Some interesting news out of Florida this morning – seems a massive Dem voter registration drive is yielding results in the Sunshine State. In Broward County alone more than 30,000 new Democrats have registered since December. That’s compared to 7,000 new Republicans and 6,000 new Independents. Of course, Obama had that huge voter registration push in Pennsylvania before the primary and he still lost by 10 points so turnout is going to be key.
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