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Cheetos for Change

By Larry Thornberry on 7.18.08 @ 12:08AM

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Swinging for the fences, Obama Florida campaign director Steve Schale boasted, "We will have the largest and most comprehensive political operation this state has ever seen."

Well, it's politics. And maybe the cheese doodles were backing up on Schale. He may also have a carburetor that gets 200 miles per gallon.

Florida state senator Arthenia Joyner, whose district includes a big chunk of Tampa, surprised no one by saying that Obama supporters main goal was "to change America."

In a quieter venue Thursday morning, Joyner told me the Obama Florida campaign will be large and serious and will concede nothing to Florida's reputation as a red state.

"We're going to have a massive turnout," Joyner said. "There's a lot of interest in being part of this historic election from people across all lines -- white, black, old, young. They're all excited by our candidate. We have thousands of energized volunteers. They want to be on the change train with Obama. If you win here (Florida), you win."

We'll see. We're still months out from the election.

There will be more openings of Obama headquarters across the state. But if Team Obama hopes to beat the old fighter jock in Florida, it will have to do better than cheese doodles and volunteers enlisted from the motley I visited with at the Wednesday bash, energized or no.

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