John McCain Begins Florida Campaign Blitz In Miami

[Judi Lynn]

Source: (CBS4) MIAMI

Mar 20, 2007 7:43 pm US/Eastern

John McCain Begins Florida Campaign Blitz In Miami

(CBS4) MIAMI Supporters of Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Tuesday they expect to raise more than $200,000 for the Arizona senator's campaign at a fundraiser that kicks off a flurry of Florida events over the next two weeks.

"It is a way to get the network rolling," said Manny Kadre, a Miami attorney and top McCain finance official who was hosting the invitation only, $2,300-per-person event at his Coral Gables home. "It's a way to get the network behind him and also to introduce him to people who want to support him."
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No political visit to Miami would be complete without an event involving the powerful Cuban-American community, and the McCain campaign is no exception.

McCain plans to speak Wednesday to a group of Cuban-American veterans of the failed CIA-backed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961 and make an appearance on the popular Spanish-language station Radio Mambi, according to McCain aides.




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[TwilightGardener]

1. Can he possibly miss MORE important Senate votes?