Miami Herald Poll: Rubio (R) 41% Crist (I) 26% Meek (D) 20%

[book_worm]

Republican Marco Rubio is on the verge of delivering one of the biggest political knockouts in Florida history, as a new St. Petersburg Times/Miami Herald/Bay News 9 poll shows him barreling into Florida's open U.S. Senate seat 15 percentage points ahead of Gov. Charlie Crist.

The poll shows 41 percent of likely voters backing Rubio, compared to 26 percent for the no-party governor and 20 percent for Democratic congressman Kendrick Meek. It's a remarkable position for the former state House speaker from Miami who 18 months ago looked hopeless against Florida's supposedly invincible governor.

A two-man race might be competitive, but Rubio is coasting to Nov. 2 in the unusual three-way contest.

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/10/24/1888907/poll-gops-marco-rubio-has-solid.html#ixzz13Hv4R8tK

[onehandle]

1. President Rubio 2016.

You heard it here first.

[Fire1]

2. Bite your tongue! n/t

[Turbineguy]

3. I'll be 65 then.

So I'd better look for a country he is unlikely to bomb.

When Bush got in I had a pretty shrewd idea what would happen, but did nothing. I will not make that mistake again.

[LeftyAndProud60]

9. 2012? nt

[onehandle]

10. 2012 will be a throw away candidate or one that doesn't know he's one.

[LiberalFighter]

13. Where's his birth certificate? Bet there isn't a long form or one with his stinky little foot prints

[SoFlaJet]

4. Our local ABC affiliate down here in West Palm Beach

said Meek is down 26 points. Marco Rubio isn't even mentioning Meek in his TV ads-pretty telling. I'm not wasting my vote on a lost cause and am choosing between the lesser of two evils and voting for Crist-no make that AGAINST Rubio next week. Meek has NO CHANCE-sorry dems, hate me if you must but me and my family are doing what WE think is the right thing to do and that's voting for Charlie Crist.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. If Crist Had A Chance Which He Doesn't Anymore Strategic Voting To Stop Rubio Would Have Made Sense

We are way past that point.

[Onlooker]

5. Someone ought to arrange a meeting between Crist and Meek

One of them should endorse the other, but the unfortunate thing is that those who run for office have enormous egos.

[SoFlaJet]

6. Not for nuthin'

but Meek has zero charisma...I mean he SEEMS like the State Trooper (which he was) who would pull you over and give you a ticket on I-95. What a crappy candidate we picked-what WERE the dems thinking anyway?

[butterfly77]

7. Meeks on CNN now..

and fighting back,he shut Candy Crowley's damn mouth..

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. I Voted About Forty Five Minutes Ago In Casselberry, Florida

I voted for Kendrick Meek for two reasons:

1) He has a (D) after his name.

2) He is a long time friend of the Clintons and stuck with Hillary until the bitter end. I reward that kind of loyalty with loyalty.

That being said, if the race was closer and Crist was within striking distance of Rubio I would have voted for him in a heartbeat. Having lived in Florida practically all my life I don't think Crist governed Florida all that differently than a Democrat would have. He governed as a live and let live guy. As an aside, he's nominated minorities and liberals to the Florida Supreme Court. He also removed the prohibition on felons who served their time from voting; a prohibition that fell disproportionately on African Americans, and without which Bush* would not have "won" Florida and the nation in 200.

Marco Rubio is going to come back to bite us in the ass. He's Latino*, handsome, has a great family, great life story and has captured Tea Bag support without saying bat shit crazy things like Christine O'Donnell, Sarah Palin, Joe Miller, and Sharron Angle.
When the Republicans put him on the national ticket, be it 2016 or 2020 he's going to poach Latino support, without which the Democrats can not win a general election.

[lunamagica]

12. I'm not so sure about the Latino support. Other than Cubans,

I don't know any Latinos who support him. His position on the Arizona immigration Law, and making English the official language will not help him with the Hispanic vote.

But he will be Senator and that's such a tragic fact. I fully support Kendrick Meek and believe he would have make a fine, fine Senator....