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Florida ponders surprise challenge; Upbeat McBride races after Reno.

Publication: The Washington Times
Publication Date: 08-APR-02 		Format: Online - approximately 1101 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Florida ponders surprise challenge; Upbeat McBride races after Reno.(PAGE ONE)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Steve Miller, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

TAMPA, Fla. - Bill McBride is definitely one of those "glass is half-full" kind of guys.

The man many party insiders believe is the Florida Democrats' only hope to evict Jeb Bush from the governor's mansion recently found himself with a meager 18 percent polling figure in his bid for the party's nomination.

Somehow, he found sunshine in that showing. "I think that's pretty good," Mr. McBride said.

His simple response is indicative of a man who is not wholly suited to politics but who is becoming aware that straightforwardness has its virtues.

With his plain-spoken bonhomie, towering presence and soft Southern drawl, he should be anything but the man who considers himself just another ex-Marine centrist Democrat with a bundle of money.

But since November, the 56-year-old son of a television repairman has found his polling numbers increasing as he battles former Attorney General Janet Reno for the chance to face off against the incumbent governor.

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