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Tags: Charlie Crist

How Rubio’s Campaign Dominated the Online Fight

By Jim Geraghty
As the 2012 cycle begins to warm up a bit, I hope candidates and their campaigns carefully study what worked and what didn’t last cycle. This video, from the firm Targeted . . .

Tags: Charlie Crist, Kendrick Meek, Marco Rubio

In This Unlikely Scenario, the GOP Nominee Should Run With Rubio

By Jim Geraghty
At the Florida political blog The Shark Tank, Javier Manjarres offers a wildly implausible but entertaining prediction: In spite of assertions made to the contrary by Vice President Joe Biden, speculation . . .

Tags: Barack Obama, Charlie Crist

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No Labels: No Specifics, No Coherence, No Point.

By Jim Geraghty
If I didn’t know better, I would think the whole “No Labels” movement was a giant, self-parodying prank. I tuned in to the webcast of the group’s kickoff to hear a . . .

Tags: Charlie Crist, Mike Bloomberg, Mike Castle

Guess Which Party Charlie Crist Ended Up Dividing?

By Jim Geraghty
Hey, remember when the Charlie Crist–Marco Rubio fight was going to tear apart the Florida Republican party? Right storyline, wrong party. After more than an hour of heated discussion, the Palm Beach . . .

Tags: Charlie Crist, Kendrick Meek, Marco Rubio

Mason-Dixon: ‘The Math Isn’t There’ for Anything But a Rubio Victory

By Jim Geraghty
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 . . .

Tags: Charlie Crist, Kendrick Meek, Marco Rubio

Crist and Clinton Pushed Meek Hard to Drop Out

By Jim Geraghty
This is an interesting 11th-hour story going on in Florida, but we’ve reached a point where I simply don’t trust something coming from the Crist camp. And as for Bill Clinton . . .

Tags: Charlie Crist, Kendrick Meek, Marco Rubio

Quinnipiac’s Last Poll in Florida Seems . . . Just Plain Weird.

By Jim Geraghty
We will know whether this poll is on the mark in a matter of days, but Quinnipiac’s latest results in Florida seem a little odd to me: In the Florida U.S. . . .

Tags: Alex Sink, Charlie Crist, Kendrick Meek, Marco Rubio, Rick Scott

What Is Charlie Crist Up To?

By Jim Geraghty
Word is Charlie Crist is announcing something today. My guess is he’s pursuing his dream of being a Major League Baseball pitcher. Quinnipiac tells us the Florida Senate race is unchanged: In . . .

Tags: Charlie Crist, Kendrick Meek, Marco Rubio

Florida Independents Fleeing Democrats Obama and Meek

By Jim Geraghty
We pretty much knew this, but it’s nice to see new numbers confirming the trend: “President Barack Obama’s swing through Miami raised funds for his party on Monday but, according . . .

Tags: Barack Obama, Charlie Crist, Kendrick Meek

Wow: Quinnipiac’s Latest in Florida: Rubio 46, Crist 33, Meek 18

By Jim Geraghty
A couple races are looking a bit shaky for conservatives, but they can rejoice at the news in Florida: Republican Marco Rubio holds a solid 46 – 33 percent likely voter . . .

Tags: Charlie Crist, Kendrick Meek, Marco Rubio

Moderates Successfully Reinforce Image as Untrustworthy Hacks

By Jim Geraghty
Between Arlen Specter, Charlie Crist, Mike Castle refusing to endorse O’Donnell — a forgivable sentiment the day after a bitter defeat, less so as time goes by — and the . . .

Tags: Arlen Specter, Charlie Crist, Lisa Murkowski, Mike Castle

Filtering for Likely Voters: Catch the Fever!

By Jim Geraghty
Yesterday, CNN released a poll of registered voters in Florida and found Marco Rubio leading by 2. Today, there’s a new poll out of likely voters, with a very different result: Republican . . .

Tags: Charlie Crist, Marco Rubio

Perhaps He’s Afraid He’ll Lay an Egg

By Jim Geraghty
Miami Herald: “Gov. Charlie Crist is not joining his rivals for the U.S. Senate, Republican Marco Rubio and Democrat Kendrick Meek, this Sunday on MSNBC’s ‘Meet the Press.’” Cluck-cluck. “The governor has long planned Labor Day events, . . .

