Free Republic

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...