Quick notes from a morning meeting with Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican. What he expects from the general election: “You’re going to have an extremely negative [general election] campaign. Barack Obama . . .

At this point, talk of a Somebody-Rubio ticket or an Obama-Clinton ticket is just idle speculation. For what it’s worth, Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida insists he’s not interested in . . .

On the heels of Univision doing immense investigative work on Rubio’s future brother-in-law being arrested in 1987, when the senator was all of 16 years old, the Washington Post’s Manuel . . .

This morning, Quinnipiac finds slightly brighter — or perhaps less dark — news for Florida governor Rick Scott, while Sen. Marco Rubio continues to enjoy positive approval ratings: Florida voters, especially . . .

Fascinating – not surprising, and perhaps a bit of off-the-cuff boilerplate praise for some rising stars in the GOP, but fascinating nonetheless, from the good folks at Bearing Drift: Former Massachussets . . .

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 . . .

In Quinnipiac’s latest survey in Florida, the news is “meh” for Sen. Bill Nelson and President Obama, but pretty good for Marco Rubio… not that he has to face the . . .

An interesting poll from Gallup; reading it, I was reminded of Marco Rubio’s successful Senate bid in Florida, and how the theme of American exceptionalism seemed to drive a deep . . .

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 . . .

I like this assessment from Campaign Spot reader Mark: Maybe I’m making lemonade out of lemons, but if I look at the seats the Republicans won, I feel pretty good.  Look . . .

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 . . .

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 . . .

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. . . .

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 . . .

I don’t want to tell Marco Rubio how to spend his money, but I can’t help but notice that a guy who’s up by 9.6 percent in the RCP average . . .

An interesting new rule of thumb from Nate Silver: Senate candidates who have a lead of between 6 and 9 points in the simple polling average, with 30 days to go . . .

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 . . .

BOOM: Republican Marco Rubio continues to hold a double-digit lead over independent candidate Charlie Crist in Florida’s contentious race for the U.S. Senate. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely . . .

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 . . .

This new ad for Marco Rubio is a little soft-focus for my tastes, but I’ll bet it goes over quite well with most audiences. . . .

CNN has some new poll numbers out in some key Senate races; earlier in the day, they touted them as being “surprising.” They’re surprising because they’re different from other polls in . . .

Marco Rubio will not be debating Kendrick Meek on Meet the Press Sunday. Miami, FL – Marco Rubio for U.S. Senate campaign spokesman Alex Burgos today issued the following statement:  “Unfortunately, the health . . .

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, . . .

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 . . .

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