Gov. Bush finds little comfort in slim lead

Washington Times ^ | 2/26/2002 | Steve Miller

[Joe Brower]

The mass e-mail sent out by Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's re-election campaign is telling: Democratic challenger Bill McBride, already a proven giant-slayer, is 10 percentage points behind the Republican incumbent in a new Zogby poll.

It is a slim lead against a political neophyte who overcame a 50-point deficit to defeat Janet Reno in the state's Democratic gubernatorial primary.

[Joe Brower]

Once more, everybody now:

PRAY LIKE SUCCESS WAS UP TO GOD;
WORK LIKE IT WAS UP TO YOU.

[Joe Brower]

[Always Right]

The mass e-mail sent out by Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's re-election campaign is telling: Democratic challenger Bill McBride, already a proven giant-slayer

Talk about hype. Janet Reno was a loser the Dems were praying would not be on the ballot.

[Joe Brower]

[goldstategop]

I still expect Jeb to be re-elected by a double digit margin. The race has tightened to be sure but it would have had El Reno won the primary. Its going to tell Republicans not be complacent or sassy. All in all good news going into the final stretch of the fall campaign.

[Greeklawyer]

Do not assume anything. McBride is promissing lots of "free stuff." He has access to high dollar potential donors and he is tapping into it. There is some serious legal community tit for tat going on. Specifically, donate to the mcbride fundraiser and you will get a court appointed case to cover your donation. A court minimum in a court appointed case is $700+.

[Greeklawyer]

correction for above:

A fee minimum in a court appointed case is $700.00+.

[EllaMinnow]

Could you add me to your ping list?

[Joe Brower]

Con mucho gusto, senora. Bienvenidos!

[EllaMinnow]

Merci!

[windchime]

"Do not assume anything."


McBride/McAuliffe's connection to the unscrupulous is reason enough to take your admonition very seriously. Thank you for illuminating a corner of the dems dark campaign.

[windchime]

Thanks for the post JB!

[floriduh voter]

Governor Bush has a mass e-newsletter that gets written every Friday and goes to anyone who subscribes. That's from myflorida.com.

If his campaign has a mass email list, that's called networking and it doesn't signal that the Governor's in trouble.

These WAY OUT OF TOWN NEWSPAPERS want a piece of the action because McBride's Holland & Knight Law Firm have a major office in D.C. I wouldn't doubt that this newspaper was a client of H & K in D.C. It's just more DNC quid pro quo. You write hit pieces in D.C. about Jeb Bush and you'll get a discount at the law firm or some other favor(s).

[floriduh voter]

McBride's having a fundraiser at the Aquarium in Tampa in the near future. I checked out the host/hostess list. There are Tampa attorneys hosting among some other elite members of the Tampa community. They listed approximately 30 names as hosts.

I do think that the DNC nationally is short on cash. The Aquarium is short on cash too. I bet they welcomed the chance to have a McBride fundraiser.

[Wait4Truth]

The bottom line is that there will be a lot of shenanigans going on in South Florida on November 5th. You guys need a ton of Republican poll watchers and Justice people...otherwise fraud will create Governor McBride. McAuliffe has no low that is too low.

[Greeklawyer]

Check to see how many criminal attorneys are attending and check to see how many crimimal judges are friends with the sponsor, attendees, and are attending themselves. Then it is a matter to see which recieve special appointments to "reimburse" the donating attorneys.

[windchime]

"McBride's having a fundraiser at the Aquarium in Tampa"

I just saw this post. (I'm trying to catch up) My guess from this post is that you DID get my email. Yes, the DNC is short on cash judging from McAuliffe's comments in this link:

http://216.239.39.100/search?q=cache:UfYRP8SupnIJ:www.csmonitor.com/2002/0919/p25s01-usmb.htm+political+money+monitor+McBride&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Money, Money, Money....