Hillary eyeing Florida?
Posted: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 4:46 PM by Mark Murray
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States, Andrea Mitchell
From NBC's Andrea Mitchell
Despite Clinton's comment yesterday that she would abide by party rules and NOT campaign in Florida, aides still say the campaign is considering "all options" regarding Florida -- based on their claim that Obama's national cable TV advertising buy constitutes "campaigning" in Florida markets.
Whether or not that is just a "pretext," as critics say, Clinton is seriously considering expanding a private fundraiser into a public event.
Florida is generally considered to be better turf for Clinton than Obama, and some people believe Clinton campaign is looking for an excuse to campaign there (even though the Obama campaign says it consulted the South Carolina Democratic Party before running the cable ad).
The leading Democratic candidates had pledged to bypass Florida -- except for private fundraising -- because the state jumped the party's official primary calendar rules.