OFFICIAL FLORIDA PRIMARY THREAD

Freeperville ^ | 1-29-08 | self

[icwhatudo]

Did not see it posted yet, here we go folks!

[CharlesWayneCT]

Because there are people who don’t buy into the social conservative agenda, but still hate the democrats.

We don’t have to run liberal candidates, but we better find a way to not turn off the liberal republicans, or else they will be moderate democrats and we will never win an election.

Reagan found a way to get those people into the party. He had democrats switching to the republican party — and they weren’t 100% conservatives, but they were willing to say they were republicans, which gave us the power to enact conservative policies.

But the more we lost conservatives who stopped acting that way, the more we take it out on the “liberals”, which just makes it harder to elect conservatives.

IT isn’t some liberal’s fault what Gingrich and DeLay and Hastert and the other so-called conservatives we elected did in congress.

[Hattie]

I think Ron Paul said he was going to win it.

[Twink]

I don’t think they’ll be a terrorist attack before Nov. Not as long as Bush is in office and I may not like some of what he’s done, the rest of the world hates him and he’s not soft on terrorism and they know that. I respect him and what he’s done for this country since 9-11.

I think our next major terrorist attack will happen with the next president and I sure don’t want it to happen if Hillary is president. Or any dem for that matter. McCain would probably not be soft on terrorism and I do respect his military service and his stand on the WOT. But no military guy I know supports him and there’s a reason for that imo. They say they don’t trust him (my fam and friends in the military and former military).

I do think if we get someone like Hillary or Obama or Edwards, then we will have another terrorist attack because they won’t do anything about it and the terrorists know that.

I’m still shocked that so many forget 9-11 and the aftermath. It’s like it never happened. Part of me says, hell these people deserve it for being so stupid but I live here and I sure as hell don’t deserve it. We have a very short attention span anymore. It sucks.

[madison10]

Just one question: Who were the people who voted for Fred Thompson, Duncan Hunter and Tom Tancredo? (other than the ill informed) Fred got 21,000+ votes. Not bad for someone not even in the race.

[SoCalPol]

Hey there, good to see you.
Have been thinking of you and hope things are well for you.

[restornu]

The same folks who go back 18 years on Romney are just thrill McCain won so go figure....

McCain’s vote on gay marriage could strain GOP relationships
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0417AZinDC0417.html

[HardStarboard]

>>>They try to get it right.<<<

While I believe otherwise (at least for the major MSM sans Fox), that's not the point.

Despite "trying", they get it wrong. This influences the downstream vote. This amounts to election tampering.

And the fact that they get it wrong consistently overestimating the results for "their candidates" (make no mistake they have them!), is a telling observation to any fair observer.

The MSM push for instant gratification on election night is skewing peoples voting....it did in 2000 and damn near cost us the election. It was less determinate in 2004, but was still evident.

Tonight, CNN ran with Romneys numbers consistently 20,000 less than the State was reporting on their excellent website.

Maybe your partially right...."they were trying..."

[tallyhoe]

Not if they wear their conservatism on their sleeve. He don’t really like conservatives.

[khnyny]

There was a post on FR the other day asking the question why aren’t more Catholics running for office? The answer is:

“What sane person would want to put themselves through this kind of political frenzy?”

[claudiustg]

-—My brother told me tonight he is no longer a Republican. I aksed, “What are you now?” He said, “PISSED!”-—

Is good one! :^)

[La Enchiladita]

That was soooooo clear in the last debate.

[conservativepoet]

Yep...sorry to say.

[billmor]

“Tonite it was Guiliani endorsing McLame.”

What ?...did i miss something ?...did Guili drop out, or did he just congratulate McCain ?...why would he drop out now ?

[La Enchiladita]

You’re a little late with your stupid propaganda.

[longtermmemmory]

It is interesting to note how many stories there were about independents being allowed to vote in the republican primary.

We now have a two man race.

Giuliani is going with the DC insider, so now we have a question as to where the Huckster's votes will go.

Of course will Giuliani supporters go with McInsane?

Florida Department of State
Division of Elections

2008 Presidential Preference
Republican Primary

UNOFFICIAL ELECTION NIGHT RETURNS
(may not include absentee or provisional ballots)
Page Generated: 1/29/2008 11:57 PM

