Charlie Crist has slight edge in U.S. Senate race

[Scurrilous]

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"After leaving the Republican Party before the U.S. Senate primary, Gov. Charlie Crist's strategy of veering to the political left has given him the edge in the general election, a new poll shows.

Crist garners just under 40 percent of the vote in the Senate race, while former Republican House Speaker Marco Rubio trails by only 6 percentage points, a spread that's just within the error margin of the Quinnipiac University poll of Florida voters released Friday.

The Democratic Senate contenders, Jeff Greene and Kendrick Meek, are far behind, respectively earning 17 and 13 percent of the vote."

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"Crist, who has stripped references to his conservative positions from his campaign website, has remained the front-runner by receiving half the vote of independents, a fifth of the Republican vote and a whopping 40 percent of the Democratic vote, the poll shows."

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/07/30/1753595/poll-charlie-crist-has-slight.html#ixzz0vB5c2tmO

[SwampG8r]

1. yes god forbid we supprt a democrat

while a perfectly good "common sense conservative"(his own words)is still in the race

[WI_DEM]

2. Meek may not even get the dem nomination with Greene outspending him

The problem with Meek is for months he ran too much of a stealth campaign and made little news. Now he is just beginning to advertise, but he has an opponent who can spend him out of the water. Meek is the best of the democrats and I just hope he wins the primary.

[Scurrilous]

3. I hope Meek wins the primary also.

Not looking too good for him right now though...

[SwampG8r]

6. and it wont

until democrats in florida stop buying into the lesser of two evils theory


hey mullet-heads!!know what you get when you vote for the lesser of two evils?

evil

[Ozymanithrax]

4. Jolting Joe Lieberman and Charlie Crist...Which one will be the bigger conservative asshat?

Support a real Democrat in Florida, whoever he turns out to be.

[WI_DEM]

5. Depends on which dem wins. If Mr. Moneybags wins I'll bet a lot of

dems will go for Crist (who I think is to the left of Lieberman).

[SwampG8r]

7. crist is a bushie shill

he is in as deep with jeb as rubio

[Ozymanithrax]

9. Hope we don't have to find out...

I've a feeling we will regret electing Charlie Crist, if push comes to shove.

Hope I'm wrong.

[SwampG8r]

10. you might regret it but not i

i shall not be an accomplice in this GOP theft
i will vote for the democrat and charlie crist can kiss my shiny metal ass

[Ozymanithrax]

13. I did not communicate properly.

I do not support Crist.
I do not agree with the decision to support Crist (republican opportunist turned independent opportunist) here at Democratic Undergound.
I think that if Democrats in Florida panic and vote for Crist because they are afraid that Tea Party Rubio will win it will be a big mistake.
I think that Crist will be shown to make Lieberman look like Kucinich.

I may be wrong. I hope so. I doubt it.

My tagline, "Be the Party of NO GOP" includes former Repblicans like Crist.

[SwampG8r]

15. sorry i misunderstood

i am touchy on this subject

[Catherina]

8. But "we're" wiiiiinnnnnnnnning! Who cares about issues or principles?

The picture will soon be complete

[SwampG8r]

11. wild thing you make my heart sing

please save these pics for use when the next "we love crist" post rolls out of the factory?
i will bookmark it for myself and thanks for these powerful images they say in a glance what i have to argue for hours to prove

[Catherina]

16. I melt for that song.

Done :)

Thanks for your caring work.

[flyarm]

19. and these pictures..

http://www2.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/President+Obama+Holds+Town+Hall+Meeting+Fort+Ji6-hYt6bB_l.jpg






http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38483028/ns/politics

updated 7/30/2010 6:41:09 AM ET
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A new poll shows Florida Gov. Charlie Crist leading the U.S. Senate race.

A Quinnipiac University poll of registered voters released Friday shows Crist and Republican Marco Rubio ahead of both Democratic candidates. Crist is running as an independent after bolting the GOP in April.

If billionaire businessman Jeff Greene gets the Democratic nomination, the poll shows Crist with 37 percent, Rubio 32 percent and Greene 17 percent. If U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek is the Democratic nominee, Crist receives 39 percent, Rubio 33 percent and Meek 13 percent.

The poll shows a tight race for governor between Democrat Alex Sink and either Republican candidate, Bill McCollum or Rick Scott.

The poll's margin of error is plus or minus 3.2 percentage points.

[LostinVA]

12. Is there a Green candidate in FL we can support, too?

Just curious.

