Saturday, August 28, 2004

Senate Campaign News 20040828 Late post as I'm doing my one weekend a month drill in Orlando. The feud between McCollum and Martinez has sunk to new lows.  Governor Bush asked Mel Martinez to pull his ad attacking McCollum and he did so.  In last night's debate McCollum said that he was so offended by Martinez' attacks that he could not support him if Martinez were to win the nomination. Jeb Bush steps into bitter primary (Knight - Ridder) Martinez pulls ad attacking McCollum (Associated Press) Anger escelates as McCollum seeks apology from Martinez (Palm Beach Post) Bitterness boils over at GOP debate (St Petersburg Times) U.S. Senate candidates Bill McCollum and Mel Martinez trade barbs (Orlando Sentinel) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A poll by the St Peterburg Times and Miami Herald has Betty Castor with  a 24 point lead over Peter Deutsch.  On the Republican side, it shows McCollum leading Martinez by two points. Republican Senate race a tossup (St Petersburg Times) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Palm Beach Post has an article on the Doug Gallagher campaign and one on McCollum at a Hillsborough County middle school. GOP Senate candidate happy to pay his way Students have tough questions for McCollum ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The St Petersburg Times has an article on the 'also-ran' candidates As defeat looms, Senate also-rans stick to message ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Miami Herald has a brief article on Betty Castor's position on abortion Castor stand on abortion derided ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Sun-Sentinel has an article on the Democratic side of the race Democrats mired in a heated contest Florida Senate Campaign, Politics comment []10:59:23 PM   trackback []