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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...

Break out the pom poms . . . Check out Norah O'Donnell's reaction to the news that Charlie Crist is poised to enter the Florida senatorial race as an independent. Appearing on Morning Joe today, the MSNBC correspondent was absolutely giddy with excitement at the prospect that Crist's independent run could give Democrat Kendrick Meek "a real shot!" View video here.

Florida Democratic Representative Kendrick Meek, is giving up his Congressional Seat to run for the U.S. Senate in Florida. This weekend, he sponsored Mike Wallace's car in the Daytona 500; the "Super Bowl of NASCAR". Wallace placed 52nd out of 54 Drivers with Meek's name splattered all over the car. Could this be an omen of more overwhelming losses for Dems in 2010.

Cornyn: Fla. Senate race 'open field' By POLITICO STAFF | 2/9/09 4:25 AM EST  Pressure Mounts On GOP Supporters The three Senate Republicans who say they’ll support the $827 billion economic recovery plan are facing pressure from both sides of the debate. A group of stimulus opponents led by Free­Republic.com founder Jim Robinson and Move America Forward chairwoman Melanie Morgan plans to protest outside the office of Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) at 10 a.m. Monday before moving on to the offices of Maine Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe. Meanwhile, the group Americans United for Change is running...

U.S. Senator-designate Roland Burris (D-Ill.) is expected to be sworn in Thursday after Democratic leaders cleared the way for him to be seated. Roland Burris (AP Photo) By James Wright AFRO Staff Writer(January 14, 2009) - As Illinois Senator-designate Roland Burris is set to get President-elect Barack Obama’s seat this week, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus is also making plans to become a senator.Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.) has decided to run for the open U.S. Senate seat in 2010, which is being vacated by Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.).Meek, who replaced his mother, Carrie, in the U.S. House...

If you followed the election of 2004, you know that one of the Democrats' primary attacking points was the loss of jobs since President Bush took office. One of their favorite lines was, "This president has presided over the loss of the most jobs of any president since Herbert Hoover." Again, for those who spent their time in history class weaving friendship bracelets, Herbert Hoover was president at the onset of the Great Depression. By making this comparison, they're trying to imply that George Bush has been worse for the economy than the Great Depression. Tonight, Kendrick Meek (pictured above)...

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Kendrick Meek, a Miami congressman, will not only serve as chairman of Sen. John Kerry's presidential campaign in Florida, but also come to South Carolina to campaign for Kerry. In this state where black voters could account for half the votes cast in Tuesday's first Southern primary election, the Kerry campaign plans to press Meek into service in black churches and on radio stations Sunday. In Florida, Meek said Friday, the senator from Massachusetts should appeal to voters with his core issues of health care, jobs and education. Kerry suggested too that "an awful lot of Florida...

Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts will win the public support today of U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek of Miami, adding a major Florida name to the list of prominent black leaders embracing the new front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination as the race heats up in the South. Meek, a Miami Democrat, said late Thursday that he plans to campaign for Kerry in the coming days in South Carolina, where as much as half of the Democratic primary electorate on Tuesday is expected to be black. ''It's a hands-on endorsement,'' Meek said in an interview. ``I'm ready to work.'' The Meek...

Filed at 9:33 a.m. ET MIAMI (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Carrie Meek, the granddaughter of a slave who has helped bring national attention to allegations that black voters' rights were trampled in Florida during the 2000 election, announced Sunday that she will not seek a sixth term in Congress. Meek, 76, made the announcement at Mt. Tabor Missionary Baptist Church, the same spot she announced her entry into politics 23 years earlier. ``It has been a good fight. It's time that I come home,'' Meek said. ``There's much more for me to do here.'' Meek said she plans to create...