Stopping the Right Wing Radical Tea Party Darling Rubin......
All over the news today is the story of Clinton discussing with Meek, Meek's dropping out of the race.
In a perfect world, this campaign would have been Meek vs. Rubio, or more perfect, no Tea Party Rubio candidate at all, but straight Dem, Meek vs. straight Republican, Crist.
I postponed early voting waiting to see if Meek would come up in the polls. That unfortunately just was not happening, so I held my nose and voted for Charlie Crist. After Jeb Bush, Crist is not the worst evil here in Florida. However, Rubio is.
Should Meek drop out and throw his support to Charlie Crist? Would Crist then agree to caucus with Dems?
Says Meek campaign manager, "if anyone should drop out, it's Charlie Crist."
That of course would be great. And if the world was a fair place, it would happen. But in the real world, a silly answer as Crist's numbers are so much higher than Meek's.
Crist says that he has been in contact with people at the White House and confirms that Meek's dropping out has been discussed with them.
This is not the time for Meek with this 3 way race, where the Tea Party darling Rubio is polling consistently so high and Meek so low.
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In the Florida U.S. Senate race, Republican Marco Rubio leads Gov. Charlie Crist, who is running as an independent, 42 - 35 percent among likely voters, while Democratic U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek gets 15 percent, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.
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Today's results compare with Quinnipiac University's October 13 survey showing Rubio with 44 percent, followed by Crist with 30 percent and Meek with 22 percent.
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"Gov. Charlie Crist has cut into Rubio's margin, but the former state House speaker remains the clear favorite to become Florida's next U.S. senator," said Brown. "With his supporters less likely to change their minds than those of his two opponents, Marco Rubio is in the driver's seat with only five days to go until Election Day. Most of the closure came not from Rubio voters deserting him, but from Congressman Kendrick Meek's voters moving to Crist."
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In the Senate race, Rubio is carrying 77 percent of Republicans, 6 percent of Democrats and 38 percent of independent voters. Crist receives 19 percent of Republicans, 51 percent of Democrats and 43 percent of independents. Meek gets just 1 percent of Republicans, 36 percent of Democrats and 9 percent of unaffiliated voters.
http://www.quinnipiac.edu/...
Polls have steadily shown Marco Rubio, the Tea Party-backed GOP nominee, on course to win a three-way race, with Crist and Meek splitting Democratic and Democratic-friendly independent voters. Meek's departure, obviously, could have changed the dynamic and positioned Crist to edge out Rubio. Presumably, Crist would then caucus with Senate Democrats.
http://www.salon.com/...
Keith Olbermann Mediates Crist-Meek Fight Over Clinton Call to Drop Out
The bulk of the interview is pretty standard stumping for Crist, a Republican who turned Independent when it became clear he would lose his party’s primary to Rubio. As an independent, he stood a better chance to defeat Rubio in the general election by combining his support from Republican voters with Democrats interested in preventing a Rubio win.
http://www.mediaite.com/...
Will you hold your nose and vote for Crist?
Will you vote a straight Democratic ticket even if your Meek vote would guarantee a Rubio win?
With such low poll numbers, do you feel that Meek should drop out?