Maybe he should have vacationed there. Geraghty notes Obama’s numbers in the Sunshine State. Florida Republican consultant Justin Sayfie comments to NRO:
Remember how many seniors are in Florida. I haven’t seen the crosstabs, but my guess that the disapproval is higher and approval is lower among seniors, because of the health-care debate and its impact on Medicare, etc. (I saw Karl Rove last night on Greta’s show, and he was hammering on the negative impacts on Medicare of Obamacare).
The biggest beneficiary of this in Florida is Republican Bill McCollum, the state’s attorney general, who is running against Democrat Alex Sink to replace Governor Crist as Florida governor. A Quinnipiac poll released August 19th showed McCollum now ahead of Sink, 38 percent to 34 percent, compared to a 38 percent to 34 percent Sink lead in their June 9 poll. It should be noted that there has been very little campaigning or other noteworthy news in that race in recent months. McCollum is now leading by 14 points among independents, 38 percent to 23 percent, widening a narrow 5-point advantage in June, 32 percent to 27 percent, according to Quinnipiac.
I think the Democrats’ brand has suffered a little bit in Florida because of the health-care debate, as seniors and independents worry about further government penetration into private markets. Right now, McCollum is benefiting and Sink is being harmed by Obama’s sagging numbers.





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