Will McBride Campaign Gaining Momentum

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[davidosborne]

LATEST NEWS FROM MCBRIDE FOR U.S. SENATE CAMPAIGN

Will McBride Campaign Gaining Momentum

ORLANDO-Republican United States Senate candidate Will McBride announced today that he is in the process of assembling a campaign team, and will soon be announcing his campaign staff.

“I have been talking to some of the top Republican political operatives from across Florida and the country,” McBride said, “and I look forward to presenting a strong campaign team in the coming days.”

Will McBride stated that he has been receiving encouragement and support from across Florida and looks forward to getting on the campaign trail.

“Republicans from all across Florida have been contacting me since Friday, offering personal and financial support for my campaign.” McBride stated. “I am humbled and honored to have their support.”

William McBride also stated that he will be holding campaign fundraisers in the coming weeks and will be able raise enough money to be competitive in the Republican primary.

Will McBride was born and raised in Tampa, Florida. He graduated from Leto High School in Tampa and received his B.A. from Florida State University. After graduating from Florida State, McBride served as a public school teacher for three years.

After receiving his J.D. from the Pepperdine University School of Law, Will McBride started his own law practice in Orlando and practices immigration law. The William McBride Law Group has expanded with offices now in Kissimmee and Tampa in addition to the Orlando office. Will McBride is a former youth minister and former youth Christian camp director.

Will McBride currently resides in Windermere and is married to Kristy Epperson McBride. Will and Kristy McBride are the parents of three boys Will, Jr. (5 yrs.), Watson (3 yrs.) and Winston (1 yr.).

[davidosborne]

I am not advocating for or against him.. I wonder how he will do in the Primary against Katherine Harris...

[KEmom]

His travelling campaign bus just drove through Medway, MA this afternoon - I was wondering who he was, but what is his bus doing up here? I was hoping he was coming to try to unseat Kennedy or Kerry...

[cmsgop]

Chicks Dig Him.........

[davidosborne]

I must admit I just heard the name a couple of days ago myself... that is why I was looking for some input..

FReegards,

David

[davidosborne]

Can you elaborate on that...LOL

[rarestia]

*sigh* Another lawyer. I wonder where he stands on the RKBA? If he's pro-gun, less-gov't, I might consider him in the primaries. I like good ol' Kat, but I think she's a little stale for these tumultuous times.

[Elsiejay]

The Republican Party, both RNC and the Florida branch, have permitted the Democrats to taint Rep. Katherine Harris with the totally unfounded, unwarranted and asinine charge that her involvement in the 2000 Florida presidential election brouhaha was tainted by partisan political motivations. What she did was to faithfully and carefully execute the requirements of Florida state law regarding the administration of that election, discharging the prescribed duties of her office. But Republicans once again assumed the beaten puppy demeanor, rolling over and whimpering, instead of biting the ankles of Democrat Demagogues as was warranted. They deserve to lose that Florida seat to a Democrat, as a penalty for refusing to stand up tall and speak truth.

[Nextrush]

Practices "immigration law." Does that mean helping illegals become legal? Could spell trouble if so.

There are lawyers in my town helping illegals who are in the local jail. Some of the people come from obviously bad places but still the idea is to find a legal technicality that gets them out of jail and legal status in the United States.

Married to someone with name "Epperson" prior to marriage.
His wife could be from family that is involved in leading Christian broadcaster Salem Communications with radio stations all over the U-S and hosts like Hugh Hewitt
and William Bennett.

[Joe Brower]

Florida Freeper

I'm compiling a list of FReepers interested in Florida-related topics.
If you want to be added, please FReepMail me.

[OPS4]

KATHERINE HARRIS IS MY SENATOR!
OPS4

[doc30]

Practices "immigration law." Does that mean helping illegals become legal? Could spell trouble if so.

I have mixed feelings about this. He may be an immigration attorney so he obviously helps people navigate the complex, bureaucratic immigration system. In other words, he's helping people follow the law and most legal immigrants are even more p!ssed than native-born Americans.

But does anyone know what is his stand on the current illegal immigrant amnesty program? That will make or break his campaign.

[Unicorn]

I'm voting for Harris.
Allright whos got the pics.

[no dems]

I've got a feeling Kate Harris is gonna put a cowboy whoopin' on McBride in the GOP Primary; and I hope she does.

The way the Florida and National GOP has treated Katherine Harris is despicable.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

It's all moot. McBride won't win. FL's base is energized and staunchly supports Harris. They know that the RNC pulled the rug out from under her and they can see through the FL MSM lies.

