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Worried Florida Seniors Waver on McCain

Key voting bloc, once reliably red, could sink GOP in state

By Gabriel Winant, Newser User

Posted Oct 15, 2008 8:13 AM CDT

(Newser) – Florida's seniors aren’t looking like such a sure thing for John McCain, the Washington Post reports, casting a big shadow for the GOP over the Sunshine State. Blocks of retirees once solidly behind the GOP are now wavering, fraught with worry about disappearing pensions... Read full story »

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Worried Florida Seniors Waver on McCain

Key voting bloc, once reliably red, could sink GOP in state

Florida • John McCain • retirees • Election 2008 • the senior vote

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