Castor dominating editorial endorsements

[King of New Orleans]

Take 'em for what their worth. I don't think editorial endorsements mean that much in high profile races though they can reinforce ones opinion.

Castors endorsements:

St. Petersburg Times
Tampa Tribune
Miami Herald
Palm Beach Post
Orlando Sentinel
Gainesville Sun
The Independent
Jewish Journal
Stuart News
La Gaceta
N-Touch News
Fort Pierce Tribune
Bradenton Herald

BTW--Does anyone know what N-Touch News is?

Penellas endorsements:

Naples Daily News
Leesburg Daily Commercial


Deutsch endorsements:

South Florida Sun-Sentinel


I guess there will be several more newspapers endorsing tomorrow--Sunday

[PROGRESSIVE1]

1. Who can SERIOUSLY win?

I support that person 100%.

I like Penelas. He's anti-war.

[Mika]

2. Penelas is a lying, backstabbing scum

Been there, done that.

NEVER again.

[King of New Orleans]

3. Penelas has a chance to redeem himself this Fall

By actually working hard to get Kerry-Edwards elected


He's no a bad mayor. He has some good ideas. I do think he was weak kneed in 2000 when it came to the election, but I think he has the capacity to an excellent statewide officer holder.

But he's not going to win the primary, in fact he may have trouble topping 20%

[PROGRESSIVE1]

4. and against Mel Martinez, can Castor win?

Can she get the Hispanic vote?

[King of New Orleans]

5. She can get the non-Cuban hispanic vote

Al Gore won Florida in 2000 with only 18% of the Cuban vote. I think even against Martinez she could do better than that. She also has a good geographic base in Tampa-St. Pete. and a strong network along I-5 which is regarded as the swing part of the state.

There's alot more to Florida than the Cuban vote.

[Cha]

6. Thank God!

ANd who knows..Betty may get some of that, too!

[FlaIndie]

7. according to Al Gore, anyway

Penelas is a a very pro-education guy and would even draw the Cuban vote (being one himself). But I doubt many in the party would ever nominate him (for Senate, Governor, etc.) because he didn't back Gore enough after the Elian fiasco. He reminds me a bit of John McCain, who has a strong local base and says what he means but doesn't toe the party line enough to beat blackballing Shrubya.

[TSIAS]

8. Castor's definitely the favorite

Martinez seems to be dominating the endorsements on the GOP side.

I haven't seen a ton of polling on this race. The last state poll I saw showed Castor up 39-21 on Deutch. Deutch says his internal polls show the race even, but I haven't seen that in any of the polls I've followed. Barring anything unforseen, I can't see how Penelas can win this primary. He very well might be more electable, but I can't see the Democratic electorate of Florida nominating him.

The GOP primary could be very interesting. While Martinez does have influential support, McCollum has better name recognition. I've long expected Martinez to eventually overtake McCollum. In fact, Martinez has a Republican Convention speaking post scheduled for Wednesday night, provided he win the primary.

SW Florida is heavily Republican. The Hurricane could have an effect on turnout. The candidates have suspended campaigning in that area. How many people get to the polls will have a big impact on who wins.