Wednesday, August 18, 2004

Senate Campaign News 20040818 I know I'm sounding like a broken record, but Charley dominates the news, even that of the Senate Campaign. As I had mentioned in previous posts, the Mel Martinez campaign headquarters in Orlando is without power. It turns out that the McCollum campaign is similarly challenged. Alex Penelas has stopped campaigning while he deals with his mayoral duties, which have increased due to the storm. The Palm Beach post has a fair bit of discussion on how the storm affects campaign strategy. They report that Gallagher has sent out 400,000 DVDs of his campaign movie to selected voters, but not to anyone living in an area affected by the storm. The article ends with a quote from Republican consultant Mike Murphy: "If you are a candidate who was depending on Southwest Florida to win, you could be in trouble." Well, I don't think that was the case for anyone, at least not from what I had seen. Senate campaigns damaged by storm (Palm Beach Post) Charley alters campaign strategies (South Florida Sun-Sentinel) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Palm Beach Post has an article on a Republican candidates forum at Barry University. Top GOP Senate hopefuls support Cuban embargo --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Post continues with its string of informative articles with one on recent endorsements on the Democratic side of the race. This article concludes with details from reports filed with the FEC on Monday, which indicate how much cash the candidates have on hand. Peter Deutsch leads with $1.1 million, Penelas follows with $882,000, and Betty Castor brings up the rear with $760,000. Castor picks up union endorsement --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Miami Herald has an article on the issue of health care, focusing on Castor's and Deutsch's plans, with mentions of the Republicans at the end. Healthcare issue has both parties divided ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In an article published yesterday, it is revealed that Mel Martinez is against each of the constiutional amendments put forth by the lawyers this year, as well as the one put forth by the doctors. See my post on Proposed Florida Constitutional Amendments for details on the referenda. The Grass Roots (Ocala Star-Banner) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Finally, the race got an article in the Washington Times. As the article is based on a poll that is a full month old, it is unclear why it came out when it did (yesterday). GOP's Florida front-runner may not be best Challenger Florida Senate Campaign, Politics comment []6:20:48 AM   trackback []