Posted on 06/10/2009 1:09:39 PM PDT by pissant
TAMPA - Gov. Charlie Crist has a whopping lead over former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, according to a poll released this morning.
Crist leads Rubio, 54 percent to 23 percent, for the 2010 primary nomination for the seat now held by Republican Mel Martinez, according to the Quinnipiac University poll.
U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, from South Florida, leads the Democrats with 18 percent of voters, but 57 percent say they are still undecided.
"Marco Rubio says there are many Florida Republicans who don't want Charlie Crist in the U.S. Senate," Quinnipiac pollster Peter Brown said. "Unfortunately for Rubio at this stage, many, many, many more favor Crist."
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Two notes:
1.) Rubio is not as well-known as Crist yet, even among the GOP. Simple truth. His numbers will rise.
2.) I am okay with either one as Senator, and think either would win the General in Florida in 2010. I would not in any way oppose Crist vs. whoever the Dems put forward.
Although I am in the minority at FR by believing in the necessity of the occasional Mike Castle to win in the Northeast, Florida is not a state where we need to run “centrist” Republicans in order to win. A Conservative can still win in Florida. Go for the most Conservative candidate.
I hope Rubio wins, but Crist is an acceptable Republican to support if the party faithful elect to put him on the ballot in the General Election.
Bill Clinton?? Are you kidding. Thank nutty Ross Perot for Clinton (He no like the Bushes), along with GHWB’s “read my lips” debacle.
Then the GOP had the smarts to nominate the walking milquetoast, McCain-like cadaver named Dole. Simply brilliant.
Crist to replace Martinez? Now THERE”S advancement for you!
As Marco Rubio gets better known he will do better in the polls.
Yup, same story with McCain. It fits the MSM agenda in several ways to promote the nomination of a pile of mush:
- pisses off the party base (the people who donate time and money to promote the party)
- increases the likelihood of third-party vote splitting on the right
- the MSM can choose the mush target most susceptible to attack after the primary
- it makes the “worst case scenario” (a GOP win) much more tolerable
Beware MSM golden boys.
The reality was the Clinton war room convinced voters, who gave GHW Bush a 90 plus approval rating after the Gulf War, that "it was the economy" and would allow no debate or discussion of the war. The media never raised the question of security or defense once.
Weird and disgusting that you'd call someone as extraordinary as Bob Dole a cadaver.
Regurgitating your version of history is sad, but typical.
I live in Florida & don’t know anyone voting for Crist. Everyone is going with Marco Rubio. We have had enough of the RINO’s down here.
Bob Dole extraordinary? As a Prez candidate? He shifted his “message” so many times, he couldn’t find his ass with both hands. Made McCain’s “halt the campaign - I’m going to save the country with TARP” seem almost credible.
‘..I am starting to talk up Rubio to everyone I know....’
me too! imho, Crist will just be a replacement for Specter.
Crist is hardly "worthless". What's worthless is a voter who has no idea how to get to a majority.
Then there shouldn’t be a problem.
“The media will send love notes and will endorse Crist until his is the candidate. Then they will proceed to out him as a bisexual and generally smear him.”
Exactly. The St. Pete Slimes.
“First gay Senator? (I give Craig credit for bi- since he at least has kids)”
Adopted, her previous marriage.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Craig
That’s one of several reasons.
Why bother to have a Republican who gets up on stage with Obama to push $800 billion worth of pork (on borrowed money, no less).
And, if we can only get to a majority by supporting Obama, then what’s the point?
.....one gay bar away from disaster.
Yep, but he looks like a sure thing unless he is caught in bed with a live boy or a dead girl!
If it hadn’t been for Perot (again), Dole would have been president, no matter what you and the other flying monkeys think of him.
There’s plenty of time for Rubio here. Crist is only at 54% so he’s not running away with anything.
Right out of "How to Make Friends and Influence People". This is the sort of silver-tongued persuasiveness that's going to build those majorities you speak of, eh?
Stuff it.
You assume that all Pee-rot voters were republicans or conservatives. A false assumption.
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