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Oct 28, 2008 10:58 pm US/Eastern
Biden, Obama & McCain Stump In S. Florida
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Florida Is A Critical Swing State
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Florida is a critical swing state in Campaign '08 and that has most of the key players in next Tuesday's election coming back to the Sunshine State.
Senator John McCain has already arrived in Miami from Pennsylvania. Barack Obama arrives here Wednesday, when both are set to campaign in South Florida.
Wednesday at Everglades Lumber, where the owner is a McCain supporter, a rally will take place at 6991 Southwest 8th Street. Doors open at 8:00 a.m. The candidate will face workers on the topic of the economy. Because of the construction standstill in South Florida, 50 workers have already been laid off from this company.
"The hardest thing to do is to look people in the eye, that's worked here for 10 years, and tell them that you gotta lay them off because you just don't have the work," said owner Carlos Aragon.
He does not like Obama's tax plan.
"When I heard 'spread the wealth,' that scared the bejesus out of me," he said.
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Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama will return to the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise on Wednesday. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. The event is free but the campaign is providing "preferred entry" passes to people who pick them up at Obama campaign tables at five early voting sites in Broward. The passes are available Tuesday from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Wednesday from 9:00 a.m. to noon.
Locations are: • African-American Research Library, 2650 Sistrunk Blvd., Fort Lauderdale
• Miramar City Hall, 2300 Civic Center Place, Miramar
• Tamarac Branch Library, 8701 W. Commercial Blvd., Tamarac
• Lauderhill Mall, 1501 NW 40 Ave
• Northwest Regional Library, 3151 University Drive, Coral Springs
On Tuesday Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden told supporters in Ocala on that their state could determine the winner of the presidential election and they should vote early.
"How you go, goes the nation," Biden told several hundred supporters gathered in a pasture in the heart of Florida's heavily republican horse country. "Folks, don't wait. In this state you don't need to be told that every single, solitary vote counts."
Biden was on a two-day tour through the heart of central Florida's Interstate 4 corridor. He started in New Port Richey and was expected to end late Tuesday in Melbourne.
After the Sunrise event Wednesday, Obama will head to Orlando where he'll be joined by former President Bill Clinton.
The new round of presidential stumping in Florida comes as a new poll shows the race in Florida essentially tied between Obama and McCain. The Sunshine States offers 27 of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency.
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