The hard left (read: Clintigula, Begala, McAuful, CarVile) and their cronies are determined to bring Jeb down for two reasons - one, the 2000 election and two, Jeb is W's brother.
This is why they sabotaged Janet Reno. They are also pulling out the big money guys (Clintigula and the Mrs.) in order to get megabucks from the Hollywood left, etc. for McSnide.
They've got the teacher's union firmly in their pocket - the teachers (illegally, BTW) have been campaigning hard for McSnide right on campi across the state. The teachers main beef is that Jeb has insisted upon testing, which they hate because it makes them accountable.
They've also got a lock on the union/unions, who aren't as big here as in the NE, but they provide the thug muscle.
McSnide is running as a "moderate", which he surely is not. He's also got the race baiters whipping up the black populace (recently the NAACP guy called both Bushes "fascists") in the churches.
It's the same old tiresome cliches and attacks. Hopefully, most voters can see through it by now, but never underestimate the stupidity of the average ill-informed person who votes.
I think Jeb will pull it off unless they're able to cheat massively. We'll be watching them pretty closely.