October 29, 2008

  • From FiveThrityEight

    I really, really can't wait for Election Day.

    McCain Miami Rally, Getting Ugly Down Here

    Look in later today for our On the Road piece from Wilmington, North
    Carolina. We're a bit ahead of our coverage, which occasionally happens
    out here with the long distances, input, output and timing demands.
    Tonight we'll be at the Obama-Clinton rally in Kissimmee, Florida, and
    we're breaking in from Miami, where John McCain just concluded his "Joe
    the Plumber" rally at Everglades Lumber.

    After the rally, we
    witnessed a near-street riot involving the exiting McCain crowd and two
    Cuban-American Obama supporters. Tony Garcia, 63, and Raul Sorando, 31,
    were suddenly surrounded by an angry mob. There is a moment in a crowd
    when something goes from mere yelling to a feeling of danger, and
    that's what we witnessed. As photographers and police raced to the
    scene, the crowd elevated from stable to fast-moving scrum, and the two
    men were surrounded on all sides as we raced to the circle (More...)