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...DiBenigno, 42, is right about the solidifying of the Cuban vote, then trends in the middle of the state, especially along the all-important I-4 Corridor, and the north, where regions like the northwest Panhandle are very reliable GOP terrain, would indeed bode well for McCain in Florida. "Our chances look very good right now," says DiBenigno, who has come under criticism among Republicans the past couple months for McCain's slip in the Florida polls, but whose counsel and on-the-ground knowledge, say backers, has too often been ignored by the McCain campaign's national bosses...
...Their main concern, he says, was "the economy and their insecurity about their jobs and futures in this country. And they're taking it out on the Republicans more than [on] McCain," Amandi says, noting that Latinos are also casting a voto de castigo - a punishment vote - on the GOP "due to their resentment over the party's anti-immigration rhetoric" (which Amandi notes is ironic, given McCain's support for immigration reform...
...Democrats, around 27,000 for Republicans and more than 29,000 from other parties that include independents. Siegel said Democrats currently outnumber Republicans in absentee ballots 43,000 to 36,000. Historically, it's not unusual for Republicans to outnumber Democrats 3 to 1 in that category. But county GOP chairman Sid Dinerstein says he isn't worried. "We'll catch up by 7 o'clock," he predicts. - Hector Florin / Boynton Beach...
...Regardless of their reasons, Republicans are also pouring into the polls in Missouri. GOP leaders reported heavy turnouts and said their carefully targeted late efforts were inspiring likely McCain voters. While Obama blanketed Missouri, they said, McCain employed a laser...
...outspent, but basically Obama just flew over the state of Missouri and dropped flyers on the ground," said Tina Hervey, spokeswoman for the state Republican party. Even the staff at GOP headquarters received get-out-the-vote calls from Obama. "But he's not going to get me," Hervey said. - By Karen Ball / Kansas City...