Notes For Friday, November 08, 2002

A Lexicon for Democrats. 9:03 AM [Go to current Florida Politics site (no popup ads)]

The Grapefruit observes that "clearly McBride's decision to replace his campaign manager after the primary (who by the way The Grapefruit rated as one of the Top 5 Democratic consultants in Florida well before McBride won the primary) will go down as one of dumbest political decisions in history." The Palm Beach Post reports that observers are calling it one of McBride's "critical mistakes".
8:19 AM [Go to current Florida Politics site (no popup ads)]

Black Voter Turnout Doomed McBride: "Voters in predominantly black precincts favored McBride by 94 percent to 6 percent over Gov. Jeb Bush. But while black voters' support for McBride was overwhelming, their turnout was far lower than what any Democrat would need to help achieve statewide victory. Indeed, the 55 percent nonblack turnout was much higher than the 43 percent for black voters." Read.
8:14 AM [Go to current Florida Politics site (no popup ads)]

Bitter Irony: " Bush had little to offer on the day after his re-election on how he will deal with the measure that state economists said could cost as much as $27 billion over the next eight years." Read. 8:11 AM [Go to current Florida Politics site (no popup ads)]

"Critical mistakes sunk McBride". Read. 8:08 AM [Go to current Florida Politics site (no popup ads)]