Hey, remember when I kept pointing out that Marco Rubio hadn’t advertised on television in months? And the suggestion that once he started, he should start to see a bump in his poll numbers?
Yeah.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in Florida shows Marco Rubio attracting 40% of the vote, while Charlie Crist picks up 30% in the race to become the state’s next U.S. senator. The new Democratic nominee Kendrick Meek earns 21% support.
This is the first poll of the race following Tuesday’s primary. Four percent (4%) prefer some other candidate, and five percent (5%) are undecided.
I figure this will spur Crist to start spending some of his stockpiled cash.
Yes, but what is Crist's message, really? Does he have anything positive on which to run? He lied, or at best backtracked significantly, to the Republican Party and to Floridians at large. I am merely a political junkie, and certainly no expert, but I don't think he'll ever poll much more than 5 points higher than this.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseRubio's floor has to be in the low 40's. I say this because in 2006 Katherine Harris got 38.1%, which has to be the absolute die hard, crawl over broken glass Republican bloc. Throw in a few independents and VOILA! my theory of low 40's% minimum.
That is why it is so hard to believe Meek is in the high teens, low 20'; his Dem base has to be much higher. Eventually with a standard issue, liberal, AA Dem in the race he has no where to go but up aaaaaaand Crist, well, sorry Charlie, gravity works.
My guess is Crist trades places with Meek, getting the more conservative Dems who can't pull the trigger for an Obama-Pelosi-Reid drone and a decent portion of left leaning independents, leaving Marco's 45 or so an easy winner.
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