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Charlie Crist personally called a top adviser to Bill Clinton and asked if the former president would discuss with Kendrick Meek the possibility of dropping out of the Florida Senate race, according to a source close to Clinton. The revelation adds a bit more detail to a story breaking tonight that's roiling the Florida race. Politico's Ben Smith reported this evening that Clinton tried to persuade Meek to drop out of the race and almost succeeded. Meek has adamantly denied that he ever considered dropping out. According to a source close to Clinton, the former president's conversations with Meek were...

Miami Gardens, FL -- Kendrick Meek campaign manager Abe Dyk released the following statement regarding the Politico article. "The article is not true. Kendrick Meek was never dropping out of this race, is never dropping out of this race, and will never drop out of this race. Kendrick Meek will always stand up for the middle class and will not leave Floridians a choice between two lifelong conservative Republicans who only stand with the special interests. Kendrick is the Democratic nominee so if anyone should drop out, it's Charlie Crist."

The rumors have been swirling for months and have been denied multiple times but now it has been confirmed there was a plan by Democrats to persuade US Representative Kendrick Meek (D-Florida) to drop out of his Senate race and throw his support behind former Republican Charlie Crist. In the center of this desperate attempt to stave off the election of Republican Marco Rubio is former President Bill Clinton, the same bagman who offered an Obama administration job to Representative Joe Sestak (D-Pennsylvania) if he would drop out of his primary race against Senator Arlen Specter (D-Pennsylvania).

Former President Bill Clinton tried last week to get Democratic Rep. Kendrick Meek to quit the U.S. Senate race in Florida and endorse Gov. Charlie Crist's independent bid -- an effort that nearly succeeded, Politico reported Thursday. During Clinton's trip to Florida, Meek agreed twice to drop out of the race to help Democrats defeat the Republican nominee, Tea Party loyalist Marco Rubio, before changing his mind, Politico reported.

No sign Meek or Crist will drop out -- but chatter buildsBY ADAM C. SMITH St. Petersburg Times TCPalm Posted October 13, 2010 at 8:54 a.m. Three weeks from election day, the math is clear: So long as nonpartisan candidate Charlie Crist and Democrat Kendrick Meek divvy up Democratic votes, Republican Marco Rubio is poised to comfortably win a U.S. Senate seat. There is zero evidence either Meek or Crist is remotely considering dropping out, but that's not stopping growing speculation fueled by Gov. Crist's allies. It's a sign of deep trouble for Meek that less than a week before...

TALLAHASSEE — Logic would have dictated that Gov. Charlie Crist leaving the Republican Party to run as an independent would have split GOP voters. Instead, Crist is causing havoc among Democrats who are bickering about what needs to be done to stop conservative Republican Marco Rubio from getting to Washington. Some Democrats are saying Crist should drop out because his political reincarnation is hurting the candidate they nominated, Rep. Kendrick Meek. Meanwhile, anybody-but-Rubio Democrats say Meek should give up because Crist has a better chance of winning. It’s unlikely either candidate will concede, leaving each with the near impossible task...

TAMPA - The high-profile Florida Senate race started out as the first major skirmish between a tea party candidate and the Republican establishment, but with a month until Election Day it has evolved into a battle that is tearing apart Democrats. At issue in this famously chaotic political state is whether Gov. Charlie Crist, who fled the GOP and is running as an independent, or Rep. Kendrick Meek, who prevailed in a bruising Democratic primary, is the more viable candidate against tea party favorite Marco Rubio. At the moment, the answer, it increasingly seems, might be neither. Rubio is surging...

President Barack Obama's tepid "support" of Florida Democratic Senate nominee Kendrick Meek has raised a few eyebrows — but only a very few. With Governor Charlie Crist (former R-turned-I-for-political-expediency-but-will-caucus-with-Dems-if-he-wins) capturing the silent Democratic backing (at least they've been hoping to keep it silent), Meek's chances seem slim at best.

Marco Rubio and Kendrick Meek on Tuesday easily won the GOP and Democratic nominations for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat. They’ll face off in a 3-way race with Republican-turned-independent Gov. Charlie Crist. Rubio holds a slim lead over Crist in the latest Real Clear Politics poll average, 35.4%-34%. Meek is a distant third at 17%. To be blunt, Meek appears to have no chance of winning. Any traction he gets will likely come at the expense of Crist, ensuring a Rubio victory. So, will Democrats abandon Meek for Crist’s sake?

