[rwfromkansas]

Sending the VP for a trip to HI, just a plane ride away, is not wasting time IMO.

Now, if he spent the whole weekend there, that would concern me.

BTW, please see 72.

This is insurance. If Bush does barely win this thing, he can lose almost virtually every battleground state and STILL win if he gets HI's or NH's 4 electoral votes.

Just because they are trying to get this insurance doesn't actually mean they believe it is close enough they will need it, however. It is just a precaution in case the internal polling and GOTV efforts are way wrong the Dems are much better organized due to Moveon's drives etc., causing the race to be almost tied.

[zarf]

If Bush does barely win this thing, he can lose almost virtually every battleground state and STILL win if he gets HI's or NH's 4 electoral votes.

And that's why Florida is SOOO damn important to Bush.

Florida is the pivot point makes this election a sure thing or a nightmare.