The presidential election is near, and the Florida Room folks have a lot on their minds. Nuclear proliferation, for starters, as well as the Iraq War. Also the memory of butterfly ballots and hanging chads, electronic voting machines, Al Jazeera and Fox News, political cartoons and cartoonish politicians, Will Ferrell on TV as George W. Bush and Dubya himself as the first White House resident who actually lost the popular election by more than a half million votes. Then there's Florida's dubious role as the nation's most important swing state, and the sensitive issues of ethics and the media, the frustrations of the disenfranchised, and everyone's right to vote. All... More >>>