Kendrick Meek has won a decisive victory over billionaire Jeff Greene to claim the Democrat nomination for U.S. Senate in Florida. With nearly 80% of precincts reporting at the time of this post, Meek had 56% of the vote to only 32% for Greene. He will now face GOP Nominee Marco Rubio, and former Republican turned-Independent Charlie Crist in the November Midterm Election. Meek has already sent out a victory email to supporters: CNN: “We did it! I am about to step on the stage at our rally here in Miami, but I wanted to send you a quick note...

http://www.yahoo.com/?s=https Breaking news:Kendrick Meek wins Florida Democratic Senate primary, to face Charlie Crist (I) and Marco Rubio (R) in Novemb

Tuesday, July 20, 2010 Crist Looking Good Thanks mostly to support from Democrats Charlie Crist is the leader in the Florida Senate race. In the most likely match up against Kendrick Meek he gets 35% to 29% for Marco Rubio and 17% for Meek. His lead expands with Jeff Greene as the Democratic nominee. In that scenario Crist gets 38% with Rubio still at 29% and Greene at only 13%. Crist has become the de facto Democratic nominee and that's where most of his support is coming from. He's currently getting 44% of Democrats in the Meek match up, along...

There have only been six African-Americans in the United States Senate in history, and two – Hiram Revels and Blanche Bruce – served Mississippi during Reconstruction as appointed Senators. In modern times, four African Americans – Edward Brooke (1967-79) of Massachusetts, Carol Mosley Braun of Illinois (1993-99), Barack Obama (2005-08) of Illinois, and Roland Burris (2009-10) of Illinois – have served, and each has been the lone African-American Senator serving at that point. Braun, Obama and Burris all held the same seat, with Braun winning it during the “Year of the Woman” in 1992, Obama winning it in 2004 before...

Florida’s Senate race remains all about Republican-turned-independent Charlie Crist and likely GOP nominee Marco Rubio. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in Florida finds the two candidates neck-and-neck again this month, with Rubio earning 36% support and Crist, the state’s current Republican governor, capturing 34% of the vote. Prospective Democratic candidate Kendrick Meek remains a distant third, picking up 15%. Fourteen percent (14%) of the state’s voters remain undecided. A month ago, Rubio, former speaker of the Florida House, and Crist were tied at 37% apiece. Meek, an African-American congressman from the North Miami area, again was...

Yo mama jokes have no place in a Senate debate. Jeff Greene learned a very important lesson Tuesday. Don't talk about Kendrick Meek's mama. Once he did that at a U.S. Senate debate between the two leading Democrat candidates, Meek unleashed a stare that would scare back some of the oil in the Gulf. Greene, a billionaire, accused Meek of scoring his mother a job with a developer to whom Meek helped steer federal funds. Meek said he was just trying to create jobs and angrily replied: "How dare you attack my mother?" Meek's mother is former U.S. Rep. and...

Fla. Gov. Charlie Crist’s gamble to run as an independent for the U.S Senate seems to be paying off. He narrowly leads Republican Marco Rubio 33%-32.7%, according to Real Clear Politics’ poll average. Rep. Kendrick Meek, the Democratic front-runner, lags far behind at 17.3%. Crist is hoping to follow in the footsteps of Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman. But for that strategy to succeed, he’ll need Barack Obama and the national party to disown Meek.

The race for the open U.S. Senate seat in Florida is the most riveting race in the nation, and the Democrats are engaged in their own civil war over it, although legacy media being what it is, one generally doesn't see it portrayed that way much. The Democrats are doing a Cain and Abel in the race, only this time with quadruplets. Even though only about eight non-Hispanic voters north of Miami Dade County have any idea who Maurice Ferre is, Ferre is a legitimate Democratic candidate for Senate and popular among Hispanic Democrats. ******Snip****** With reports that President Obama's...

A new Mason Dixon poll conducted in Florida (625 LVs, 5/3-10, MoE +/- 4%) shows Gov. Charlie Crist leading a three-way race for Senate, with Marco Rubio just behind and Rep. Kendrick Meek a distant third. General Election Matchup Crist (I) 38 Rubio (R) 32 Meek (D) 19

At least a handful of of Florida’s 5 million registered Democrats plan to vote for Independent Senate candidate Charlie Crist. The Daily Caller spoke to five who belong to a Facebook group called “Democrats for Charlie Crist for Senate 2010,” which has a total of 91 members, about their reasons for supporting the former Republican. All say they can’t abide Marco Rubio winning, and not one has a lick of faith in Democratic Senate candidate Kendrick Meek. Not all five Democrats are happy voting for Crist... “Crist is a lightweight conservative but personable and a people pleaser,”... “He will do...

Ha-ha, Florida Democrats chuckle. “Look at those silly Republicans! Now they’ve got Marco Rubio and Charlie Crist splitting the non-Democratic vote! Our guy, Kendrick Meek, has a much clearer path!”