Kate Sheppard

These are only preliminary figures, but the Florida Democratic turnout today surpassed the combined turnout of the Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina, at well over a million with not all precincts yet reported. It also surpassed the turnout for any primary on record ever in the state, according to the Florida Democratic Party. […]

Romney used his concession speech here to push his latest message (which, like other messages, he’s demonstrating his commitment to with a new sign), which is that Washington is broken, politicians stink, and he is definitely not a politician: Washington is fundamentally broken … We’re not going to change Washington by sending the same people […]

Both CNN and Fox are calling Florida for John McCain, at 35 percent to Romney‘s 31 percent at this point. They’re also predicting that Giuliani will drop out tomorrow and endorse McCain. More on these developments live from Mitt Central in a bit. –Kate Sheppard

So I ended up at the So I ended up at the Romney event this evening (sorry to the commenters who were plugging for Rudy; the bossfolks suggested I head here). Right now I’m in the basement of the hall where his party is being held, which is packed full of more reporters than any […]

I spent the afternoon hanging out at the headquarters of the Hillsborough County Democratic Executive Committee, where a team of dedicated volunteers was taking care of all the last minute things that need taking care of on primary day: answering questions, giving senior and handicapped citizens rides to the polls, fielding complaints about discrepancies at […]

Despite the fact that the Democratic National Committee is penalizing Florida Democrats by taking away all their delegates, Democrats here have voted in record numbers already. As of the end of early voting on Sunday, 437,038 Democrats had voted, and another 70,000 absentee ballots were expected. That’s more than quadruple the number of Democrats that […]

I caught Mitt Romney‘s final rally this morning as Floridians head to the polls. While he’s been ramping up attacks on chief rival John McCain over the past few days, he was sure not to mention him by name today: “Washington is so fundamentally broken. To fix Washington, you can’t just send people who have […]

I feel like I just spotted a unicorn. Note the scotch tape holding it on the car — definitely a DIY effort. –Kate Sheppard

Rudy Giuliani put out a last-minute ad here yesterday that, better than anything I wrote about the demise of his campaign this weekend, shows how desperate he’s become. The ad, titled, “Not Endorsed,” makes the case that he’s the most conservative candidate and should therefore win because all those folks in the giant liberal media […]

From the things that might go over well in a Republican primary but not so much in the general election files: multiple, endless wars. From the things that might go over well in a Republican primary but not so much in the general election files: multiple, endless wars. McCain at a campaign stop Sunday: “It’s […]