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Florida's senior citizens are leaning toward Democrat Barack Obama in a close presidential race, according to a poll conducted for the Sun Sentinel and the Florida Times-Union. The latest survey shows a slight swing toward the 47-year-old candidate by voters 60 and older. Obama, long the favorite of the youngest votes, now leads 72-year-old Republican John McCain by 7 percentage points among the 60-plus age group. The oldest voters were about equally divided in last month's poll.

We have seen many changes in this great nation which have been brought about by left wing activists. As kids, we used to say the Pledge of Allegiance. Now, it's being attacked in the courts. We used to say a prayer in the morning before school or at football games. Socialists in America have deemed that "offensive" and the practice has all but disappeared. Christmas displays honoring the birth of Christ trigger convulsions by the Left, who say that we shouldn't make people feel "uncomfortable" with our manger scenes. Now, we can't even say what we want to say in...

Barack Obama now leads John McCain 50% to 47% in Florida, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports survey in the state. This is the second straight October poll to show Obama with a modest advantage in Florida. That’s quite a change from September when five statewide polls found McCain ahead or tied each time. Still, the latest polling shows a tighter race than the seven-point advantage enjoyed by Obama last Sunday.

A ballot measure to ban gay marriage has already won the support of many religious leaders and Republican politicians. On Tuesday, it received another endorsement -- this time from a group of Democrats. In a press conference headlined by Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle, the community leaders -- including pastors and civic activists -- said marriage should be defined as the union between a man and a woman. Amendment 2, if passed by voters on Election Day, would do just that by changing the Florida Constitution to say, ``No other legal union that is treated as marriage or the substantial...

(November 1, 2004): Kerry holds edge in Florida (leads Bush 50% to 47%)

''Florida Marriage Protection Amendment'' garners wide support -- 55 percent in support; 34 percent opposed.

What a great comeback line from Governor Sarah Palin today in Florida. Best. Comeback. Ever.

Landing At Capacity As 5,000 Await Sarah Palin's Speech Police say the Jacksonville Landing reached capacity by 8:30 a.m. as at least 5,000 people wait for Republican running mate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to speak at a rally. More

Police are estimating that about 10,000 people came out for the speech. About 7,000 people were in the Landing, and 3,000 people were outside

CLEARWATER - Thousands of people turned out early this morning for a lively rally with the Republican vice-presidential candidate, Gov. Sarah Palin. Lines formed outside Coachman Park before 5 a.m. for the Alaskan governor's speech -- two hours before sunrise and four hours before the speech itself. Palin's stop was the first of several in Florida, a key battleground state that polls say is still too close to call in the race between Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama. Palin will also be rallying support in Ft. Myers, Boca Raton, Jacksonville, and Pensacola. In her last Florida stop a...

Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin campaigns in Estero, FL

So there I am driving though St Johns county and what do I see. Yes signs posted at major intersections saying Protect our families vote no on two. Then another sign next to them saying Jesus doesn't discriminate. I bet those people who posted them have no idea about Jesus. They tried all the dirty tactics to stop the question getting on the ballot and now they are trying to trick people How sad , notice how they did not mention the words gay or homosexuals family

The local retirement community known as Century Village is just one outpost in a statewide network of Century Villages, Florida's largest chain of retirement complexes. It is also a time capsule of the New York Jewish gestalt, circa 1965, transplanted intact to the golf greens of Palm Beach County. If a small, unscientific sampling of the shoppers in the Hamptons Plaza mall, directly across from the complex, is any indication, John McCain's choice of running mates may have pushed the residents of this heavily Democratic enclave back in Barack Obama's direction. "I was leaning towards McCain," growled Marvin Weinstein, 74,...

We are lining the streets on the Biden event to show our support for John McCain and Sarah Palin.

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - Due to an overwhelming demand for tickets, a rally scheduled for Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin in Pensacola has been moved. The campaign announced Saturday that the Alaska governor will speak Tuesday at the Pensacola Civic Center, a 10,000 seat arena. The rally had previously been scheduled at the smaller Pensacola Aviation Center. Additional tickets are being printed and will be distributed to area campaign offices. All tickets previously issued will be valid at the new location.

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin comes to Florida on Monday for what could be her ticket's most crucial presidential-campaign trip so far. With Barack Obama leading in several recent state polls, and with John McCain pulling out of Michigan, Palin is being dispatched to raise money and shore up support among Republican loyalists during a two-day swing that will cover more than 800 miles and include four public rallies. "This is really key," said David Johnson, a GOP consultant and former executive director of the state party. "She's got to energize the base."

