This week started off with Biden in North Carolina and now he is racing through Florida. Florida is extremely important because it has early voting which is something that most Floridians take advantage of. While in Sunrise, FL, Biden joked about McCain dressing as an "agent of change" for Halloween was not a believable costume. He again noted how McCain has agreed with Bush 90% of the time and how he is exactly the same as Bush. Biden asserted that after voting Republican in the last election, Floridians and America want a change and McCain will not give it to them.
Biden has been encouraging all Floridians to vote early because the early vote helps the Democrats. The early vote counteracts the Republican advantage with the absentee vote and people have been voting early in record numbers this year. Biden is visiting as many possible counties in Florida as he can because every vote counts. The Republicans need to win Florida and the Democratic visits force the Republicans to keep up.
Also in Florida today are Bill Clinton and Obama. It is the first time they have ever appeared together. They campaigned in South Florida today aiming at the Latino voters. The Democratic Latinos outweigh the Republican Latinos in Florida so the Democrats feel confident that they will win the strong Cuban vote in South Florida.
http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/10/29/biden-pokes-halloween-fun-at-mccain/
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/29/1606606.aspx
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If the Democrats can take Florida this election is done so good call for Biden. I know from my grandmother that lives there that the old people in FL identify better with him than Obama. Great campaigning decision and it may be the push needed to take it home
Our text book mentioned that Mexican Hispanics were more likely to be democrats while Cuban Hispanics were more likely to vote Republican. I know that nothing is that cut-and-dry, but it is suprising that a cuban base would be a strong democratic base
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