Got to the poll @7:00 AM voted at 8:00 am in Bradenton, 200 people in line... No problems appeared to be mostly Bush supporters in line...
I was in Tallahassee over the weekend. My sister told me that the Democrats were busing students from Florida A&M (a predominately black university) and from a black section of town to the polls for early voting. The reason you're not seeing the lines is they may have already voted.
On a more hopeful note, I was in Atlanta last night and listened to a black radio station's afternoon talk show. The host was lamenting the fact that many blacks were voting for Bush over moral issues.
About one out of three male callers I heard were supporting the president. One blasted the host about her attitude that blacks should be monolithic and think the same.
Unfortunately, all female callers seemed to reflect the same-old, same-old. Still, I thought this was a positive development and potentially consistent with the assertions I've read that Bush may pick up 18% of the black vote.
Apparently, the pastors in several black churches over the weekend launched into sermons about the need to vote for morality consistent with black values (i.e., vote against unfettered abortion, vote against gay marriage, etc.). I haven't heard anything about this elsewhere. Interesting.
If, by some chance the GOP does break the Democrat lock on the black vote, this election is over.
awesome flash video. :P
I just heard a lady on Rush who was driving 6 hours to Las Vegas to vote because she didn't get her ballot at her new address.