WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (SOUTH FLORIDA SUN SENTINEL) — With Election Day less than two weeks away, Democrat David Jolly’s campaign for Florida governor got a major boost, both financially and intrinsically, Tuesday in the form of former President Bill Clinton.
Jolly and Clinton joined for an interfaith event at the Koinonia Worship Center in Pembroke Park on Tuesday night, marking Clinton’s first public campaign event of this election cycle. Clinton’s appearance set out to send the message that Florida still has a strong chance to elect a Democratic governor, a feat that hasn’t happened since 1991.
A 53-year-old former U.S. House of Representatives member and ex-GOP member, Jolly early in his remarks tapped into that message, after joking that he was only “the warm-up act” for Clinton: “I’ll tell you what’s gonna happen. What’s gonna happen on election night is this state’s about to elect a Democratic governor ” as the sound of about 400 people clapping and shouting overpowered his voice…