Royal Wedding William AND Kate Midelton: FLORIDIANS FACE A DILEMMA IN THE NOVEMBER 2010 ELECTIONS

SHOULD THEY WASTE THEIR VOTE ON MEEK IF THEY ARE DEMOCRATS?

OR SHOULD THEY WASTE THEIR VOTE ON RUBIO IF THEY ARE REPUBLICANS?

This is kind of like when Ralph Nader took away some votes from Al Gore which would have given him an overwhelming majority had he not run that year. Yes, some of us basically agreed with some of the things Nader stood for but we were faced with the dilemma that haunts us to this day: if we vote for Nader then there is a good possibility that Bush would win the election. Bush really didn’t win a plurality but that didn’t stop the Republicans from hijacking the vote count and even carried it to the Supreme Court where one vote cast by Clarence Thomas gave Bush the victory. We have lived to regret that one vote and the run made by Nader.

In Florida today we have a Tea Bag favorite in the likes of Marco Rubio. We also have a very unexciting and unknown candidate for the Democratic side in the person of Meek. Then we have the still popular center-right ex-Republican Charlie Crist who to this day still commands a slight lead over Rubio, according to some polls…other polls place Rubio at a slight lead.

Rasmussen poll: Rubio leads Senate race if Meek is Dem nominee; Crist leads if it’s Greene

By George Bennett | August 11th, 2010

A new Rasmussen poll of Florida’s Senate race shows Republican Marco Rubio ahead in a three-way contest if Kendrick Meek wins the Aug. 24 Democratic primary. Rubio gets 38 percent, independent Charlie Crist gets 33 percent and Meek gets 21 percent in the poll.

If Jeff Greene wins the Democratic primary, the poll shows Crist barely edges Rubio by picking up some Democratic support. That scenario shows Crist with a 37-to-36 percent lead over Rubio and Greene at 20 percent.

The poll of 750 likely voters has a 4 percent margin of error.

Either way, the Democrat finishes a distant third in the new poll. Both Crist and Rubio probably enjoyed Tuesday’s Orlando Democratic debate, in which both Meek and Greene highlighted each other’s negatives.

Hastings says Obama must step up for Meek now or risk ‘electoral peril’ in 2012

U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Miramar, says he’s “a bit put out by the mixed signals that are coming out from the White House” in Florida’s Senate race. If President Obama doesn’t do more to help Kendrick Meek in the Democratic primary this month, Hastings says, Obama could face an enthusiasm gap when he seeks Florida votes in 2012.