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I really agree with you here - things in FL are pretty good for the majority of people. So, why a candidate would run a campaign based on a lie: "EVERYTHING IN FL IS IN A CRISIS" is beyond me.

Yep, thats exactly the way they campaigned, and I thin most honest, rational people saw through it.

Here in Leon County, we had a referendum vote for another 1/2 cent sales tax hike that was specifically for "local education". They actually ran adds that had, of many people, a younger black girl saying, "If we don't pass this, the quality of our schools will surely decline". The suckers here passed it. I feel like writing a letter to the local paper saying I'm buying everything possible on-line, will shop for groceries in neighboring counties and will never purchase an automobile in the county.

Another thing we may want to consider is that given the historical Democrat voter fraud in Florida, and that it surely has not been stamped out, Jeb may have actually won by a wider margin - just like in 2000, GW probably really won by 2% or so, not a few thousand votes.

I was thinking about this point, too. One of the best things that happened in FL's Election 2002 was the voting reforms, the new machines -- and all the eyes watching the polls.

I believe some votyer fraud was wiped out. And, had this fraud been wiped out back in 2000, GW might have won FL by a whole lot more votes, and Gov Bush would have won in 1994's FL gov race. So, very important to stamp out voter fraud, as it seems to result in a much wider margin of win for the candidate who IS the winner.