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To: NorCoGOP
Don't be too confident Bush will be able to defeat McBride. McBride's run a smart campaign. Bush, in contrast, has so far screwed up almost every aspect of his reelection campaign.

By running ads against McBride, Bush gave him the boost he needed to win the primary. Normally, there'd be a run-off but this year (and only this year) the legislature, run by Bush (the Republican Party in Florida is run out of his office) ruled out a run-off. Bush figured he'd give Reno a leg up by keeping her out of a run-off she might lose. Instead, McBride won the primary and doesn't have to continue running for another two weeks against a Democrat for the nomination. Finally, Bush has been working to attract voters in Southeast Florida while taking North Florida and the Panhandle for granted. Against Reno that's a winning formula. Against McBride, however, it could prove disasterous. Bush's efforts in Southeastern Florida are, IMHO, illusory and carry a cost in North Florida and the Panhandle.

12 posted on 09/17/2002 4:08:28 PM PDT by caltrop
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To: caltrop
Florida doesn't have run-offs.
13 posted on 09/17/2002 4:13:35 PM PDT by EllaMinnow
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To: caltrop
By running ads against McBride, Bush gave him the boost he needed to win the primary.

That sounds like some parroted rat BS that they are spinning to hide the fact that they stole the election from Reno in Dade, Broward and Palm Beach.

Broward didnt report a single precinct until 1:30 A.M., it was the only one of 67 counties that had not put up at least partial results.

McBribe shouldn't be too confident of getting the black vote.

The NAACP is getting set to protest the rat and DNC leaderships throwing of their peoples votes in the garbage.

15 posted on 09/17/2002 4:20:00 PM PDT by Rome2000
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To: caltrop
By running ads against McBride, Bush gave him the boost he needed to win the primary.

You're right. Jeb's campaign made a big mistake by giving name recognition to McBride. Most Rats in South Florida had never heard of him. Reno on the ballot would have given a big boost to every Republican on the ticket in November. That's why the Rat estabishment wanted her to lose.

27 posted on 09/17/2002 4:50:40 PM PDT by Moonman62
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