Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Florida, again.

* John McCain 36%
* Mitt Romney 31%
* Rudy Giuliani 15%
* Mike Huckabee 13%
* Ron Paul 3%


* Hillary Clinton 50%
* Barack Obama 33%
* John Edwards 14%
This is another weird year in Florida. The Republicans are only getting half their delegates, and the Democrats get none.

The Dem candidates all agreed ahead of time not to campaign in Florida after the Florida Democratic Party stripped the party of all their delegates as punishment for having an early primary (the same thing happened in Michigan). Clinton is the only candidate who pursued votes in Florida, although technically, she did not campaign there. The blogosphere is responding with both praise and ire (will this issue split the party?), and I'm sure we're just at the very beginning of this story.

On the Republican side, I think this was a very decisive victory for McCain. Not only did he get a good five points on Romney, but he also got the endorsement of Giuliani (as he cuts his losses, preserves his speaking fee rates, and finally bows out of the race).

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