Florida, Front and Center

We're 22,000 signatures from Florida deciding the presidential election -- again. That's how many signatures are needed to get a marriage protection amendment on the Florida ballot in November. As in many states in 2004 & 2006 this is expected to draw out the fundie vote, enough to tip the balance to more American Theocracy. Florida, Pennsylvania, and Ohio are the three largest states that have the potential of swinging Red or Blue (other states are larger but are solidly in one column or the other). A prez. victor needs 2 of the 3. GOP shenanigans (including a marriage amendment) made Ohio Red in 2004. Will gay-baiting work again? Jeb Bush hopes so. A comment at the end of the post suggests a Red Florida, but for a different reason: Florida changed its primary as Michigan did and lost its seats at the Dem convention. That means lots of GOP ads are being shown on TV with no balancing Dem presence. Thanks, Howard Dean.

An election cartoon for today.