A lesson from the Florida Bar Exam for the Presidential candidates

By: SunshineStateSarah (Diary)  |  December 22nd at 07:53 PM  | 

…My worry centers on what I saw in 2008: John McCain won the primary by basically outlasting the other candidates and secured the nomination without having a majority of the Republican electorate behind him. The problem was exacerbated when the campaign was slow to reach out to the other candidates’ supporters and the conservative base. While Obama’s 2008 campaign (especially combined with the economy) was a juggernaut that was likely unstoppable, McCain’s failure to reach out and bring everyone into the fold was a contributing factor in the fatal lack of enthusiasm that doomed his campaign.

Now, this year, we have several of the frontrunners either ignoring or taking for granted major sections of Republican voters…

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Marco Rubio and Florida’s Primary Date: Are We Looking at the Wrong Conspiracy?

By: SunshineStateSarah (Diary)  |  October 17th at 05:24 PM  | 

Judge for yourself: what makes more sense? That some D.C. staffer has some dark and nefarious power over Florida politicians he’s never even met, and Rubio psychically predicted over five years ago that he would be a vice presidential contender? Or that a group of political operatives with an axe (or two) to grind would spread a false rumor?

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