[campaignPete R-CT]

"key swing state"

THE fact that FLA is a November swing state is irrelevant to the primary season ... the key states still appear to be:

IOWA
N HAMPSHIRE
S CAROLINA
FLORIDA

He will be toughest to stop in NH and FLA. The flaw of this poll is that someone else could likely defeat MITTSTER in FLA, but PALIN and HUCK are not strong there.

[Brices Crossroads]

“someone else could likely defeat MITTSTER in FLA, but PALIN [is] not strong there.”

Palin is not strong in Florida? Are you sure about that?

Up to 60,000 attend Palin Florida Rally

Palin draws crowd of 60,000 in The Villages
By Bill Cotterell
Florida News Press
September 21, 2008
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The Villages, a vast, upscale planned community north of Orlando, has about 70,000 mostly adult residents — many of them military retirees — who vote reliably Republican in statewide races.
A massive crowd of senior citizens waiting four hours in the hot sun is a good reminder that SENIORS VOTE! And Obama’s ageist attacks on John McCain, not to mention the wholesome appeal of Sarah Palin are a double whammy that gives McCain the edge among seniors in many polls.
But it’s not just seniors turning out for McCain and Palin. Massive crowds are the rule, not the exception.

[yongin]

I think My Man Mitch and maybe T-Paw could play well in NH and FL. If you look at the internals, it seems conservatives are divided over Huckabee, Palin, and Slick Willard. But RINOs are united in supporting Slick Willard.