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Yoohoo! Hello! Good morning, Summer! Thank you again for the splendid job you did here at FR with your threads! Wonderful work! And, yes, good discussion from other Freepers. This was just an overwhelming victory!!! Nothing close to the "humiliation" Hillary was planning for President Bush in the "sunshine state". Can you tell me the reason for the huge victory - despite the pretense of a "close" race???? A lot of Democrats came out for Governor Bush evidently also. Could this mean the Democrats are turned off by the Clinton/Reno hate rhetoric finally?

Also, where were the 10,000 lawyers poised to challenge everything in Florida and elsewhere?

Finally - I loved hearing Jeb Bush thank GOD for his victory - first thing! God bless him and thank you, Florida, once again!!! And Katherine Harris winning and Carol Roberts losing are just icing on the cake!!!

" Also, where were the 10,000 lawyers poised to challenge everything in Florida and elsewhere?"

In my area they were clogging up all the bars by 11 p.m. trying to enjoy one last smoke. What's funnier is that at about $150 per hour, they made a killing yesterday for nothing. Just like a demorat to spend money for nothing.

Can you tell me the reason for the huge victory - despite the pretense of a "close" race????

Well, I do not mean this in a "I told you so" manner, and I am not psychic either, but from the day it was announced that McBride and Reno would be the two opponents, I said Jeb would win by a pretty unusually wide margin. I never believed any of the polls that said McBride was close, or ahead.

IMO, there are a few reasons why it was so big. First, GW's approval rating is high, and that helped him trmendously. Second, I think the average joe in America is sick of democrats obstructing GW, so that played over into local races as well. Thirdly, there was really no burning campaign issue here in Florida. Education was maybe the biggest, but that's no surprise considering the power of the teacher's unions. There are no big state-wide problems here(some local ones) to point at and say, "See its Jeb;s fault; get rid of him". The State workers wanted him out, but fortunately the Dems on the State teet don't have enough voice apparently. And lastly, the Dems put up a horrible candidate. How do you expect a person who has never held public office to win the Governorship his first try? Simply wasn't going to happen.