Early this morning the pro-Obama diary on top of the recommended list at Daily Kos was celebrating the disenfranchisement of Michigan and Florida at the Democratic National Convention. "Delegations from those states should get to attend the convention, but not vote."

"Sounds good to me," says the diarist, Hope08.

Florida is one of the most diverse states in the Union and no matter where you go in the state the mood of the electorate is universal, whether Democrat or Republican.  Anywhere in Florida is like everywhere else in Florida when it comes to taking the political pulse in the state.

The Iraq war must end, the name Clinton is not quite so toxic as the name Bush, and the state of the economy is fraying nerves.  Miami Herald

From suburban look-alike homes on the Growth Coast to the Victorian houses on Cracker Swamp Road; from the Republican strongholds along the St John's River to the cortadito sipping million voters in Dade; and all along the retiree-rich Gulf Coast -- after the Iraq War, it's the economy, stupid.  And then comes health care.  These are the three driving issues over which Floridians will cast their votes.

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