Romney, a Miami Herald poll shows. Despite hovering over Florida voters for weeks, Giuliani is tied for third place with the scarcely visible Mike Huckabee in a statewide poll of 800 likely voters.
With the G. O. P. candidates gathering in Boca Raton, Fla. tonight for a debate (9 p. m. E. T. MSNBC), you can expect a lot of talk about taxes and real estate. Even Rudolph W. Giuliani, who for months has been pushing his homeland security prowess, has shifted his campaign message ever so slightly to the economy.