Sunday, August 29, 2004

Senate Campaign News 20040829 I'll post the real update later, but one quick thing for now: The Florida Times-Union endorsed Betty Castor and Bill McCollum. U.S. Senate: Up for grabs LATER: I realized I should have noted just how much later I was going to be with the complete update (Had second day of drill, plus the drive from Orlando to Tallahassee).  Anhyhow, here goes: Mel Martinez says that he had already decided to pull his ad attacking McCollum before Jeb Bush called him.  Bush to Martinez: Pull ad (Orlando Sentinel) Martinez pulls TV ad ripping McCollum (Palm Beach Post) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A few general articles on the final days of the campaigns GOP front-runners get personal as tight Senate primary nears (Palm Beach Post) Undecided (Florida Times-Union) Castor, Deutsch make their pitches personal (St Petersburg Times) Democratic senate candidates court minorities (Palm Beach Post) Republicans face off in U.S. Senate primary (Daytona Beach News-Journal) Democratic candidates tout similarities as party strives to keep seat (Orlando Sentinel) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Miami Herald looks at how gay issues have suddenly surfaced in the final week of the Republican campaign. Gay issues become focus of GOP primary battle (Miami Herald) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida Times-Union lists each candidate and the three issues that the candidates considers to be the most important. U.S. Senate:  Republicans U.S. Senate: Democrats Florida Senate Campaign, Politics comment []5:48:42 AM   trackback []