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Presidential Hopefuls Hit Florida Next

We have all read the wrap-ups from the Dearborn debate and pundits are turning their attention to Florida next. The Republican Party of Florida is hosting Presidency 4, a convention-style grassroots rally, in Orlando next weekend and the activities culminate in a FOX News debate on Sunday afternoon.

Top-tier candidates are expected to attend events on Saturday afternoon and address P4 attendees.

Learn more about the events and debate

Presidential Cash

As we approach the end of the year.. fundraising become more and more important.  Read a interesting article by AP here.

Republicans jumping on Democrats weakness

The Republican Party of Florida pounced on the Democrats early primary mess to troll for new voters.

In a mail-piece geared toward disgruntled Democrats, the Florida GOP says: “Now — thanks to their egos and political in-fighting — you, as a Florida Democrat, may lose your vote.”
The mailer has a handy “switch party” mailer to make if easy for potential targets.

UPDATE:  Several political online pubs have picked up the story including The New York Times,  Caucus, Politico.com, and The Atlantic.com.

Crist down to the wire

So lots of balls in the air right now over at the Governor’s office… taxes, insurance, gambling, budget, ohh yeah- PIP.

Crist has been solid so far, what do you think happens next?

Crist lends support to property tax amendment

A bi-partisan group of Floridians launched “Yes on 1 — Save our Homes NOW” to advocate for the largest tax cut in Florida’s history.

Florida Senator Mike Fasano is Chairman of the group and was recently joined by Governor Charlie Crist, Nancy Riley, president of the Florida Association of Realtors, Roger Enzor, past president of the Florida Association of Realtors and Barney Bishop, President and CEO of The Associated Industries of Florida, at a press conference in front of the home of Veronica Greco, a Tampa resident who supports Amendment 1.

Read more about it here.

See a photo of the event 917-press-conf-close.jpg

Latest presidential polls in Florida

Quinnipiac University released its presidential numbers as did the Florida Chamber… details below.

Florida Chamber

Likely voters were asked the following question:

“If the presidential election were held today who would you vote for in the Republican/Democratic Primary?”

 

Poll results indicated the following:

Republican Primary

Thompson: 27%

Giuliani: 21%

McCain: 9%

Romney: 8%

Huckabee: 4%

Brownback: 3%

Paul: 2%

Hunter: 1%

Undecided: 25%

 

Read the news release from the Florida Chamber here. The statewide poll was of 1000 likely voters and was balanced to all known demographics with a margin of error of +/- 3 percent.

 

Quinnipaic University

If the 2008 Republican primary for President were being held today for whom would you vote?

Poll results indicated the following:

Republican Primary

 

Brownback -

Gingrich 6

Giuliani 28

Huckabee 2

Hunter -

McCain 10

Paul 2

Romney 11

Tancredo -

Thompson, F. 17

SMONE ELSE(VOL) 4

WLDN’T VOTE(VOL) 1

DK/NA 18

Read the news release from Quinnipaic University here. From September 3 – 9, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,141 Florida voters, with a margin of error of +/- 2.9 percentage points.

 

Catching up

Sorry I have been absent the last couple days– I have been ill and really under the weather…  Alot has been going on and probably too much to catch up.

Thanks for sticking with me…

Thompson Launches TV ad

In an effort to steal some thunder, the Thompson campaign… I mean Friends of Fred Thompson, have launched thier first TV ad. See for yourself in the video gallery. Thompson will also appear on Jay Leno tonight and kicks off a tour hitting voter rich areas on Thursday.

There is a great round-up in the Washington Post. Read it here.

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