ARLINGTON, VA -- The McCain-Palin presidential campaign today announced that Governor Sarah Palin will participate in a Road to Victory Rally in Estero, Florida on Monday, October 6th. Monday, October 6, 2008 ESTERO, FLORIDA WHO: Governor Sarah Palin WHAT: Road to Victory Rally WHEN: Monday, October 6, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. EDT *Please Note: Doors open for general public admission at 12:00 p.m. EDT. WHERE: Germain Arena 11000 Everblades Parkway Estero, Florida 33928

Nancy Factor listened intently as Halie Soifer, Jewish vote director for the Barack Obama campaign in Florida, laid out the senator's steadfast commitment to Israel. A Republican among Democrats at this gathering in West Boca, she raised her hand. "I came in confused and I am still confused," Factor said. "I guess my education is still based on hearsay. I keep hearing taxes, taxes, taxes, and the reverend," Obama's controversial former pastor, Jeremiah Wright. Still, Factor said Soifer's talk in the Orthodox Jewish, predominantly Republican neighborhood of Montoya Estates was amazing and she was considering voting for Obama. As a...

The McCain-Palin campaign announced today that Tuesday's rally for Republican vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin has been moved to the Pensacola Civic Center. Advertisement Campaign staff said there has been overwhelming interest in Palin's visit and organizers decided a larger venue was needed. Tickets to Tuesday's event will be honored at the Civic Center. The rally originally was scheduled for Pensacola Aviation on Jerry Maygarden Road.

So why is Sarah Palin coming to town? "Why not?" said Mario Diaz, a spokesman for the McCain-Palin campaign. "The bay area is not only a must-stop in any election, but it's also a must-see. What better backdrop than in Clearwater?" With Tampa Bay shaping up to be a major political battleground, Palin will speak at a rally Monday morning that's expected to draw a good crowd at Coachman Park, which holds about 12,000 people. That means rallygoers and others around downtown Clearwater will be dealing with traffic, parking, closed streets and tight security. The city is preparing for the...

On the day she turned 18 in May, Annie Ferguson stood in line at her local St. Lucie County elections office to register to vote. Mike Lunsford's "Obama '08" T-shirt was faded and worn by the time a Democratic volunteer found the 31-year-old Clearwater man in August and signed him up. Colleen Huttel, a Jacksonville woman who skipped the 12 presidential elections in which she was eligible to cast a ballot, registered in February to vote for the first African-American presidential nominee from a major party. These are the faces of some of the 430,000 Floridians who joined the state's...

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Jackie Mason takes on Sarah Silverman and her video for The Great Shlep

10/07/2008 Road to Victory Rally: Tuesday October 7th in Pensacola, FL Please join Governor Sarah Palin for a Road to Victory Rally in Pensacola, FL on Tuesday October 7th.

Despite a slew of polls this week that showed Barack Obama surging ahead in Florida, the state Chamber of Commerce released excerpts of its own survey Friday indicating John McCain still held a 45-42 percent lead. "This is the Florida Chamber's first poll that includes the presidential candidates' running mates," said Marian Johnson, Vice President of Political Strategy for the Florida Chamber of Commerce. "Florida remains in play and we expect to see the candidates all over our state in the coming weeks. Third party candidates have yet to win over a significant number of Florida voters. But in a...

Please join Governor Sarah Palin & Your Florida Ticket for a Road to Victory Rally in Clearwater, FL

Florida Republican leaders hastily convened a top secret meeting this week to grapple with Sen. John McCain's sagging performance in this must-win state. Their fears were confirmed Wednesday when four new polls showed Sen. Barack Obama leading, a reversal from just a few weeks ago when McCain was opening up an advantage.... One of the concerns has been the relationship between grass roots volunteers across the state and far fewer paid campaign staffers. Complaints range from not getting yard signs quickly enough to knowing who will speak at events and overall manpower coordination.... McCain supporter and former Republican Party of...

Please join Governor Sarah Palin & Your Florida Ticket for a Road to Victory Rally in Clearwater, FL on Monday October 6th.

...Republican party headquarters in Naples and Cape Coral will give away tickets on Friday. Each has 1,000 in count. Thursday's line at the Fort Myers headquarters, at 7250 College Parkway, began forming as early as 7:45 in the morning. By 12:30, it extended around the building and down College Parkway. Craig Briscoe, chairman of the Lee County campaign for McCain-Palin, said he didn't know how long the tickets would last. "We'll give them out until they're gone," he said.

