After the driest month of October in Tampa on record, the rains have descended upon parts of the Tampa Bay area with force on Election Day, threatening to depress Democratic turnout even further.
But Republicans have always been a much heartier bunch when it comes to expressing their franchise, and dozens of them stood in the rain early this afternoon waiting for Rick Scott to make a quick campaign appearance in front of the Bel Mar Presbyterian Church in South Tampa this afternoon.
But what can only be interpreted as a good omen for the GOP candidate, those hard rains took a short break right when Scott stepped out of his car and on to Manhattan Avenue to greet well wishers.
Scott is campaigning to the max. He arrived from Jacksonville, after voting this morning in his hometown of Naples. said he's had 46 events in the last six days, all across the state.
CL asked Scott if he thought campaigning with Time cover boy Marco Rubio over the weekend(actually he shares the cover with Christine O'Donnell, Meg Whitman and Rand Paul), would help boost his chances. Scott replied that basically everybody running as a Republican this year is "great," adding that "all across the state all our Congressional candidates are awesome."
This article appears in Oct 28 – Nov 3, 2010.