Election Night HQ

Ana Marie Cox, the alter ego of the Wonkette, blogs for Swampland on Time.com.  In her distinctive SwampCasts, she provides a unique, irreverent perspective on the campaign trail.   Cox, on the ground at the airport in balmy Tampa, Florida, offers three insights into the Sunshine State’s primary, just hours before the polls close… en route to covering someone’s Election Night HQ in Miami… in SwampCast: Primary Spoiler… 

1) Floridians are not paying much attention to the McCain vs. Mitt battle on Iraq.  Instead, the local press is paying attention to the endorsements (the most prominent being those of U.S. Senator Mel Martinez and Gov. Charlie Crist, who both backed McCain recently), “their policies”, and the back-and-forth between McCain vs. Mitt is not as big a story.

2) “I think the polls are wrong.  Whatever they say, they’re wrong.  Florida is notoriously hard to poll… so I think that no matter what the polls say right now, no matter who they say is ahead… they’re somehow wrong.”

3) “I don’t think Florida’s going to decide anything.  No matter who wins tonight, there’s gonna be a fight all the way till February 5, and maybe beyond.”

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