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...doesn't give anyone license to insult someone else's ethnicity, religion or gender. I am not a fan of Imus', but I believe he is a decent, compassionate and complex man who was badly in need of a refresher course in tasteful humor. Isa K. Mushahwar, ST PETERSBURG, FLORIDA...
...does the Sunshine State feel compelled to cut in line like this? Florida has traditionally held its primaries in March - so late in the year as to render the voting remarkably inconsequential given the large load of delegates the state sends to both the Democratic and Republican national conventions. But if 2000 embarrassed Florida, it almost emboldened it: it showed the state - which may pass New York in the next census as the nation's third most populous state - what a potential bellwether and kingmaker it had become. As a result, Florida's leaders have been clamoring for a primary...
Ever since its 2000 recount debacle, Florida has been America's butt of election jokes. But its politicians are determined to have the last laugh next year: they want to move the state's Presidential primary balloting to January 29 - a full week before the February 5 "Super Tuesday" primaries that will include heavyweights like California and New York as well as more than a dozen other states...
...Florida's gambit is symptomatic of a larger Primary War Between the States that is making the 2008 Presidential nominating process look more like a rugby scrum. New Hampshire law requires that its primary he held at least seven days before any other, and Iowa traditionally holds its caucuses the week before New Hampshire. That's why many are watching New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner, who has the power to set the date and who is legendary for his zeal at guarding the influence of that state's first-in-the-nation primary. While Gardner has tentatively scheduled...
...sport would like to claim the same status. Over the past five years, an army of young talent from South Korea to South Florida has invaded the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA), stealing the limelight from overtanned veterans with a splash of color, short skirts and high-flying ponytails. They've ditched the ice skates for their fathers' drivers, blasting pink balls over greens at Tiger Woods-size distances...