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Close Race in Florida - Tampa Bay Times (Rubio connection)
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/national/presidential-race-in-florida-is-a-coin-toss/1239479
Presidential race in Florida is a 'coin toss'
Brace yourselves for another nail-biter presidential election in Florida.
A new Tampa Bay Times/Miami Herald/Bay News 9 poll finds Barack Obama and Mitt Romney essentially tied in America's biggest battleground state, with 46 percent of likely Florida voters supporting the president, 45 percent backing the former Massachusetts governor, and 2 percent behind Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson. Only 7 percent are undecided.
"A coin toss," Mason-Dixon pollster Brad Coker said. "Typical Florida."
Adding Republican Sen. Marco Rubio to the Romney ticket would only marginally help Romney in must-win Florida. A Romney-Rubio ticket leads Obama-Joe Biden 46 percent to 45 percent in Florida.
Dig into the numbers, and what's most surprising is that Obama is at all competitive with Romney: more..
