Campaigning in Florida, Democrats turn up heat

[Judi Lynn]

Posted on Thu, Sep. 23, 2004

Campaigning in Florida, Democrats turn up heat

The Edwards-Kerry campaign returned to South Florida Wednesday, courting black voters in Miami and elderly voters in West Palm Beach.

BY LESLEY CLARK AND ERIKA BOLSTAD
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He's not in Sheboygan anymore.

Criticized by some Democrats for touring rural cities as his running mate was being bloodied by the Republicans, Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards burst into the biggest county in the biggest battleground state Wednesday and came out swinging.

His stop at a Liberty City community center was billed as a healthcare forum -- but from the start Edwards went on the attack, part of the take-no-prisoners approach the campaign has embraced as it criticizes President Bush's leadership on healthcare, the economy and the war in Iraq.

Edwards told a soggy crowd of nearly 400 crammed into Miami's Caleb Center that the Bush administration had no plan for rebuilding Iraq, didn't have enough troops to keep the country safe and misled taxpayers about the cost of combat and reconstruction.

''The last two people in America who think they've made no mistakes in Iraq are George Bush and Dick Cheney,'' Edwards said.
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[katmondoo]

1. Saw Kerry/Edwards in Orlando, Florida

I found out about this at the last minute. I wish the Kerry site would have a better way of letting people know where they are going to be and what time. They had a great crowd and I wonder how much larger it would be if more people had known about it. I thought they were both awesome. I was happy I made the effort as I am an hour and a half from Orlando. Even the Democratic site in Florida didn't have the information about this event.

[rfranklin]

2. If Kerry is "being bloodied," Bush is on the ropes and ready to go down...

One more example of the media bias for Bush.