Notes For Friday, October 25, 2002

Mike Thomas: McBride "Genuine". The Orlando Sentinel columnist says he "sat down in a room with Bill McBride for 90 minutes. He comes off better than when giving 90-second responses in a debate while Jeb Bush rolls his eyes in disbelief and makes finger horns behind his head."

Will (or did) the majority of the Sentinel editorial board have the same reaction?

Thomas continues: "If everyone in Florida sat down for a chat with him, McBride might win. . . .The problem is that people have grown cynical about packaged, political advertisements that portray candidates as sincere, honest, caring -- all things they obviously are not.

You can disagree with McBride and zing him for a lack of specifics -- as I've often done. But you can't deny he is one of the more genuine candidates we've had in a while.

Whether or not McBride pulls an upset depends somewhat on whether his campaign can convince cynical voters that what they are seeing is not a marketing image." 5:44 AM [Go to current Florida Politics site (no popup ads)]

About paying for the class size amandment, "I don't have to say," Bush insisted. "However, he [McBride] most certainly does.". Troxler. 5:38 AM [Go to current Florida Politics site (no popup ads)]

Taxes headline news about the McBride - Bush race in Dade, Broward and Palm Beach.. 5:34 AM [Go to current Florida Politics site (no popup ads)]

John Ellis Bush stiffs veterans. 5:28 AM [Go to current Florida Politics site (no popup ads)]