GOP Hopes For Florida

Swier

Florida remains up for grabs in the presidential election and remains a key battleground state.

 

 

Both parties are active in getting out the vote – their vote.

 

 

The Obama campaign has established an early voting website which directs Barack Obama supporters to the locations where they may vote now.

 

 

Efforts are underway by Republicans in conservative areas of the state to get out the early vote as well – in that case in support of John McCain. Unfortunately, a Florida Republican website reportedly gave incorrect information on early voting polling places. Some Democrats charged that this was done to deliberately misdirect Obama supporters. A state GOP spokeswoman says it was an “honest mistake” that was being corrected.

 

 

Regardless, news reports indicate there’s been record early voter turnout throughout the sunshine state.

 

 

The latest Reuters/Zogby poll finds Florida, with its coveted 27 electoral votes as a dead heat.

 

 

Conservative Florida web and radio political commentator Dr. Rich Swier, who will be my guest on News Talk Online on Paltalk.com Wednesday October 29, believes two factors may swing his state into the McCain column.

 

 

Swier says a statewide referendum on marriage, Amendment 2, is drawing out a lot of conservative votes. Rallies have been held in support of and in opposition to the Florida Marriage Protection Amendment, which opponents decry as an attack on domestic partner benefits. Polls indicate support for the amendment but perhaps not strong enough to garner the 60 percent vote it needs for passage. But even if the amendment fails, presumably a substantial number of those who turn out to vote for it will also cast ballots for McCain.

 

 

Another factor that could help McCain in Florida, Swier says, is that it boasts a large number of veterans as residents.

 

 

Swier is a 23-year Army veteran who retired as a lieutenant colonel in 1990. He was awarded the Legion of Merit for his years of service. Additionally, he was awarded the Bronze Star with “V” for heroism in ground combat, the Presidential Unit Citation, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry while serving with the 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam.

 

 

Swier was the founder/CEO of Sarasota Online, a high technology company that was sold to Comcast Cable in 1996. He is president of the Sarasota County Veterans Commission, and has been appointed as chairman of the Sarasota National Cemetery Advisory Committee by Congressman Vern Buchanan. Swier is also publisher of FromtheDuke, an internationally read website dedicated to families, traditional values, a strong national defense and personal responsibility.

 

 

To talk to Swier at 5 PM New York time Wednesday October 29 CLICK HERE. There is no charge.

 

 

Paltalk is the largest multimedia interactive program on the Internet with more than 4 million unique users.

 

 

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