Endorsements/picks for all the close races in South Florida and the constitutional amendments.

[SteppingRazor]

http://southflorida.metromix.com/politics/article/decisions-decisions/724004/content

Below, I've laid out the close races in Miami-Dade and Broward counties, along with my admittedly meaningless endorsements and picks of the likely winners, which are equally frivolous as all these races have one thing in common: They'll probably be decided by a very slim majority. But after keeping track of these races for months—and in the case of the presidential race, years—I've developed a fine eye for the numbers. So what the hell? My guess is as good as any and better than most. Good luck and happy voting.

President/vice president: Democrats Barack Obama and Joe Biden vs. Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin (Also Gloria La Riva and Eugene Puryear of the Party of Socialism and Liberation, Chuck Baldwin and Darrell Castle of the Constitution Party, Gene Amondson and Leroy Pletten of the Prohibition Party, Bob Barr and Wayne Root of the Libertarian Party, Thomas Robert Stevens and Alden Link of the Objectivist Party, James Harris and Alyson Kennedy of the Socialist Workers Party, Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente of the Green Party, Alan Keyes and Brian Rohrbough of the American Independence Party, Ralph Nader and Matt Gonzalez of the Ecology Party, Brian Moore and Stewart Alexander of the Socialist Party and, finally, Charles Jay and John Wayne Smith of the Boston Tea Party. Whew!)

Who should win: Obama. Because it's not too late to save our country and bring America back to the prosperous, proud, torture-free, civil rights-promoting country we're supposed to be. Remember that, ace? Remember America? So does Obama.

Who will win: Obama by a mile. I'm expecting 340 to 350 electoral votes for our first black president.

Representative in Congress

18th Congressional District: Democrat Annette Taddeo vs. Republican Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

Who should win: Taddeo. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen has been as useless as tits on a boar for several years now, and her pandering to gays and the youth vote represents a particularly galling move for a far-right congresswoman. Simply put, District 18 just isn't Republican territory anymore, and will be less and less so in the future. Taddeo can better represent her district.

Who will win: Taddeo in a squeaker. The polls have narrowed significantly since those early, double-digit leads that caused people to dismiss this race. Couple the 1,700-voter lead the GOP has here with the 60,000 independents in the district, the majority of whom support Taddeo, and the place is ripe for an upset.

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[Freddie Stubbs]

1. This guy is smoking crack if he thinks that Taddeo has a better chance of winning than Martinez

This website's political reporting is a joke, as evidenced by the article http://southflorida.metromix.com/politics/article/blue-crush/724006/content">Blue crush: Congressional candidate Chris Chiari hopes Obama's coattails are long enough to grant him a victory.

The article is about someone running for the State House, not Congress.