Clinton Stops To Say Hi To Florida, While Obama Turns His Back

Hillary Clinton is in Florida these days despite the pledge not to campaign there. She is there for a couple of fundraisers, which is allowed under the agreement. “Hundreds of thousands of people have already voted in Florida and I want them to know I will be there to be part of what they have tried to do to make sure their voices are heard,” Clinton said in Tennessee, before heading for Florida. When she arrived in Sarasota, Florida Clinton managed to get some palm trees in the picture and posed for the press. She was asked if she was happy to be in Florida, and Clinton answered, “How could you not be. It is absolutely glorious. It is a perfect day here in Florida.” Outside the fundraiser, which was held at the home of David and Myrna Band of Sarasota, Clinton waved a greeted onlookers. Someone asked if she thought she was breaking the rules, and Clinton answered, “I just wanted to say hello to a few people who were nice enough to wait for me.” Clinton posed for a couple of pictures as the crowd cheered, “Thank you, Hillary.” Clinton said she would be back in Florida on Tuesday after the polls closed and said, “I’m going to campaign very hard to win Florida in November. That’s why I want the Florida delegates to be seated at the convention. I’m going to ask my delegates to vote to do that.” Later Clinton traveled to Miami for a fundraiser at a bowling alley, Lucky Strike Lanes on Miami Beach. She was again greeted by crowds, but this crowd had a few anti-Hillary folks. One held up a sign that read, “Hillary said she wouldn’t campaign in Florida. I want a president that can keep a promise.” An apparent Barack Obama supporter that doesn’t feel slighted by the DNC’s decision to not allow campaigning in their state. The Obama campaign has responded to Clinton’s foray into Florida by saying, “If the Clinton campaign’s southern strength rests on the outcome in a state where they’re the only ones competing, that should give Democrats deep pause.” Which translates into; Obama doesn’t think the voters of Florida count, since the DNC isn’t counting them. That should at least give the voters in Florida a deep pause. Obama is riding high now with South Carolina, and the Kennedy endorsements but, Clinton should win Florida, which will give her a needed boost into Super Tuesday.
Alan Cosgrove