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Oct 20, 2008 8:40 am US/Eastern
Obama, Clinton Begin 3 Day Swing Through Florida
Florida Expected To Be A Key Battleground State
MIAMI (CBS4) ―
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Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain and Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama pose on stage after the Town Hall Presidential Debate at Belmont University's Curb Event Center on Oct. 7, 2008, in Nashville, Tenn.
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With just about two weeks to go until the November elections, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is beefing up his presence in the battleground state of Florida.
Obama, along with his wife Michelle, Senator Hillary Clinton and New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson have embarked on a 3-day swing through Florida.
Monday afternoon Senator Hillary Clinton spoke at an Early Vote for Change rally in Ft. Lauderdale while Obama rallied support in Tampa.
On Tuesday, Obama and his wife Michelle will hold a rally at Miami's Bicentennial Park. The event, which is free and open to the public, is scheduled to get underway around 5:45 p.m.
Over the weekend, Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman stumped for John McCain at an event targeted at Jewish voters at the Aventura-Turnberry Jewish Center. During his speech he called for a strong early turnout and hoped it favored McCain.
"Without Florida, John McCain is not going to be President," Lieberman said, "This state will decide the next President."
Lieberman, one of 13 Jewish members of the Senate, was Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore's running mate in the 2000 election.
In Florida, Democrats have 600-thousand more registered voters than Republicans.
Republicans say they aren't worried about the numbers because they are better at getting supporters to the polls. Democrats held a lead in registered voters during the last presidential election in 2004, when Florida voters chose Republican President George W. Bush. Since then, however, Democrats have added more than two and a half times the number of new voters to the rolls than Republicans.
Overall Florida has nearly one million new voters this year.
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