rssFL-Sen: Marco Rubio Gaining on Charlie Crist
Wednesday, August 19, 2009 at 1:45 pm
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A new Rasmussen Reports poll on the 2010 Republican primary for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat finds Gov. Charlie Crist (R-Fla.) leading former state House Speaker Marco Rubio among likely GOP primary voters by a margin of 53 percent to 31 percent. Eric Kleefeld reads this as a failure of Rubio’s attempt to “capitalize on Crist’s support for the stimulus, in order to mobilize conservatives against the moderate governor.” I’m not so sure: According to Pollster.com, which has been tracking the race, Rubio has been steadily gaining steam.
Rubio has failed to chip away at Crist’s overall level of support; in his primary run in Pennsylvania, Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) has done a better job of chipping away at Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.). But Rubio is staying in contention despite having one-tenth of Crist’s money and little institutional support.
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Comment posted August 20, 2009 @ 3:32 am
MARCO STARTED WITH 8% POINTS IN MAY AGAINST CRIST WHO HAD 70% POINTS AND NOW CRIST HAS 53%. MARCO RUBIO HAS JUMPED TO 31% WITH NO TV OR RAIDO ADS AND WE STILL HAVE A HOLE YEAR TO GO! GRASSROOTS BABYEEEE! AND THATS WHAT IS GOING TO PUT MARCO RUBIO OVER THE TOP! THE REPUBLICAN VOTER HATES WHAT CRIST HAS DONE BY SUPPORTING OBAMA! TRUST ME BY ELECTION TIME AND WHEN DEBATES TAKE PLACE AND ALL CONSERVATIVE TALK RAIDO GOES AGAINST CRIST AND SUPPORTS MARCO. IT WILL BE ALL OVER FOR LIBERAL CRIST!
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Comment posted October 16, 2009 @ 3:55 pm
Hope Rubio meets the tea party express Nov 11,2009 in Orlando I know he will get 100% support. Great article in last months National Review He made front cover. Great read. I cannot stand Crist He gave us Mc Cain and loves Obama.
My daughter who is a brain washed LIB already told me she is voting for Charley Crist. We need all of Rudy'and mitt's supporters to get behind this Hunk
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