[Scurrilous]

36. Jeff Greene.

:P

[DCBob]

14. If Greene wins the Dem nomination, I think Crist wins easily.

but if Meek wins then it might be close between Crist and Rubio.. but I think Crist still wins it in the end.

[Bluenorthwest]

17. So who do you support?

[DCBob]

21. undecided..

[flyarm]

25. more important who does this administration support?

MSNBC said this morning that this White House seems to be quietly supporting Crist, If Meek loses the primary!

[DCBob]

26. If Meek loses its going to be interesting to see what the WH and DNC do..

I cannot imagine them endorsing Greene.

[flyarm]

27. I can't imagine anyone who knows anything about Greene..oh well..I lived in Calif

when he ran in the Valley as a repuke..

I will keep to myself what I really think..

What and who I vote for will be between me and my maker!

And I will have a clear conscience!

We need to get through the Primary first.

[Radical Activist]

29. There's nothing quiet about Obama's

support and fund raising efforts for Meek. The press keeps pushing the idea that Obama is secretly for Crist but never provides any evidence.

[flyarm]

31. don't tell me , I am only telling you what MSNBC said this morning.

I am a Meek supporter!
I will not vote for Greene..I lived where and when he ran as a republican, I know too much about him!

That is one nose holding , I will not do!

[The Backlash Cometh]

18. Which only goes to show you that when you're running for office,

it really does pay to promise everyone a pony.

[Stinky The Clown]

20. Kendrick Meek

You've heard of him, haven't you?

H's the DEMOCRAT in that race.

Charlie Crist is the LIFELONG REPUBICAN in the race who bolted cuz his party went from "Extreme Right" to "Off the Chart Right" and he couldn't keep up.

[DCBob]

22. but Jeff Greene is the likely Democrat nominee.

based on latest polling and a gut feeling that his bazillion dollars will likely be enough to buy the nomimation.

[flyarm]

23. Green Was A Republican in California! Look Him up..

so our choice may very well be.. a Dem who was a republican and fucked every dem he could or an Indy who was a republican...who stood up to the Jeb Machine ( about the only one who ever has) and pissed off the repukes...whooopeee..

[DCBob]

24. yes, I know and he also sounds like a major scumbag..

but he's likely to be the Democratic nominee. It will make for a very interesting quandry for Florida Democrats.

[Radical Activist]

28. "64 percent say they don't know enough about Greene or Meek."

This is why any poll taken right now is meaningless. That number will change before election day. Democrats who don't follow politics closely will go into the booth and vote for the person with a "D" next to their name.

[DCBob]

30. Democrats who dont follow politics closely probably wont vote in the midterms.

There is a serious lack of enthusiam among many Democrats. Maybe that will change by election day but at the moment there is huge number who probably wont vote.

[flyarm]

32. excuse me the Early vote by mail ballots are already in our hands..

they are going out in 2 batches...in my county...the first batch is in THE PEOPLE'S hands already!

I already have mine!

I am guessing you do not understand how we vote in Fla????????? The changes that have taken place and the numbers of seniors we have that vote absentee..as they go visit their children in the Summer and early fall months???????? And that no one trusts the voting machines of any kind anymore?


Florida's election day becomes election month as absentee voting surges
By Cristina Silva, Times Staff Writer
In Print: Sunday, July 11, 2010


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http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/elections/floridas-election-day-becomes-election-month-as-absentee-voting-surges/1108241


Legions of pajama-clad voters could decide Florida's ballot long before the August primary.

Elections officials began mailing out hundreds of thousands of vote-by-mail ballots this week, creating an unprecedented army of absentee voters in an unpredictable election year rattled by vulnerable incumbents, a desolate economy and the sudden emergence of two wealthy political upstarts.

With the ballots poised to arrive weeks before a slate of scheduled debates or other opportunities for voters to learn about the candidates, the emergence of the home as the polling place of choice for so many voters lends further uncertainty to a year already testing many of Florida's political traditions.

[flyarm]

33. hundreds of thousands in Fla have already gottten their ballot and most probably have already

voted ..in my county alone.

[Ross K]

34. Rubio would make a MUCH better foil

Have you listened to some of the things this Bachmann-with-a-penis has said???

[lostnfound]

35. Rubio's going to steal it; it's Kinky Friedman redux

When the Republicans are scared that the Dems have a chance of winning a governorship in a swing state, they get a third party run to mix things up and confuse the middle enough that we end up with a rightwinger in office.