Schale: Enthusiasm will swing FL to Obama

As long as the race is close come Election Day, Barack Obama should win Florida thanks to soaring supporter enthusiasm and a vast get-out-the-vote operation. So says Steve Schale, Florida director for the Obama campaign, who appears on Political Connections on Bay News 9 today at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m.

And what area of Florida will he be watching closest as the returns come in? "Places like Pasco and Pinellas — this bay area. So goes the bay area, so goes Florida," said Schale, who was also asked about Sarah Palin's effect on swing voters in places like the Tampa Bay area.

"The McCain campaign threw a Hail Mary, and in the short term it was a completed pass. The question is whether or not she can run with the ball. We'll have to see. She's got some tough questions she'll have to answer, she has to go through the debate, she's got to come on Political Connections and answer the tough questions," said Schale, sucking up to his interviewers.

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Unfortunately for me since I do not like the radical liberal agenda Obama will support in office Schale is right.

Talking with a cross section of people yesterday I sense that McCain is about to get "Doled". He just doesn't get it. It is not just about jobs, it is about AMERICAN JOBS!

Yup!

Are you ready for the next great president?

Keep up the great work Mr. Schale!

Obama is such an a.. hole! The family of Ryan Jopek told Obama to stop wearing the bracelet and stop using their son’s name. They support the war in Iraq and John McCain. Obama had to show off his bracelet because McCain had been wearing one in support of our soldiers. Obama is nothing but hot air!

[James Moore]

Palin is quite simply out of her league, and the prospect of such an unqualified person being placed a 72-year-old-heartbeat away from the presidency is positively frightening.

If you're an undecided voter, please watch this (if you've seen it already then you're no longer undecided):

http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/26/is-palin-qualified-to-be-president/

only people who like to touch penises wear bracelets. mccain is so gay.

i am sick of the people using the military for political points -- shame on you mccain -- come up with something new.

http://tinyurl.com/PalinInfo

Or -- Maybe he'll win because no one in Florida is organizing volunteers! I want to help get votes for the only one qualified to be my president -- but no one at the office knows what they are doing or how to GET votes!!! I'm so frustrated with this whole thing. We can take this; we just have to work harder

Obama/Biden--the ticket of cheaters!!!

The only way Obama can win is to cheat!

http://theamericansentinel.com/2008/09/28/obama-biden-web-site-contains-instructions-for-poll-rigging/

James Moore--nothing there to convince me not to vote for McCain and Palin. But there is enough out there about Obama and Biden to convince me that I'm right in voting for McCain.

I was a McCain supporter. Since he picked Palin to be VP, I can no longer support him. I am a Republican female voter and I do think it is time for a qualified woman to be at the top of the ticket, but Palin really scares me to death and she was the wrong choice. McCain caved to the radical religious right and now has lost pro-choice Republicans, he lost most independents, he lost the enviornmentally concerned and he could of had some of the Hillary female supporters if he had chosen the right Republican woman for the job. Whoever convinced him to pick Palin should be fired and never allowed to work on a political campaign again. The McCain campaign should realize that Palin is taking him down and ask her to step aside. It has to be done if he wants to win.

The post debate poll done by CNN is a farce!!

Buried way, way down at the bottom of the story — hopefully, one surmises, past the point where anyone would read — is the following:

The results may be favoring Obama simply because more Democrats than Republicans tuned in to the debate. Of the debate-watchers questioned in this poll, 41 percent of the respondents identified themselves as Democrats, 27 percent as Republicans and 30 percent as independents.

I’m far from being a polling expert, but this is obviously a slanted poll. A 14-point split between Republican and Democrat respondents?

11:18 Nothing there to convince you not to vote for McCain? You think that Palin is capable of leading this country? Especially at a time we may be on the brink of collapse? You have to be kidding. You have to just be a political operative or a Kool Aid drinking naive soldier. McCain is a different story, but pretending that Palin could do the job he could is just too much for most aware people to swallow.

[Beth Benson]

I was a Clinton supporter. Since McCain picked Palin to be VP, I have decided to support him. I am a female voter and I do think it is time for a qualified woman to be at the top of the ticket. Sarah is the ONE!!!

11:25 AM

Biden scares me to death as someone just a heart beat away from being President!! The guy is a blooming idiot!!!

amazing. people told him he HAD to pick Palin if he wants to win; now they say she HAS to step down.

yall are idiots

people who say 'blooming idiot' should not be allowed to speak

beth benson likes it up the asss

11:24 seems to me that is what is happenning out on the street with the average Joe and Jane. Not the people who are party supporteres, Dems or Repubs.

11:28 Moron, I did not have a say in who he picked. I would have picked any other female Republican that was qualified or a man that had qualifications then Palin.

11:28 If Biden is a "blooming idiot", that makes Palin anything below a blooming idiot.

I agree with the comment about Biden. He makes Sarah Palin look like a brilliant person!!

