Contact: Ana Cruz, 813-503-1795
Email: acruz@leadersedgellc.com

FLORIDA FOR HILLARY ANNOUNCES ENDORSEMENT OF SENATOR BARACK OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT

FLORIDA HILLARY SUPPORTERS COMMITTED TO ELECTING DEMOCRAT TO WHITE HOUSE

FLORIDA STATEWIDE - Florida for Hillary, the statewide campaign that was largely responsible for her big win in the Florida Primary announces its endorsement of Senator Barack Obama for President.

“Throughout this historic campaign and her incredible life, Senator Clinton has fought for issues that the people of Florida care deeply about, including the expansion of children’s health care, the creation a national catastrophic insurance fund and the protection of Israel,” said Ana Cruz, Co-Founder and spokesperson for the group. “Senator Barack Obama will fight for these same important causes as President, and we look forward to working with him to make sure that Florida voters are heard.”

Florida for Hillary is an organization of Democratic elected officials, party leaders and activists from across the state who mobilized grassroots support to ensure a victory for Senator Clinton in the Florida Democratic Primary on January 29, 2008.

The group now turns its energy and attention to electing Senator Barack Obama the next President. Florida for Hillary will work hard to ensure that every single Floridian who cast their primary vote for Senator Clinton now votes for Senator Obama in November.

“The differences between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are small, but the differences between Democrats and Senator John McCain are enormous,” said Co-Founder of Florida for Hillary Alan Clendenin. “John McCain wants to continue the failed policies of the Bush administration. Barack Obama will deliver the change this country desperately needs.”

For Immediate Release

May 20, 2008

Tampa, FL - Tampa for Hillary Steering Committee has one request for Senator Obama; Respect the people of Florida by hearing our voice and respecting our vote. Thousands of Floridians will gather to hear Senator Obama, but does Senator Obama hear them?

Senator Clinton has made a commitment to the people of Florida to give us a say in the Democratic process and to honor our votes. She is committed to ensuring that the delegation from Florida is fully seated at the Democratic National Convention in Denver.

Isn’t it about time for Senator Obama to walk the walk not just talk the talk. Join us in asking Senator Obama; “Why won’t you honor our vote?”

Hillary will attend “Solutions for America” events in Boca Raton, Sunrise, and Coral Cables.

Additional details TBA.

Wednesday, May 21
Boca Raton, FL à Sunrise, FL à Coral Gables, FL

Doors Open: 11:00 a.m. EDT
Event Begins: 12:45 p.m. EDT
Hillary Clinton Attends “Solutions for America” Event
Century Village at Boca Raton, Lobby
19296 Lyons Rd.
Boca Raton, FL
OPEN PRESS
Additional Details TBA

Doors Open: 2:30 p.m. EDT
Event Begins: 4:00 p.m. EDT
Hillary Clinton Attends “Solutions for America” Event
Sunrise Lakes Phase 4 Clubhouse
10102 Sunrise Lakes Blvd.
Sunrise, FL 33322
OPEN PRESS
Additional Details TBA

Doors Open: 6:00 p.m. EDT
Event Begins: 8:00 p.m. EDT
Hillary Clinton Attends “Solutions for America” Event
University of Miami, Bank United Center
1234 Dauer Dr
Coral Gables, FL 33146
OPEN PRESS
Additional Details TBA

If that is you, show up this Saturday with as many of your friends and neighbors as you can bring along. The media will be there to record your thoughts and frustration. LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD.

Locations of Rallies:

St Petersburg  - Gladden Park, 3901 30th Ave N - 10AM - 2PM
Contact:  Blaine Whitford 727 822 7777  fdrrally@gmail.com

Orlando - Lake Eola Park Amphitheater, 595 N Primrose Dr - 11AM - 2PM
Contact: Margo Dixon 407 297-0273/ 321 663-4135 jamar18@gate.net

West Palm Beach - Centennial Square/Public Library, 100 Clematis St 10AM - 2PM
Contact: Tara Laxer  561-322-8608 Floridavoterscount@gmail.com

Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood - Seminole Auditorium, 6300 Stirling Rd, 11AM - 1PM
Special Guest-Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Contact: Linda Bird 954 491-8767 winbroward08@aol.com

Tallahassee - Klaman Plaza, 306 S Duval St, 10AM - 2PM
Contact:  Lynn Carpenter 727 443 7424  lymcrp@mac.com

Jacksonville - Victory Park, 3781 University Club Blvd, 10AM - 2PM
Contact: Diane Powell  904 725 6623  powell_diane@bellsouth.net

Miami – Torch of Friendship, 301 Biscayne Blvd., 12PM – 4PM
Contact: Cristina Albright 305-663-9226 cristinaalbright@hotmail.com

The vote in Pennsylvania a measure of the coalition she will put together to compete and win in November.  Barack Obama can not close the deal  Hillary Clinton has and will.

But after the Obama campaign’s “go-for-broke” Pennsylvania strategy, after their avalanche of negative ads, negative mailers and negative attacks against Sen. Clinton, after their record-breaking spending in the state, a fundamental question must be asked: Why shouldn’t Sen. Obama win?

Sen. Obama’s supporters - and many pundits - have argued that the delegate “math” makes him the prohibitive frontrunner. They have argued that Sen. Clinton’s chances are slim to none. So if he’s already the frontrunner, if he’s had six weeks of unlimited resources to get his message out, shouldn’t he be the one expected to win tonight? If not, why not?

As the phrase goes, watch what they do not what they say.