While Congress grapples with a $700 billion dollar financial backstop package to salvage the credit markets, Democrat Barack Obama (46 percent) leads Republican John McCain (42 percent), in the state of Florida, according to a Suffolk University/WSVN-7News Miami poll released today.

Sep 30th, 2008 (Boca Raton, FL.) Lt. Col. Allen West gave the following statement concerning the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, and the inability of our Congress to address the economic issues facing our nation: "The recent failure by Congress to pass a $700 billion bailout has proven that they deserve the name, "Do-nothing Congress". It was clear from the beginning that most Americans did not support this bailout. Many Congressmen like my opponent, Rep. Ron Klein, assumed the American people weren't supporting the bailout because of ignorance and an inability to, "connect the dots" concerning the economy. But...

The Great Schlep aims to have Jewish grandchildren visit their grandparents in Florida, educate them about Obama, and therefore swing the crucial Florida vote in his favor. Don’t have grandparents in Florida? Not Jewish? No problem! You can still become a schlepper and make change happen in 2008, simply by talking to your relatives about Obama. http://www.thegreatschlep.com/site/index.html

Polling this week in Colorado, Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia shows that Barack Obama has gained a net 3 to 5 percentage points in each state compared to the previous Fox News/ Rasmussen Reports poll. In Pennsylvania, Obama now leads by eight percentage points, 50% to 42%. In Virginia, it’s Obama 50% and McCain 47%. The candidates are within a single point of each other in Colorado (Obama 49%, McCain 48%), Florida (Obama 47%, McCain 47%), and Ohio (McCain 48% Obama 47%).

Central FL Moves to McCain, But Men & Southeast FL Move to Obama, Putting 27 Electoral Votes Into Play, 21 Days Till Voting Begins: In an election for President of the United States in Florida today, 09/29/08, three weeks till early voting begins, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain tie, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted for WFLA-TV Tampa, WFOR-TV Miami, WKRG-TV Mobile-Pensacola, and WFTX-TV Cape Coral. McCain gets 48% today, Obama 47%, an outcome within the survey's margin of sampling error. McCain's nominal 1-point advantage may or may not have statistical significance; the contest should be reported as...

Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama are virtually tied in Florida, according to a poll by Rasmussen Reports. 48 per cent of respondents in the Sunshine State would vote for the Arizona senator in this year’s United States presidential election, while 47 per cent would support the Illinois senator.

Much has changed in recent months in the campaign for the Jewish vote, but the Obama camp has reason to be concerned that one variable, perhaps the crucial variable, has not. Barack Obama's percentage of the total Jewish vote, which could prove crucial to the outcome in such key states as Florida, Pennsylvania and Ohio, lags far behind the average for Democratic presidential hopefuls. An American Jewish Committee poll released late last week showed Obama taking 57 percent of the Jewish vote, versus 30 percent to McCain. "He seems to have reached a plateau," said AJC research director, told the...

Filling the pulpit before a backdrop of about 40 Tampa Bay area pastors, a coalition of African-American pastors Sept. 24 announced their support of a state constitutional amendment to protect traditional marriage. Urging support of Amendment 2, the Florida Marriage Protection Amendment, pastor of the host church, Beulah Baptist Institutional, W. James Favorite told reporters he believes the comparison of gay marriage to the fight for equality by black men and women in America is wrong. A "life-long" member of the National Association of Colored Persons (NAACP), Favorite reacted with surprise when he learned after the news conference the Florida...

Rallying on behalf of Barack Obama, a Florida congressman impeached as a federal judge for perjury and bribery suggested that Sarah Palin is a racist anti-Semite. Democrat Alcee Hastings, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, told a Washington D.C. crowd that Palin "don't care too much what they do with Jews and blacks." Referring to Palin's support of gun rights and fondness for hunting, the disgraced federal judge said that "anybody toting guns and stripping moose don't care too much about what they do with Jews and blacks." Hastings has the dubious honor of being one of only six...

TALLAHASSEE -- About 3,200 new voters are in the cross-hairs of Florida's new and controversial ''no-match'' law, which could force them to cast provisional ballots on Election Day if officials can't confirm their identities. The law, designed to prevent potential election fraud and remove joke names from voter rolls -- ''Ricco Suave'' and ''Joe Blow'' among them -- requires local elections officials to mail letters to anyone whose registration information doesn't match the state's driver's license or Social Security databases. Only those who registered after Sept. 8 are affected. Since then, 71,000 new Florida voters have registered through Monday, according...

