Analysis: Pugnacious Deutsch grabs at Castor's lead

[Freddie Stubbs]

Brian E. Crowley
Sunday, August 8, 2004



Peter Deutsch's five minutes were up five minutes ago. He is still talking.

No amount of prodding from Harold Ostrow, the moderator for this candidate event in suburban Delray Beach, which was Thursday, will quiet Deutsch, who is determined to win over these south Palm Beach County Democrats he so desperately needs to win the Aug. 31 U.S. Senate primary.

Nearby sits Miami-Dade County Mayor Alex Penelas, patiently waiting for his turn at the microphone. The front-runner, former Education Commissioner Betty Castor, is skipping the event.

It is a scene that says much about the final four weeks of the campaign to win the Democratic nomination in the winner-take-all primary.

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[floridaguy]

1. His negative campaigning turned me off

I'm going with Castor now.