Florida: when I left St. Petersburg to drive home today, the line was around the block!

[Sancho]

I haven't seen lines like that in my 20 years here. If that really continues, Romney is doomed before Tuesday. The early voters are by far and away Democrats. The ballot here takes 10 minutes to read! Eleven amendments, two pages front and back. What's funny is that the GOP has told their folks to take a long time to vote on Friday, to slow up the line. If they actually do that, it makes the early voting more effective. I don't know how many Democrats voted absentee, but the number is growing.

[renate]

1. Rachel just did a segment on Rick Scott and voting in Florida

No wonder Charlie Christ is persona non grata with the GOP--he's a decent guy who did the right thing to make it easier for EVERYBODY to vote, not just Republicans. I felt that he didn't get enough credit in that segment because when they talked about the GOP making it hard to vote, he kind of got bunched in there with them. Anyway, it really was inspiring to see all those people giving Rick Scott a big middle finger by voting despite his best efforts. I hope their sacrifice is rewarded on Tuesday, bless their hearts.

[young_at_heart]

6. I saw this on Rachel too----where is the outrage?

At my age, 73, I would have a hard time standing for five hours---I don't think I would be able to do it.

[AmBlue]

8. And Charlie Crist listened to voters...

...when we wanted to get rid of black box voting machines and vote on paper ballots instead. It never would have happened without him helping our efforts.

[LisaL]

11. Well he is a decent guy.

Unlike some people.

[jezebel]

2. Isn't St. Petersburg a Republican area, or am I wrong?

[Sancho]

4. The retired areas are very repub, but the low income neighborhoods are democratic.

I was surprised to see the long lines on Friday afternoon. Usually, the only lines are on Tuesday am.

[AmBlue]

9. St. Pete is about evenly split at election time.

Although I don't know what the R & D breakdown of registered voters is.

[Jack Sprat]

3. What does that say about the Fla Repubs?

How can Florida voters of any party tolerate a state governed by a man who wants to deny them the right to vote for their representatives in government?

I don't understand why the outrage isn't more intense. It's so obvious that nobody outside of the teabagger freaks could deny it. The people of Florida should declare total war on Fla state republicans.

[regnaD kciN]

7. It was the people of Florida who elected them...

[regnaD kciN]

5. I don't think that's a good sign...

...considering it's the result of Republican voter suppression efforts. How many of those voters -- who wouldn't have had to wait for hours in previous elections -- will wind up getting tired and going home without voting? If Scott and his cronies can depress Democratic early voting by even 3%, it might be enough to deliver the state to Romney.

[SLCLiberal]

10. I voted in St. Pete yesterday

And was in and out in about 40 minutes.

My wife went today after work and it took well over an hour.

[Chestrockwell]

12. I was just canvassing St Pete tonight.

I ended up going to around 70 houses. What I thought was true; the houses without the Romney signs were pretty much all for Obama. I had one older couple that said they didn't like either and were not going to vote and another woman I think I converted to Obama(with some help from her son). It was definitely encouraging. I had one woman with a Romney sign that was her husbands but the amount that voted already and people that were voting tomorrow(Saturday) was incredible. I'm starting to feel really good about Florida!!!

[pnwmom]

13. I think that's a bad sign. The probable cause is the Governor's cutting the voting hours in half,

rather than more voters. There's a serious risk that some people will drop out of the line, and others won't bother when they see the TV reports.

[LisaL]

14. There will be more locations on election day.

Hopefully people who were determined to vote but were unable to will turn up. Gov Scott appears to be working hard to keep the state republican, but it doesn't appear anything can be done at this point.

[Sancho]

15. well, some of my GOP neighbors are po'd at Scott, and it's affecting their votes...

they are not sold on Romney either. It may be close, but I think FL is in play and the long lines are mostly Democrats. I'm really optimistic this time.