March 19 (Bloomberg) — When President Barack Obama flew to Miami earlier this month, Air Force One steered clear of the St. Petersburg area, where Democrat Alex Sink was in the stretch run of a tight race for an open House seat.
The president, stuck below 50 percent in national approval-rating surveys, wasn't welcome in that part of the Sunshine State. The tale of two Floridas, where Obama returns tomorrow to raise money at the Miami-area home of former professional basketball star Alonzo Mourning, is instructive for Democratic candidates in tough midterm elections this year.
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