Posted on 10/28/2002 3:07:09 PM PST by daviddennis
Colour me confused.
In Florida, both sides are pouring tons of money into a race between a popular incumbent and a well-financed but vacuous challenger. The challenger is only 8 points behind the incumbent. This is considered a competitive race, even though Jeb is a popular incumbent with most of the important endorsements and clear wins in the debates.
In California, one side has been called "doomed" from the moment his campaign began. He's spent hardly any money, and his campaign has finally ramped up only a few weeks ago. This candidate is only ten points behind his extremely unpopular Democratic opponent. There are tons of undecideds, and the odds are that turnout from passionate Republicans will be a great deal better than disaffected Democrats, who are united in loathing their candidate.
Why is Florida considered in play while authoritative sources such as the Wall Street Journal have written off California entirely?
It seems to me that either the Florida race is already entirely decided in Jeb's favour, or our California race should still be counted as in play. It seems like blatant bias to say "everybody knows" Simon is hopeless, even though McBride has made comparable missteps (including losing big in both debates with Jeb).
Thoughts?
D
Still missing 18 voting machines in Florida. They could produce a bundle of ballots for dimis.
TC
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