Have at the Florida vote.

Republicans: McCain finishes ahead of Romney. Then Giuliani and Huckabee was a distant fourth, with about 13 percent. McCain supporters in Arkansas hope the fear of throwaway votes will drive enough votes into his camp in Arkansas to hold Huckabee under 50 percent in our primary. What do you tihnk?

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But the national pundits also think Huckabee staying in is good for McCain nationally, because he’s presumed to take votes from Romney. Thus, in an ultimate McCain nomination, might Huck be vice presidential nominee?

Democrats: Hillary, 50; Barack, 33; John, 15.

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Yes, yes. It’s meaningless on the Democratic side. Certainly as far as delegates are concerned. And those ballots cast today by 2 million or so Democrats? Meaningless, too, according to the same  TV talking heads who said in August that a few thousand purchased straw poll votes at an Iowa Republican Party fund-raiser were HUGELY significant. Seriously, you can’t discount that vote. It has meaning, if not delegates.

CLOSER TO HOME: On the enthusiasm front, a Democrat in Benton County, yellow-dog Republican land, reports the following vote totals on the first day of early voting in the presidential primary:

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Downtown Rogers: Dems, 167; Repubs, 133,

Benton County Courthouse: Dems, 232; Repubs, 229.

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