Bill Clinton praised Sarah Palin Wednesday, saying he found the Alaska governor an “appealing person” and her and her family “gutsy, spirited and real.” “I think that she and her husband and their kids come across gutsy, spirited and real,” he said in an interview to be broadcast Wednesday night. “I have significant disagreements with her about any number of social and economic issues but I find her an appealing person and I think that it’s best to say that Senator McCain looks like he knew what he was doing. He picked somebody who gave him a lot of energy,...

Democrat Barack Obama has an ever-so-slight lead over Republican John McCain in the latest Mason-Dixon Florida poll released Tuesday. Obama held a 47-45 percent lead over McCain in the Sept. 16-18 survey of 625 voters. The margin for error was 4 percent.

If you need proof that this is the most important election in a generation, get this: Jewish grandkids are flying to Florida to visit their grandparents - without being guilted into it - to talk their elders out of voting for Sen. John McCain. The Jewish Council for Education and Research - a new pro-Obama political action committee - is organizing "the Great Schlep," in which hundreds of Jews will make the Southern exodus on Columbus Day weekend, Oct. 10 to 13. They will travel to the Fort Lauderdale area, where they will visit their grandparents, organize political salons in...

MSNBC's Chris Matthews has taken heat because of charges of bias in his election coverage. Last February he told viewers, "I felt this thrill going up my leg," when he heard Barack Obama speak. Following the national party conventions, MSNBC replaced Mr. Matthews as its election night anchor. Mr. Matthews was demoted over concerns about the appearance of bias and its effect on MSNBC's reputation as a news outlet. It is relatively easy to discount a journalist as being in a candidate's camp. Mr. Matthews is not alone in that regard. But earlier this summer, and largely unnoticed, Mr. Matthews...

From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Carrie Dann *** Sunshine on Obama’s shoulders: If you want to know why Obama is doing his debate prep today in -- of all places -- Tampa, FL, look no further than the latest TODAY Show/NBC/Mason-Dixon poll, which has Obama up in the Sunshine State by two points, 47%-45%. Yet inside those numbers, Obama leads McCain in the Tampa Bay area (Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Hernando, and Polk counties) by a 49%-43% margin. Mason-Dixon pollster Brad Coker says the key to winning Florida statewide is usually through Tampa Bay, and Obama’s six-point lead...

Former Republican prez hopeful Fred Thompson and one of the GOP's most prominent black figures, former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, will be in South Florida in coming weeks to raise money for Republican congressional hopeful Allen West, who's challenging freshman Democratic U.S. Rep. Ron Klein.

The crowd chanted "Sa-Rah! Sa-Rah!" at every mention of her name. The enthusiastic crowd applauded loudly and waved tiny American flags. The fire chief estimated the crowd at 60,000.

LADY LAKE, Florida (CNN) – The Villages, which bills itself as “Florida’s premier active adult retirement community,” is a regular stopover for presidential candidates hunting for votes in this quadrennial electoral battleground. Sarah Palin chose this sprawling golf haven as the place to make her Florida debut on Saturday, just her fifth campaign event apart from John McCain since becoming the vice presidential nominee. It may have been a wise choice, if only for the optics — on the same day Barack Obama drew over 20,000 voters to an outdoor rally in North Carolina, Palin attracted tens of thousands...

Exhibit A in the case of why even I can’t get too depressed about that anti-Palin focus group in Florida the ’sphere was buzzing about yesterday. Granted, the event was held in a GOP stronghold; granted, Team Maverick’s crowd estimates have been “problematic” in the past, although this one comes from a fire chief on the scene, not the campaign; granted, 60,000 is probably a high-end figure, with another fire official and several reporters who were there pegging it as closer to 25,000. Even so, per the last link, consider this: As a sitting president, Dubya only managed to pull...

GOP vice presidential nominee Gov. Sarah Palin rallied a massive, sweltering throng of cheering supporters --estimated in the tens of thousands-- that jammed Lake Sumter Landing Market Square in The Villages, Sunday afternoon. Joining Palin at the sun-scorched rally was members of her family, including husband Todd Palin; daughters Piper, 7, and Willow, 13, and son Trig, 5 months. Next stop: New York City, where she will reportedly meet with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, Tuesday.

Lady Lake, Florida - EMS workers have been busy this morning at The Villages in Lady Lake, Florida. They have been responding to several people suffering from the hot conditions at the outdoor Road to Victory Rally. Governor Sarah Palin is scheduled to speak at 4:30 p.m. and hundreds of elderly residences have been gathered at the venue for several hours. Volunteers from McCain campaign have been handing out water bottles to help with the heat. The event was going to be canceled due to rain; however the concern now is the heat. The program started at 3:30 p.m. and...