Posted on 09/20/2014 6:12:03 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
Mary Wilkerson is aware there's a governor's race on the November ballot, but "it's not on my radar,'' says the 60-year-old from Jacksonville.
Wilkerson, a black Democrat and reliable supporter of Barack Obama, is the kind of voter who is pivotal to the candidacy of Charlie Crist, the former Republican governor turned Democrat.
His campaign has put a premium on building a field operation aimed at turning out the vote in key communities and has crafted a careful message of inclusion that aims to avoid the mistakes that imperiled Alex Sink, the Democrat who lost to Gov. Rick Scott four years ago by less than 2 percent of the vote.
Blacks made up 11 percent of the vote in 2010, "but if that vote share had been over 12 percent, Rick Scott would not be governor,'' said Omar Khan, Crist's campaign manager.
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He don’t care about the cracker vote.
Crist is desperate. What a freak. This man is mentally ill
Just hand out free stuff like cheese, phones, flavored soda, KFC coupons, and Nike shoes.
“Ignite” being the operative word.
Charlie Crisp. High risk for skin cancer.
Being a Floridian, if we elect that POS Crist we deserve our name...Floriduh..
Scott has not been a bad governor...but he’s a lousy politician....
He just might lose this thing....which should be a given win...
and this guy is so white they call him Wonder Crist.
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