Pick of Palin energizes area GOP efforts

From the St. Petersburg Times:

It's Friday afternoon, and the Hillsborough County Republican Party headquarters is buzzing.

While Ann Carder sits at a small desk phoning to drum up support for Republican presidential nominee John McCain, Rodney Akers assembles yard signs and Suzy Davis collects donations from people who stop by the Brandon office.

Barbara Graham walks in and requests two bumper stickers.

"Make sure they say Palin on them," she says.

Republicans from Pinellas County to Pensacola say McCain's choice of the gun-shooting-hockey-mom governor of Alaska as his running mate has ramped up Floridians' interest in the GOP ticket dramatically.

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