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...seems perfectly reasonable that election officials in Palm Beach County, Fla. would have wanted a change in their voting equipment after the 2000 election. And touchscreen voting machines seemed like an obvious choice: Confusing butterfly ballots that had made the state a national laughing-stock were replaced by clear, well-labeled, brightly colored buttons; the machines were backed by the latest developments in counting technology (a field which has, somewhat counter-intuitively, apparently seen a fair bit of action in recent years); and most importantly of all, the nearest Chad would now be the one in North Africa...
...DEBBIE ATHAS COOPER CITY, FLA...
...appreciate how George W. Bush and John Kerry each look at the world, it helps to start with Sept. 11, 2001. Minutes after American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon that morning, President Bush, who had been reading to schoolchildren in Sarasota, Fla., phoned Vice President Dick Cheney from his cabin in Air Force One. "We're at war," he said. As the President's plane was taking off over Florida, Kerry strode down the steps of the Capitol in Washington, having received orders to evacuate. In an interview with the New York Times, Kerry recalled scanning the skies...
Miltenberger hails from Palm Beach County, Fla., ground zero in the 2000 recount battle. While his fellow Floridians were ceaselessly mocked four years ago for being befuddled by butterfly ballots and leaving their chads dimpled, Miltenberger sports vast political knowledge. With carefully coiffed hair and a turned-up collar, he confidently looks homeowners in the eye to ask: “Can the president count on your support next Tuesday...
...Tampa, Fla., businesswoman Kim Goddard says the personal attention she gets at Loews Hotels--suites stocked with her favorite flowers, food and beverages and first-class treatment for friends, family and clients--is the essence of luxury. "The way they bend over backward to spoil me makes me feel like I'm the only one in the hotel," she says...