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Kerry pulling out of Florida? A premature call, at best
The Kerry Spot at National Review Online ^ | 10/26/2004 | Jim Geraghty

Posted on 10/26/2004 9:36:35 PM PDT by Utah Girl

I understand this evening that columnist Tony Snow said on Bill O'Reilly this evening that the Kerry campaign was conceding Florida and focusing its resources on shoring up Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Checked with my guy on the Kerry campaign. He said Kerry is currently scheduled to spend Thursday night, all of Friday, and Friday night in Florida.

So for now, I don't think there's anything to Snow's rumor. It seems rather late to pull resources, anyway. The ads, the volunteers, the resources... they are where they are.


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To: xm177e2
Even IF Kerry is losing Florida, he wouldn't pull out.

Even if he loses the election, he isn't conceding.

41 posted on 10/26/2004 10:05:04 PM PDT by Question Liberal Authority (How do you ask a goose to be the last goose to die for the Kerry campaign?)
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To: Darkwolf377

True or not--it just makes more sense for kerry to concentrate on OH, PA, WI, MN.

After all, if he wins the gore states plus OH, he doesn't need FL.


42 posted on 10/26/2004 10:06:16 PM PDT by San Jacinto (Kerry chose the easy path of protest and defeatism.)
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To: John Jamieson
Electile Disfunction

Leading to Premature Evacuation!

43 posted on 10/26/2004 10:06:19 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Howlin

Hhhhmmmm, what if the Monday morning (OCTOBER SURPRISE) New York Times paper drop on Florida has caused backlash? Ya think?


44 posted on 10/26/2004 10:07:10 PM PDT by A Citizen Reporter
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To: Utah Girl
I believe some of the internals of the FL Polls show that 60% of Florida's Hispanic voters support President Bush, as well as twice the amount Jewish voters than in 2000, and an increase from 9% to 23% of Black voters since 2000, and little change in the Senior Citizen vote.

I can easily see how the RATS would consider conceding Florida

45 posted on 10/26/2004 10:08:38 PM PDT by MJY1288 (A MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK HAS NEVER LED ANY TEAM TO VICTORY)
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To: grey_whiskers

I love it!


46 posted on 10/26/2004 10:08:41 PM PDT by John Jamieson (Hybrids are a highway around CAFE, that's all they're good for.)
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To: Utah Girl

47 posted on 10/26/2004 10:10:16 PM PDT by toupsie
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To: grey_whiskers

That's what he did in Vietnam too!


48 posted on 10/26/2004 10:11:06 PM PDT by John Jamieson (Hybrids are a highway around CAFE, that's all they're good for.)
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To: All

Although Tony Snow isn't supposed to show his preference on TV, he is a true Bush partisan on his radio show. Wouldn't put it past him to put this out as more of a possibility than is really known, just to maybe demoralize some voters from going to vote.


49 posted on 10/26/2004 10:13:58 PM PDT by Txsleuth
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To: MJY1288

I find this very disturbing:

WP internals point to a real split in our society that I wish wasn't there.

Today they have Kerry up 2 over Bush and here's why:

Whites: Bush 55 Kerry 42
Blacks: Bush 7 Kerry 92

Thats the most lopsided Black vote split I've ever seen.

What in the world about Kerry appeals to Blacks?

Are the pollsters really calling enough Blacks to get an accurate take?


50 posted on 10/26/2004 10:15:43 PM PDT by John Jamieson (Hybrids are a highway around CAFE, that's all they're good for.)
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To: Utah Girl

Too early for Kerry to concede Florida, and it's hard to see how he wins without it.


51 posted on 10/26/2004 10:17:22 PM PDT by Fatalis (The Libertarian Party is to politics as Esperanto is to linguistics.)
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To: Txsleuth

How did he get Juan to agree with him?


52 posted on 10/26/2004 10:19:03 PM PDT by jimboster
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To: MJY1288

Would the opposite be true then? Kerry has Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, which I think would give him the win?

I still think President Bush is going to win going away...


53 posted on 10/26/2004 10:19:12 PM PDT by Utah Girl
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To: Utah Girl

How many Electoral College votes does France have? Kerry's gonna win BIG there.


54 posted on 10/26/2004 10:19:18 PM PDT by Redcloak (Vikings plundered my last tag line.)
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To: John Jamieson

I thought President Bush was doing better amongst blacks, like twice as well...


55 posted on 10/26/2004 10:20:23 PM PDT by Utah Girl
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To: Utah Girl

I do too! The polls are missing something big. A lot of Demos just are going to stay home or bite their tongues and vote Bush and say they didn't.

BTW: Son finished mission and is now learning Pashtu in AF language school.


56 posted on 10/26/2004 10:23:01 PM PDT by John Jamieson (Hybrids are a highway around CAFE, that's all they're good for.)
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To: Utah Girl

I thought he was up to 20% too, but not what Washington Post is saying.


57 posted on 10/26/2004 10:25:41 PM PDT by John Jamieson (Hybrids are a highway around CAFE, that's all they're good for.)
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To: John Jamieson

ARG is a very left leaning poll. Compare Gallup and some of the others.


58 posted on 10/26/2004 10:26:23 PM PDT by the Real fifi
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To: Howlin
Pssst... Hey, Senator Kerry... a little advice...

You're right to abandon Florida. It's gone. And you can skip all those Great Lakes states the last week, too, 'cause you got them locked up. No reason to spend any more time or money in Ohio.

Where you need to go, John, is the Carolinas. Yep. Great chance for a couple of upset wins. After all, your running mate was born in SC and raised in NC. Frankly, John, if I were you, I'd spend the entire last week in North and South Carolina.

Trust me on this, John. You'll thank me later.

Your old bud, who wants only the best for you,

SNC

59 posted on 10/26/2004 10:27:06 PM PDT by southernnorthcarolina (I support tax cuts for the rich... and I VOTE!)
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To: John Jamieson
What in the world about Kerry appeals to Blacks?

I believe the (D) behind his name has something, no, everything, to do with it . . .

Because if it weren't for that, I can garun-damn-tee you he doesn't appeal to blacks in the slightest--aloof, disconnected frost-belt liberal, funkless, unhip, no connection to the black culture in any way, shape or form. He's the whitest white boy ever to run for president.

60 posted on 10/26/2004 10:28:44 PM PDT by gop_gene
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