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Posted on Oct 2, 2008
collage: realclearpolitics.com / destination360.com

RealClearPolitics’ aggregate polling data show Florida trending Obama’s way.

With several new polls showing Florida breaking for Barack Obama, the state’s GOP leadership convened a secret meeting of top party and campaign officials. Florida GOP Chair Jim Greer, who organized the powwow, said, “It was just to ensure the ship is on its proper course. ...”

(h/t Political Wire)


St. Petersburg Times:

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.

The polls come amid a cascade of bad news about the economy, an issue that McCain has struggled with in recent days.

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By WA-violins, October 4, 2008 at 1:06 pm #
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What worries me most is voter fraud that was documented in the film Freeforall.tv

Maybe that’s why there was a secret meeting—to make sure they can institute another major voter fraud campaign to win Florida.

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By CapitalCat, October 3, 2008 at 10:59 pm #

So, has Gov. Charlie Crist got married yet?

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By Catherine, October 3, 2008 at 3:01 pm #

LOL!  ONE MORE REASON NOT TO EVER WATCH THAT AWFUL, VERBAL-DIARRHEA SPEWING RACHEL RAY!

Do you suppose Karl Rove attended this O SO SECRET meeting to whip those Floridian Faithful who might have strayed from the “course of Diebold?”

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By Aegrus, October 3, 2008 at 1:25 pm #

Florida is on the proper course. Obama will take the state.

I’ve already seen some polo-shirt wearing McCain students in the downtown area. It’s sad.

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By Kwaayesnama, October 3, 2008 at 12:19 pm #

I have a problem with GOP lies. They look us in the eye and tell us something without blinking, then they wave the American flag and we the people fall in line.
Remember:
We have to send our sons and daughters to die looking for weapons of mass destruction, hurry up pull out the flag and wave like hell!

Sedam Hussein was responsible for 9-11, hurry up pull out the flag and wave like hell!

Iraqi oil will pay for the war, hurry up pull out the flag and wave like hell!

Mission accomplished, hurry up pull out the flag and wave like hell!

Our economy is basically strong, hurry up pull out the flag and wave like hell!

We are fundamentally better off during the bush administration, hurry up pull out the flag and wave like hell!

John McCain campaign statement that he is not able to use a computer because of his suffering as a prisoner of war. Now here is my problem with that scenario.
On July 13, 2008 in a New York Times interview john McCain said: “I am learning to get online myself, and I will have that down fairly soon, getting on myself. I don’t expect to be a great communicator, I don’t expect to set up my own blog, but I am becoming computer literate to the point where I can get the information that I need.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/13/us/politics/13mccain.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=all&adxnnlx=1222265530-/ZNysS+adS5fFovaDYxncg#

On Rachel Ray John McCain whipped up a batch of ribs. I would like a medical opinion on what different muscles are used to barbecue ribs that you would have to use on a keyboard.

It is time to look in their eyes – not blink – and say I love my flag, I am patriotic now “Stop lying to us?”

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By knute, October 2, 2008 at 7:32 pm #
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SO THE REPUB.S ARE GETTING ALITTLE WORRIED IN FLORIDA. WELL, DOSEN’T ROVE LIVE THERE NOW ? I’M QUITE SURE HE CAN FIX THINGS JUST ALITTLE MORE FOR THE REPUBLICANS. AFTER ALL, HE’S BEEN GETTING AWAY WITH IT THE LAST TWO TIMES UP, NO SIGN HE’S IN ANY TROUBLE YET…THATS THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN WIN THIS ELECTION CYCLE, BUT DON’T BET THE FARM THAT THEY WON’T. ALL THE SAME PLAYERS ARE IN PLACE IN THE SUPREME COURT THAT IS REQ’D…THE MEDIA PUNDITS ARE ALL THERE, THE ONLY THING THATS DIFFERENT IS A WHOLE BUNCH OF AMERICAN CITIZENS WHO KNOW BETTER NOW. BUT DOES THAT REALLY MATTER WHEN YOU’VE GOT IT RIGGED FROM COAST TO COAST ? WHEN SO MANY OF THE DEMOCRATS ARE FAR TOO TIMID TO QUESTION THE OPEN ELECTION FRAUD BY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, IT CAN CERTAINLY HAPPEN THIS TIME TOO. THIS ISN’T A DEMOCRACY ANYMORE.

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By Alan, October 2, 2008 at 7:07 pm #
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Hi! this is Chad the beach voting-machine comber.
How y’all doin’ folks?  Got your boards,
your shazzam voting-machine flim-flammers all ready?
Let’s have some volley ball before we go for the
polls!  This is Chad the beach voting-machine comber,
in Florida, over to you Sean.

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By TheRealFish, October 2, 2008 at 6:45 pm #

They are probably preparing distribution of this year’s butterfly ballots, ensuring the proper number of registration challengers are put at the correct polling centers and making sure there are too few machines in heavy Democratic voting districts.

Just like the last two presidential elections.

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