Tags: Charlie Crist, Kendrick Meek, Marco Rubio

The NRA Will Still Be Heard This Cycle

By Jim Geraghty
Over in the Corner, Kathryn notices the NRA’s non-endorsement of Harry Reid. (Unfortunately, whatever I write on this subject is often attributed to one of my best buddies. So let me . . .

Tags: Charlie Crist, Harry Reid, John Kasich, Sharron Angle, Ted Strickland

Rasmussen: Rubio 40, Crist 30, Meek 21

By Jim Geraghty
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 . . .

Tags: Charlie Crist, Kendrick Meek, Marco Rubio

Imagine How He’ll Poll Once He Actually Starts Running Commercials

By Jim Geraghty
Marco Rubio’s expenditures on television advertising since May 1: $0.00. UPDATE: Until now. . . .

Tags: Charlie Crist, Kendrick Meek, Marco Rubio

It’s Rubio vs. Crist vs. Meek.

By Jim Geraghty
CNN projects Kendrick Meek will win the Democratic Senate primary in Florida. That is fantastic news for Marco Rubio, whose victory speech was interrupted by CNN breaking in to announce Meek’s . . .

Tags: Charlie Crist, Jeff Greene, Kendrick Meek, Marco Rubio

Will Negative Ads Prove Counter-productive in Florida This Year?

By Jim Geraghty
One of my regulars offers an assessment from Florida . . . Voters are EXHAUSTED with the negative ads. This might be something building down there. Anyone without a real message . . .

Tags: Alex Sink, Bill McCollum, Charlie Crist, Jeff Greene, Kendrick Meek, Marco Rubio, Rick Scott

When Florida’s Public Opinion Zigs, Charlie Crist Zags

By Jim Geraghty
Let’s face it; finding a Charlie Crist flip-flop is not exactly on par with the difficulty of finding Waldo. The ingredients for a good web video are abundant enough to make . . .

Tags: Charlie Crist, Marco Rubio

Jeff Greene Hits Meek Below the Waterline: His Taxpayer-Funded Car

By Jim Geraghty
I get e-mails from the Senate campaign of Jeff Greene, Florida Democrat, several times a day, often reminding me how his primary rival, Kendrick Meek, is history’s greatest monster. After . . .

Tags: Charlie Crist, Jeff Greene, Kendrick Meek, Marco Rubio

Florida’s Poll Numbers, Stuck in a Holding Pattern

By Jim Geraghty
Quinnipiac’s latest poll in Florida’s Senate race . . . looks a lot like the previous ones: Florida Gov. Charlie Crist leads the three-way race for the U.S. Senate seat with . . .

Tags: Charlie Crist, Jeff Greene, Kendrick Meek, Marco Rubio

Chamber of Commerce Prefers Rubio

By Jim Geraghty
I’m not exactly surprised, but the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is endorsing Marco Rubio in Florida’s Senate race. “We will endorse Marco Rubio because he has a record of standing up . . .

Tags: Charlie Crist, Marco Rubio

Charlie Crist vs. Harry Reid: Who Do We Believe? Must We Choose?

By Jim Geraghty
Florida Senate candidate Charlie Crist says he’s talked to Senate majority leader Harry Reid about caucusing with the Democrats if Crist is elected as an independent. Harry Reid says flatly . . .

Tags: Charlie Crist, Harry Reid

Ramesh Is Too Gloomy

By Jim Geraghty
Over in the Corner, Ramesh thinks I’m too rosy about the chances for Marco Rubio in Florida’s Senate race and Rob Portman in Ohio’s Senate race. Presume all the standard caveats: . . .

Tags: Charlie Crist, Lee Fisher, Marco Rubio, Rob Portman

Plugging the Leak Helps . . . Who?

By Jim Geraghty
Our old friend Robert George offers this thought: “After Barack Obama, politician most ecstatic that oil spill has been capped? Marco Rubio. Charlie Crist? Not so much.” On Obama, clearly it’s . . .

Tags: Barack Obama, Charlie Crist, Marco Rubio

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