As loathsome as he is, Crist can win the election. A similar scenario happened with Lieberman in Connecticut.
Sunshine Charlie is a one-term governor, one-term FL AG, with a previous loss in the 1998 U.S. Senate race. Beyond that, he doesn't own property in the state he governs. How does that compare to Lieberman?
I dont see the Lieberman scenario as similar. In CT, the GOP had essentially abandoned its candidate, who was a total embarrassment. Lieberman won as an “independent democrat” with the support not of the RATS, but of GOP voters.
The GOP is behind Rubio. I doubt the RATS will abandon Meek. I read a poll the other day that had about 30% of black respondents supporting Crist. I am willing to bet that half of them dont even know that Meek is black. Once they realize that, they will get behind him.
Meek has something going for him that Charlie doesn’t; he doesnt come across as someone who changes his position to suit the moment.