In Florida, Biden picks up pace

From NBC/NJ's Mike Memoli OCALA, Fla. -- With one week until Election Day, Biden is picking up the pace. Not only is he fitting more public events onto his schedule each day, but his stump speech has been cut in half, now ranging just over 15 minutes long. That was the case again this morning at the Dancing Horses Farm, where Biden again breezed through his remarks on a day that was chilly by Florida standards. “It’s great to be here with you all, and in a county that’s produced a Triple Crown winner, Affirmed,” Biden said. “I think Florida is going to produce another winner here again, because how you go goes the nation in all probability.” Appearing in Marion County, Biden acknowledged that “an awful lot of folks in this area put their faith in George Bush .” In 2004, the president carried the county by double digits. “But just as many of those people who put their faith in the Bush policies know that those policies have not worked for Ocala. And we cannot afford four more years of ... (link)