Tuesday, December 13, 2005

St. Pete time weighs in on Gubernatorial Candidates at the Democratic conference in Orlando over the weekend

Finally, I am getting a chance to review the stories from over the weekend. This article (linked in the title bar) by Adam Smith caught me off guard. Of course the article doesn't endorse one over another, but it does come across as if the St. Pete times (believed by many to be the best newspaper in Florida and with a respected place of one of three media sources listed on Bill O'Riley's defamation list) located in Congressman Davis' backyard is giving him a warning as to where he needs to focus his outreach if he wants to secure the lead that he has held. Adam Smith says that the difference in their supporters is generational, with the younger siding with Sen. Smith over Congressman Davis. But I have every confidence that with Davis' current staff, and some of his recent additions, their will be plenty of young voter outreach.

New polls have been coming out, and neither candidate has managed to really break into the undecided bracket, 60% of voters still not sure who they are going to vote for... I am anxiously waiting to see what the campaigns are going to do in the new year to improve their name recognition and approval ratings.

This will probably be a race to the finish line, both the primaries and the general elections are going to be tighter then we have seen in several years in Florida.

Senator Skip Campbell, Eric Copeland and Alex Sink all did a great job... And they are lined up to take back our cabinet.

I encourage people to post their thoughts on the weekend in the comments section, and try not to hide under the bar of anonymous... If you don't have a blogger account choose other and you can make up a title, at least that provides more insight then nothing.

1 Comment:

Thure said...

It surprised me that the St. Pete Times took the new/old guard slant on the gubernatorial race - I've met an equal amount of young supporters for both candidates.
One difference in youth focus was that Sen. Smith attended the Youth Caucus to give a surprise speech Sunday afternoon.
The election is still a long ways away, but it looks like it's going to be an exciting and positive campaign. At least, I hope – particularly about the positive part.