Obama + Hillary + Florida = BFCE

By GottaLaff

I wanna go!

Barack Obama is scheduled to appear with U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., at 6 p.m. Monday at Orlando's Amway Arena. It will be an outdoor event, with the crowd gathered on the plaza on the arena's north and west side. [...]

How big a push is Obama making in Florida? Not only will he be in Orlando on Monday with Clinton to kick off early voting in the state, now the campaign has added an event in Miami on Tuesday to rally the troops. He'll make that trip with his wife, Michelle. [...]

Obama sees Florida as a knockout state. If he can win here -- where voters traditionally favor Republican presidential candidates -- it's all but guaranteed he wins the election. His campaign has more than 300 staff members on the ground and recently brought in two of his most senior operatives.

BFCE. E. E.

Campaign sends aide to court Jewish voters:

The Obama campaign is sending Dennis Ross -- who was Bill Clinton's point man in the Middle East and also worked for George H.W. Bush -- to synagogues in Orlando, Tampa and South Florida to talk about Obama's "long-standing support for Israel, Middle East policy and other issues of interest to the Jewish community in this election."

Gramm-pa McCain will be attending an early bird dinner at a nearby deli. He borrowed a yarmulke from a Jewish family he met at a stopover in New York, but is having trouble keeping it from sliding off his comb-over.

Cindy learned the word "shalom" just for the occasion, although she insists on using it as a verb instead of a greeting: "John, did you remember to shalom your face today?" Despite her intense distaste for gefilte fish and dill pickles, she agreed to accompany her husband, provided she can order a turkey club on white bread, extra mayo, and a side of bacon.

Gramm-pa hopes to gather a crowd of 15.