$40 million for Florida — The Obama folks have a new video out today with David Plouffe asking for money not just to defend against "McCain's latest lies" but to fund their ground game. In the video Plouffe “opens up the hood a little bit” and tells supporters that they’re budgeting a whopping $39,300,000 for the state of Florida alone – just one of the 17 swing states they’re focusing on. Plouffe justifies the expenditure like this: Bush won in Florida by 380,000 votes in 2004. If you look at the number of registered African Americans who did not turnout in 2004, it’s over a... [Tags: asking for money, bush, david plouffe, grassroots campaign, ground game]