Tuesday, January 29, 2008

All Florida All The Time...


....I love when primary day comes to my home state!


Obviously the week started off good for Obama when several Kennedys (not named Jane or Jamie) decided to endorse him. Despite all the high profile endorsements, it hasn't showed up at the polls, which tells me that maybe these once important endorsements aren't important anymore.


"I have great respect for President Clinton and great respect for Senator Clinton," Kennedy said, sitting alongside Obama. "But this race really isn't about President Clinton. It's a race of enormous importance and consequence for our country."

However Senator Clinton has endorsements from some Kennedy family members as well including Maryland LT Govenor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend.


"As a woman, leader and person of deep convictions, I believe Hillary Clinton would make the best possible choice for president," Kennedy Townsend said in a statement. "She shares so many of the concerns of my father."

Now all the news was bad for Senator Clinton has she picked up a nice endorsement from former "candidate" Senator Joe Biden and a super endorsement from popular Florida Senator Bill Nelson. Biden, who earlier in the campaigning season, made some questionable comments about Obama

On the right side of the Ledger it's a dead heat between Mitt Romney and John McCain with the senior senator from Arizona picking up major endorsements from Senator Mel Martinez and Governor Charlie Crist.
Martinez carries major weight with the Hispanic voters in Florida, the same group Giuliani has been trying to woo for much of the last week with anti-Castro jargon. His speeches were passionate but sparsely attended and much like his campaign, the voters seem to have gotten over it.
Meanwhile Charlie Crist is almost as popular as the legendary Lawton Chiles in the Sunshine state where he appeals to conservatives and liberals alike with his basic centrist policies and lack of pandering to the special interest groups or religious right. His endorsement could give McCain a leg up in the state come national election time.
''There are a lot of great people running for the Republican nomination, for president,'' Crist said, standing next to McCain. "After thinking about it as much as I have I don't think anybody would do a better than the man who stands next to me. That's an endorsement."

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