Jay-Z and Rosie Perez tell young Floridians to vote early for Barack Obama.
Wyclef Jean gets out the Creole-speaking vote.
And the man himself tells voters in Tampa to get to the polls NOW!
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Hillary Clinton shouts at a crowd in Orlando yesterday. She tells them to vote early. Don’t you miss that soothing voice rattling around in your brain?
Sound Bite: “Now is the time to hit the streets and make those calls and convince every undecided family member or neighbor or those friends of yours . . . tell them Hillary sent you to vote for Barack Obama.”
Screamin’ Joe Biden has been attached at the hip to Barack Obama for the past week. Now he’s out on his own. Here is a portion of the Biden stump speech — from an address in Fort Meyers, FL:
The economy sucks. John McCain is George Bush. Democrats will cut taxes. John McCain is George Bush. Democrats will create jobs. John McCain is George Bush. The economy sucks.
Most analysts looking at the Democratic party’s remaining primary schedule conclude that it’s going to be very difficult for Hillary Clinton to surpass Barack Obama in elected delegates and popular vote if Michigan and Florida don’t hold new elections. Although Florida has already thrown in the towel, the Michigan situation is still unresolved. Senator Clinton knows the score. That’s why she’s speaking in Detroit today.
Sound Bite: “We need to either count the votes that have already been cast in Michigan and Florida or have new, full and fair elections so that we can have your voices and your votes counted.”
A sharp-eyed YouTuber puts up video reporting before the Florida election that Obama believed its delegates should be allowed into the convention and not disenfranchised by the party.
Mac is back indeed. Turns out John McCain can win an all-Republican primary and he reminds everyone he is a “conservative Republican” and was a “foot shoulder in the Reagan revolution.” He also has nice things to say about his opponents, even Mitt Romney.
Sound Bite: “In one week we will have as close to a national primary as we’ve ever had in this country. I intend to win it and be the nominee of our party. ”
It’s primary day in the Sunshine State and Rudy Giuliani makes his case to Floridians one last time: he’ll cut taxes, he’ll reduce spending, he’ll back the National Catastrophe Fund, etc.
Mitt’s a flip-flopper says John McCain in this 60-second web ad “A Tale of Two Mitts.”
John McCain is weak on economic issues says Mitt Romney.
Ron Paul disagrees with the other candidates on, oh, every issue: “The Republican party has a problem because we don’t act like Republicans.”
Compared to the last Democratic debate, the Republican get-together in Boca Raton, FL last night was a downright lovefest. Here are the candidates’ views on Iraq:
Romney: “The plan that President Bush and General Petraeus put together is working.”
Giuliani: “America is in a war — an Islamic terrorist war against us. America has to succeed in Iraq.”
McCain: “It was worth getting rid of Saddam Hussein.”
Huckabee: “Just because you didn’t find every Easter egg didn’t mean that it wasn’t planted.”
This 30-second spot running in Florida says Mitt Romney is all things to all conservative Republlicans.
Rudy tours Daytona Speedway with NASCAR legend Rusty Wallace, then takes a lap around the track in his campaign bus. No sign of a checkered flag.
Rudy Giuliani is against hurricanes and in favor of a “national catastrophe fund.” Hey, it’s Florida.
In this 30-second spot running in Florida, John McCain says he’ll protect “our shores” and “your pocketbooks.”
Rudy Giuliani — “Un Plan”
Mitt Romney — “Mi Padre”