11:29 Get lost you nasty imature fool

11:35 Nice try, but NOTHING could make Palin look even the slighest bit smart.

[Unite and Win!]

You Dems need to have some counseling. I guess the fact that Palin has brought the Republicans together and they are just quietly sitting waiting until November 4th to come out in a political force like never seen to demolish the Messiah has you all up in arms. Your days are numbered!!!

WHY IS THE MEDIA IGNORING OBAMA'S GAY ENCOUNTER WITH LARRY SINCLAIR AND OBAMA'S WIFES "OPERATIONS"? WON'T BE TOO MUCH LONGER AND THAT COMES OUT--PROBABLY END OF OCTOBER. THAT PLUS OBAMA AFFAIR WITH AN ILLINOIS INTERN AND IT'S ALL OVER!!

11:26 Sure you keep beleiving that we believe that one. Ha Ha Ha Thats is so unbeleiveable you are so ignorant that you had the nerve to write it. You really are a man and a loyal Republican feild worker. Now you may want to be a woman, not that there's anything wrong with that, but you cant pretend to be one here.

Obama/Biden??? What a pair of nothings! I watched Biden yesterday. How in the devil could anyone have ever picked that nut case. I sure don't want him as next in line!!!

11:37 Ha Ha. Stop, my sides are killing me from laughing,. Stop, your killing me Ha Ha Ha

Sarah! Sarah! Sarah! Sarah! Sarah! Sarah!!!!!!

NO to the racist Muslim Obama and his troll VP, tricky Joe Biden!!!!!

Obama's wife has rough looking knees. Guess it's from going down so many times to get votes for her black stud!!!

11:37 What world are you living in? Palin has brought the Republicans together???? Many Republicans feel betrayed by the fact that McCain has failed them by picking whacko Palin. Most republicans not involved in the party politics, those everyday people out there that you don't seem to hear or know, are not together. They are not happy at all. It will be you on election day who will be in shock because you are not listenning to the average Republican just as the party leaders, and the President have not listened. Just look what is happenning to this great country. We have been sold out.

11:44 You sound like a 15 year old. Does your mommy know you are on the net?

[Viet Vet]

Does anyone think Obama has a limp wrist? I noticed that when he was trying to find out the name of the soldier on his bracelet. I guess not having a teleprompter caused him to forget. I wouldn't want my name on anything this guy touched.

11:39 Who the hell cares?

Palin is dreaming of taking the Presidency. In her speech the other day she said it was the "Palin-McCain ticket" Heaven help us.

[Unite and Win!]

11:48

Lay off the Obama Kool Aid and go to Church!! The Republicans ARE together, except for a couple of female writers who have called themselves conservative but are well known as frauds by the Republican Party. So, don't put much faith in what you read about Palin and our Party from these outcasts!!!

The answer to your question: Yes, Obama does have a limp wrist--from jerking off Larry Sinclair!!!

Who is Joe Biden???

Sarah Sarah Sarah. She will rule this country. She will stop ALL abortions, she will compel pregnancy. She will allow shooting ANY animal out there, even from a plane, if they are running free. She will TELL you how to raise your family. She will make sure that you are protected from ALL witchcraft. She will mandate that all Alaskans keep an eye out for Russians who wonder over. She will meet with those foreign nasty leaders and invade their borders if she thinks its necessary. She will even learn hoe to pronounce the word nuclear. Yeah to Sarah!

[Indy]

Palin weak???? That’s the laugh of the century. She is in another league compared to Bumbling Biden. If Obama doesn’t dump this guy soon he’s going to lose big time! Check out this link. I agree with what they are saying about Biden. Should have picked Hillary!!!

http://www.washtimes.com/news/2008/sep/28/biden-the-bumbler/

[Clinger]

12:00 PM

Sure sounds right to me. She's got my vote!!!

i wish we could just start shooting eachother. these little republican fascists are all talk and no game -- i could beat the crap out of each of you and you know it.

palin is as retarded as her son

ain't no stupid like florida stupid -- PLEASE fund education

mccain is a fa.g.got

we are still waiting for McCain to 'unsuspend' his campaign. Maybe he's is thinking about backing out?

11:52 I am not an Obama supporter. A couple of female writers? First you show your youth and ignorance and you distain for independent and strong females (not the ridiclous Palin types) secondly, there have been many books written and many alarms sounded by the Republican men. Many. One of those Republican men was McCain, the once was "Maverick". Remember how not too long ago the Republican party called McCain a "fraud"? Limbaugh,the extremeist religious right, the President, the R party in general called him the RINO. He was chosen the nominee because most Republicans like me loved him for not drinking the KooL Aid and for trying to save the R party, for trying to return to the real R philosophies like staying the heck out of peoples lives. But its interesting that now you would say that a "couple" of females who the R party consedered a fraud. You are a hypocrate just like many others out there. Take off your blinders fool, MANY REAL Republicans are very unhappy.

12:05 I dont like Palin, but what you said is way out of line and just cruel.

12:09 wins the thread