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...Eyes on Florida's 25th District, 7:00 a.m. E.T. George W. Bush clobbered John Kerry 56% to 44% in Florida's 25th congressional district in 2004. The 25th probably has more alligators than voters, since it stretches west from the southern suburbs of Miami clear across the Everglades. But if Barack Obama can win there today - and his prospects look surprisingly strong - then Florida, the nation's largest swing state, will most likely be a swamp for John McCain...
...Monday, Obama, who holds a slight lead over McCain in Florida in most polls, hit Jacksonville, a key pocket of the state's more conservative north. At the same time, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, at the end of the politically fluid I-4 Corridor, McCain held a rally that didn't bode well for his comeback bid for Florida's 27 electoral votes. Bush drew 15,000 people at that site during the 2004 campaign; earlier this month, Obama drew 8,000. For McCain, just over 1,000 showed up. - By Tim Padgett / Miami
...Video: Florida's Hispanic Voters - An Independent Streak...
...Florida's Latinos Vote...
...last-ditch effort to persuade last-minute voters, Republicans in South Florida have resorted to robo-calls in which they describe former Cuban President Fidel Castro as supporting Barack Obama for President. "The calls began this past weekend," says Kendall Coffey, former U.S. Attorney in Miami and a staunch Democrat. The calls quoted Cuba's official newspaper, Granma, when referencing Castro's support, Coffey says. "The robo-calls started three or four days ago. I haven't heard them, but my friends in the Cuban-American community have. They are targeting Democrats and Republicans based on age, because older Cubans...