Traffic is going to be Game Day miserable Friday afternoon around 
SunLife Stadium, but not because of a game — although politics is definitely a sport and could be a game to some.
First Lady Michele Obama will be in Miami Gardens for a Charlie Crist rally at the Betty T. Ferguson Recreational Complex, 3000 NW 199th St., at 4 p.m. — just in time for rush hour and less than three weeks before a nationally-watched governor’s race that could go either way.
Doors for people with tickets — which were available at all Crist campaign offices — will open at 2:30, so basically that means to stay clear of the area from noon til sunset, if you can.
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The president himself is the only high-profile pol left who hasn’t stumped for Charlie in what looks like a super close race against Gov. Rick Scott. Vice President Joe Biden has been here, as has former Prez Bill Clinton and his wife, former 
Secretary of State and future presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
Yup. Only one missing is Obama himself. Maybe that’s too high a security risk?
Ladra can’t help but wonder how much it costs us in local police deployment at the county and at the municipal level, you know for all those blocked intersections and motorcade duty. Especially for what pretty much amounts to a GOTV pep rally 18 days before an election that has been cast as a contest of who is the least evil, Airhead or The Robot?
And do these dog and pony shows actually work? I mean, isn’t anybody who is going to brave the traffic, the multiple elbows angling for a selfie and a possible cavity search to sit in a crowd and get cheered on by Bill Clinton or Michelle Obama already going to vote for Charlie Crist?
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