President of the United States
County	Rudy Giuliani (REP)	Mike Huckabee (REP)	Duncan Hunter (REP)	Alan Keyes (REP)	John McCain (REP)	Ron Paul (REP)	Mitt Romney (REP)	Tom Tancredo (REP)	Fred Thompson (REP)
Alachua	1,806	4,166	27	57	6,637	1,125	5,440	7	321
Baker	124	566	4	2	454	57	742	0	45
Bay	2,204	4,746	30	38	7,296	826	7,537	11	405
Bradford	145	701	1	9	606	54	721	0	42
Brevard	12,215	11,587	160	231	31,320	3,621	27,001	69	1,033
Broward	18,636	10,279	178	208	40,575	3,057	23,885	114	860
Calhoun	29	165	1	0	216	18	112	0	11
Charlotte	3,823	2,430	27	50	9,768	807	8,345	25	431
Citrus	2,943	3,805	38	44	8,200	717	7,233	24	353
Clay	2,937	5,144	42	61	9,358	668	13,444	23	402
Collier	7,444	2,760	40	49	12,959	1,003	20,401	28	583
Columbia	521	1,538	1	22	1,562	134	1,886	0	119
DeSoto	162	290	3	6	576	47	566	1	28
Dixie	50	199	1	4	234	17	227	0	15
Duval	6,629	9,253	67	99	16,161	1,832	24,114	29	986
Escambia	3,006	9,439	43	162	15,019	2,151	11,322	26	871
Flagler	1,786	1,219	13	18	3,996	271	4,215	7	85
Franklin	86	132	1	1	299	21	225	1	25
Gadsden	139	345	3	4	579	64	454	1	30
Gilchrist	100	493	3	2	467	61	461	1	30
Glades	60	146	1	0	280	17	206	0	3
Gulf	94	311	1	1	499	29	373	3	20
Hamilton	37	169	0	0	201	14	115	1	12
Hardee	89	349	3	1	432	31	303	0	22
Hendry	209	367	7	7	713	52	523	0	22
Hernando	4,122	3,285	21	54	9,042	812	7,259	20	255
Highlands	1,355	1,925	15	21	4,889	247	4,905	7	161
Hillsborough	15,849	12,839	140	229	37,804	2,807	30,548	61	1,187
Holmes	80	429	3	1	405	38	246	0	22
Indian River	2,927	1,830	21	37	6,094	590	5,958	26	242
Jackson	218	1,005	8	9	1,053	61	598	1	54
Jefferson	84	244	2	1	439	43	275	0	17
Lafayette	12	124	0	1	149	12	84	0	11
Lake	5,141	9,013	75	86	14,733	1,091	14,881	41	615
Lee	12,067	7,461	60	141	28,096	2,439	34,138	72	1,056
Leon	2,370	4,286	50	68	9,550	1,111	6,650	11	474
Levy	319	930	11	9	1,102	132	928	3	71
Liberty	8	44	1	0	52	3	49	0	8
Madison	45	293	1	2	306	26	166	0	11
Manatee	6,811	5,455	59	91	16,134	1,398	15,153	37	431
Marion	5,025	9,246	107	114	14,741	1,618	15,715	54	501
Martin	4,218	2,868	60	86	10,115	1,229	8,386	38	325
Miami-Dade	40,251	9,154	319	390	75,516	2,936	23,936	217	1,125
Monroe	1,484	704	18	15	4,126	284	2,150	7	152
Nassau	1,142	2,572	9	17	3,722	338	4,583	7	183
Okaloosa	2,535	6,568	38	106	13,811	1,751	9,821	12	505
Okeechobee	254	748	4	2	969	40	443	2	32
Orange	12,754	15,712	146	184	29,631	2,968	29,192	69	1,086
Osceola	2,269	3,221	24	31	5,558	426	5,356	11	197
Palm Beach	15,623	8,063	152	204	37,582	3,302	28,509	89	527
Pasco	8,572	6,688	69	96	18,935	1,460	15,433	34	607
Pinellas	19,188	12,285	160	210	43,767	4,961	34,834	99	1,096
Polk	5,547	11,151	65	98	20,112	1,352	18,127	38	570
Putnam	474	1,457	10	16	2,095	169	1,992	2	102
Santa Rosa	1,696	6,276	36	49	9,596	1,205	6,704	21	397
Sarasota	10,496	6,082	82	102	25,685	2,612	21,727	40	627
Seminole	7,441	9,141	82	93	17,196	1,722	19,033	36	573
St. Johns	4,731	4,318	28	55	10,296	937	15,587	23	397
St. Lucie	5,356	3,400	45	51	9,258	996	7,434	27	465
Sumter	2,860	1,996	21	41	4,835	208	6,945	7	261
Suwannee	194	1,034	7	9	1,019	142	756	3	82
Taylor	64	409	6	2	505	33	241	0	34
Union	41	171	1	1	172	13	241	0	11
Volusia	6,583	7,592	71	93	18,330	1,960	17,557	35	487
Wakulla	200	462	5	10	826	64	479	0	53
Walton	700	1,795	12	15	2,928	445	2,291	4	80
Washington	96	486	3	2	468	48	375	1	15
Total	276,476	253,361	2,742	3,918	680,049	60,723	579,536	1,526	21,859
% Votes	14.7%	13.5%	0.1%	0.2%	36.2%	3.2%	30.8%	0.1%	1.2%

Prepared by the Florida Department of State, Division of Elections from reports submitted by the Florida Supervisors of Elections

[CindyDawg]

I highly recommend Praying for our country.

[cgk]

Quite a book, and a penny book on Amazon at that. That does look fascinating — and one I would share with my grandmother who told me all about our family’s lineage she had traced back.. thank you!

[TheLion]

Excellent summation. I don’t think the bigwigs want change either. Romney is change personified. The powers that be want to keep the same old buddy system in place. I will not show up to vote for McCain. If fact we would be better off with a Democrat.

[La Enchiladita]

...but Huckabee appears willing to defer to McCain, probably for some sort of political favor.

He wants to be an insider too. They all do except for Mitt.

[Tennessee Nana]

WOW

He pulled it off

I didnt think McCain could do it

If he is the GOP nominee congresswoman Marsha Blackburn would be a good VP

Shes from the south and a REAL conservative

She takes no nonsense from anyone...

Shes about the same age as Obama, Is lifetime pro-life, Pro-troops, strong on defence

She worked hard against illegal aliens, and has been to Iraq several times

If people think they were voting for her alone we would have a chance

http://blackburn.house.gov/