This is beautiful poll analysis.
The poll — which comes on the heels of revelations that former President Bill Clinton last week reportedly urged DemocratKendrick Meek to get out of the race — shows the Republican Rubio leading the field with 45 percent, followed by Gov. Charlie Crist at 28 percent and Meek at 21 percent. Only 6 percent of voters in the Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc. poll said they were undecided.
“There is simply no mathematical formula by which Crist or Meek can approach Rubio’s 45 percent support level,” said Mason-Dixon managing director Brad Coker.
Even if Meek were to bow out now, Coker said, the math isn’t there. Early votes have already been cast and Meek’s name would remain on the ballot.
“It was a pipe dream to begin with and if they were doing it, it should have been done a month ago,” Coker said. “In three days how do you convince every Democrat who was going to vote for Meek that Crist is the guy?”
And just think how this race looked back in September 2009 . . .
Yes, he can, and he is right on the verge.
Leader for a new generation.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI love Marco but how scared and frantic the Dem's are about him is hilarious. Marco is a great leader for Florida and it's so nice that he's taking down the orange man. How Marco dealt with all the childish antics of the orange man and the smears, etc. He's a class act.
If Crist was classy and competed in the primary and lost or withdrew maybe he could have been the nominee to beat Nelson in '12. But he's ending his political career as a shameless narcissist.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIt would be amazing to listen to Marco Rubio explain to Harry Reid why Latinos want to belong to the Republican Party.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseDoes anyone know what the incentive was for Meek to announce the dropping out story now? It seems no one (Meek, Obama, Crist, Clinton) benefits from this becoming public by the ones who could/did make it public. Why did he do it?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI am really proud to be a Floridian and doing my tiny part to make sure that some as smart, dedicated and patriotic as Marco Rubio will make it into the US Senate. He will do great and good things for this country.
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