CROWLEY: I'm Candy Crowley. And this is "State of the Union."There are more delegates at stake in Florida than any of the previous contests. So major momentum will come out of this winner- take-all state. Naturally Ron Paul, a road less traveled kind of guy, spent the week in Maine.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)PAUL: What am I doing in Maine? Why am I not in Florida? I came to get delegates, that's what we're doing here.(END VIDEO CLIP)CROWLEY: Truth is, Ron Paul doesn't need to be in Florida to have a presence.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Well, the debt is…
from: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/01/29/ron_paul_rick_scott_and_mitch_mcconnell_on_state_of_the_union_112960.html
JACKSONVILLE, FLA – Florida's first military governor and America's seventh president, Andrew Jackson, never lived in this city named to honor his military exploits that forced Spain to cede the territory to the United States.His influence on the city's political nature is evident, however.The old Jacksonian Democrats are today's independent voters — opposed to heavy-handed government, supportive of states' rights.Center-right nationally, they have no problem voting for a Democrat if the timing and issues are right.Jacksonville is consolidated into Duval County,…
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LEWISTON, Maine — Against all odds, against all expectations, perhaps even against all reason, the Republican presidential nomination fight is centered in Florida this week and then moves to a hopelessly complex process here in Maine next week. This is a far different contest than the Republicans conducted a few weeks, a few miles, and a political lifetime away across the border in New Hampshire.Strip the cant from the 2012 Republican nomination fight and you have a front-runner who lost two out of the first three tests and now is barely entitled to the title; a challenger in the race to be…
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