Look for Dems and independents to cross over and vote for McBride or the other losers running against Harris. If McBride wins the primary Harris supporters are NOT going to vote for him in the general.

[NautiNurse]

His travelling campaign bus just drove through Medway, MA this afternoon

Facinating info. Sounds like a campaign financed NE vacation.

[ExSES]

It's all moot. McBride won't win. FL's base is energized and staunchly supports Harris. They know that the RNC pulled the rug out from under her and they can see through the FL MSM lies.

From the Republicans I talk to, that is a fact. The Democrats plan to switch parties for the Primary JUST TO VOTE AGAINST HARRIS... (of course they all still firmly believe that Gore was deposed in a Coup!!!)...

[danamco]

From the Republicans I talk to, that is a fact. The Democrats plan to switch parties for the Primary JUST TO VOTE AGAINST HARRIS... (of course they all still firmly believe that Gore was deposed in a Coup!!!)...

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Now, who are we going to believe, the "drive-by" L.S.M's final recount, or howeird dean's' "kookville's" denials of that alGore tried to steal the election 2000???

................:Media post-electoral studies/recounts

After the election, USA Today, The Miami Herald, and Knight Ridder commissioned accounting firm BDO Seidman to count undervotes, that is, ballots which did not register any vote when counted by machine. BDO Seidman's results, reported in USA Today [9], show that under the strictest standard, where only a cleanly punched ballot with a fully removed chad was counted, Gore won by three votes. Under all other standards, Bush won, with Bush's margin increasing as looser standards were used. The standards considered by BDO Seidman were:

* Lenient standard. Any alteration in a chad, ranging from a dimple to a full punch, counts as a vote. By this standard, Bush won by 1,665 votes.
* Palm Beach standard. A dimple is counted as a vote if other races on the same ballot show dimples as well. By this standard, Bush won by 884 votes.
* Two-corner standard. A chad with two or more corners removed is counted as a vote. This is the most common standard in use. By this standard, Bush won by 363 votes.
* Strict standard. Only a fully removed chad counts as a vote. By this standard, Gore won by 3 votes.

The study remarks that because of the possibility of mistakes, it is difficult to conclude that Gore was surely the winner under the strict standard. It also remarks that there are variations between examiners, and that election officials often did not provide the same number of undervotes as were counted on Election Day. Furthermore, the study did not consider overvotes, ballots which registered more than one vote when counted by machine.

The study also found that undervotes break down into two distinct types, those coming from punch-card using counties, and those coming from optical-scan using counties. Undervotes from punch-card using counties give new votes to candidates in roughly the same proportion as the county's official vote. Furthermore, the number of undervotes correlates with how well the punch-card machines are maintained, and not with factors such as race or socioeconomic status. Undervotes from optical-scan using counties, however, correlate with Democratic votes more than Republican votes. Optical-scan counties were the only places in the study where Gore gained more votes than Bush, 1,036 to 775.

A larger consortium of news organizations, including the USA Today, the Miami Herald, Knight Ridder, the Tampa Tribune, and five other newspapers next conducted a full recount of all ballots, including both undervotes and overvotes. According to their results, under stricter standards for vote counting, Bush won, and under looser standards, Gore won. [10] However, a Gore win was impossible without a recount of overvotes, which he did not request.

According to the study, only 3% of the 111,261 overvotes had markings that could be interpreted as a legal vote. According to Anthony Salvado, a political scientist at the University of California, Irvine, who acted as a consultant on the media recount, most of the errors were caused by ballot design, ballot wording, and efforts by voters to choose both a president and a vice-president. For example, 21,188 of the Florida overvotes, or nearly one-fifth of the total, originated from Duval County, where the presidential race was split across two pages. Voters were instructed to "vote every page". Half of the overvotes in Duval County had one presidential candidate marked on each page, making their vote illegal under Florida law. Salvado says that this error alone cost Gore the election.

Including overvotes in the above totals for undervotes gives different margins of victory:

* Lenient standard. Gore by 332 votes.
* Palm Beach standard. Gore by 242 votes.
* Two-corner standard. Bush by 407 votes.
* Strict standard. Bush by 152 votes.

In 2003, United States citizens living in the state of Florida were asked who they voted for in the 2000 Election as part of the Statistical Abstract Census. The results showed President Bush receiving more than 1000 votes more than former Vice President Gore.

[fieldmarshaldj]

*BUMP for McBride*

[Clintonfatigued]

This is mildly encouraging news. However, there is something to remember: Florida no longer has a primary runoff.