There’s a reason Sen. Obama and his campaign have ratcheted up their year-long assault on Sen. Clinton’s character and ended the Pennsylvania campaign with a flurry of harsh negative attacks. It’s because they know that a loss in Pennsylvania will raise troubling questions about his candidacy and his ability to take on John McCain in the general election.

And it’s because they know that the race is neck and neck and tonight’s contest is a measure of where the campaign stands.

The reality is this: both candidates need a combination of pledged and super delegates to secure the nomination - and either candidate can reach the required number. The press and the pundits have repeatedly counted Sen. Clinton out and she has repeatedly proved them wrong. The vote in the bellwether state of Pennsylvania is another head to head measure of the two candidates and of the coalition they will put together to compete and win in November.

No amount of spin from the Obama campaign will change that - nor will it explain away anything less than a victory by Sen. Obama.

SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, RALLY PETITION DRIVE
10:00AM-2:00PM
GLADDEN PARK BALLFIELD - SAINT PETERSBURG
3901 30th AVENUE NORTH

ORLANDO, FLORIDA, RALLY PETITION DRIVE
10:00AM-2:00PM
LAKE EOLA PARK AMPHITHEATRE - DOWNTOWN ORLANDO
195 N Rosalind Avenue

Florida Demands Representation (FDR)

www.fldeservesrecognition.com

For immediate release
April 4, 2008

As Americans and voters in the great democracy we have become socially conditioned that when called upon to vote, we do. We regard this right and the resulting outcome as sacred - that it counts! How often we hear public service announcements re-enforcing the idea that every vote counts.

Instead, we are subject to autocratic rules and insolence by Democratic Party leaders that borders on the absurd. These leaders continue to espouse their rules are more important than the voices of millions of voters. It is beyond comprehension that, after spending more than $20 million in consort with 1.7 million voters who exercised their constitutional right to vote, the DNC continues to dig in its heels to the point of alienation and disenfranchisement of the very members it purports to represent.

Florida Demand Representation (FDR) is dedicated to one cause: protecting voters’ rights and civil liberties. We are adamant in our demand for representation. We seek no less than recognition of our votes as valid by the DNC and the Florida delegates seated at the Democratic National Convention based on the results of the January 29, 2008 primary.

We are incensed by the unwillingness of the DNC to understand the plight of Florida Democrats. We are dumbfounded that our party leaders have not moved quickly and resolutely to remedy this situation.

More disconcerting is their lack of strategic forethought. Their continued insistence that rules are more important than the voices of almost two million Democrats are autocratic and a disgusting display of arrogance.

We do understand the need for guidelines to ensure process and structure is brought to nominating a Presidential candidate. Many Floridians, like most voters in other States, are not intimately familiar with the rules, by-laws, credentials, and other aspects that constitute “appropriate” rules of engagement by States in this process.

FDR is the truest of a grassroots movement. We are not funded. We are not tied to any campaign. We do not endorse a specific candidate. Our organization is comprised solely of volunteers each of whom supports their own candidate. That support is a private and personal issue not relevant to the cause and mission of FDR.

As such, our volunteers are from all political persuasions. Whether Democrat, Independent, Republican, or member of a minor party, we share a common set of philosophies that bind us together:

1. When we vote in the United States our votes count

2. We need to protect our Democracy for ourselves and for future generations

3. Honor the generations that came before us that gave their lives to maintain our freedom and our constitutional right to vote

4. Nominating a Presidential candidate without representing the ENTIRE United States is NOT democratic

5. Identify the flaws in our primary system and force elected leaders to address necessary change

Apathy destroys democracy. Autocratic decisions made by the DNC
Leadership are destroying the faith in the electoral process among
millions of voters, not only in Florida but in Michigan, Oklahoma,
California, Tennessee…in fact, across our great nation. Collectively,
we need to put an end to this. We, the people, have an opportunity,
not often afforded us, to effect change.

History shows this possible. We have done it before. We WILL do it
again.

Remember, over 230-years ago, 13 colonies, each with a different charter, goals, and citizens, banded together to fight for the principle of representation. While the odds were against them, their belief in their cause propelled them to victory. Today, their victory is ours to protect!

Our volunteers are motivated to protect our civil liberties. Many of our volunteers are anguished by the demise of the party with whom they have so long been associated: the party of the people. What has happened to the party of the people, for the people, by the people?

The DNC cares neither to understand nor empathize with the sentiment of Florida Democrats and voters in general. They do not take us seriously. WE DO!

We hear the frustration of voters. The woman in Miami, from the Dominican Republic, now a United States citizen, so excited to vote in her first Presidential election, but who is now considering sitting out the November election - unless her vote in the primary counts. We hear it from the 81-year old man in Jacksonville who has cast a Democratic Party vote his entire life but who will not vote in November - unless his primary vote counts. We hear it from the homemaker in Orlando who will vote for McCain in November out of frustration, hoping her vote will count - and in a big way to the DNC. We hear it from the Independent voter in Oldsmar who says, “How can you run a country when you can’t even run your own party?”

These are the voices of Florida voters. This is serious. Our Democratic Party leadership has jeopardized its own Party. Even worse, they may have jeopardized the future of the United States. Why? Because their rules are THAT important. Shame, shame, shame!

We cannot afford to let this continue.

FDR calls upon all voters, nationwide, to stand with use. Help us change our democracy. Go to our website (www.fldeservesrecognition.com) and download our petition. Send the URL to your friends and ask them to do the same.

Attend one of our five statewide rallies on May 31, 2008. Better yet, organize a rally in your state on the same day in support of our effort and help us send a message to Democratic Party leaders.

We need your support and we need it quickly - our democracy is at stake.

In closing, a true leader stands up for the rights of others. For equality. For representation. For inclusion, not exclusion. Who is your leader?