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Sat 11 Nov 2008Will Florida hold the key?
Eight years after the 'hanging chad' election wrangle put Florida - and the US - in the Republican camp, Barack Obama's efforts to get the support of the Sunshine State's hugely diverse electorate on Tuesday could prove decisive
AS BARACK OBAMA looked out over 35,000 people who came out to see him late on a chilly night in Kissimmee, outside Orlando, this week, it seemed he could scarcely believe his eyes. "Look at the size of this crowd," he said. "And at a midnight rally!"
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