The American Spectator

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and Tampa lawyer Bill McBride . McBride appears to have wrapped up the Democratic nomination for governor. /p>

With polls showing in the past week that McBride has a better shot at beating Gov. Jeb Bush than anyone could have imagined six months ago (at least two in-state polls showed McBride within six points of Bush Wednesday morning), McAuliffe was moving to persuade Reno not to challenge the outcome of the vote.

"Despite all of the problems people had at the voting sites, we're hoping that Reno won't make things difficult for the party," says a DNC staffer. "McAuliffe is doing what he can to make sure McBride has a clear shot at Bush and can hit the ground running."

McAuliffe's interest in seeing McBride succeed isn't just about politics. He's got a personal interest too. On Wednesday in meetings with state party representatives, McAuliffe was bragging that his father-in-law was McBride's finance chairman. Wonder what he could turn $100,000 into!

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