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Rumors of a Meek Dropout Ignore That His Name Cannot Be Removed From the Ballot

By | 10.12.10 | 3:08 pm

A thinly-sourced article by conservative economist and former Club for Growth President Stephen Moore in last week’s Wall Street Journal alleging that Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.) might drop out of the U.S. Senate race to allow independent candidate Gov. Charlie Crist to have a better chance at defeating More…

Wall Street Journal Story About Crist/Meek Deal Laughable, Meek Says

By | 10.08.10 | 12:40 pm

The Wall Street Journal Political Diary reported that Republicans are worried that Gov. Charlie Crist, independent candidate for U.S. Senate in Florida, is working on a deal with Democratic candidate Kendrick Meek to have Meek drop out of the race and presumably endorse Crist in order to beat Republican More…

Obama No Longer Shy About Meek

By | 08.19.10 | 9:15 am

Now that Rep. Kendrick Meek’s (D-Fl.) poll numbers are improving in advance of his Aug. 24 Senate primary, President Obama finally decided that it might be a good time to show him some love. After referring to Meek as “the next Senator from the state of Florida” at the Fontainebleau More…

National ‘Center-Right’ Group Runs Ads Targeting Crist

By | 07.21.10 | 4:32 pm

The American Action Network, a “center-right” Washington, D.C.-based 501(c)(4) “social welfare organization,” is running a television ad in Tampa and the Florida panhandle targeting Gov. Charlie Crist (R, running for Senate as an independent) for changing positions on various policies. The ad features a man getting Crist’s positions tattooed on More…

Restoration Denied!

By | 01.06.09 | 4:27 pm

According to the speaker of Florida’s state House, Jeb Bush is passing on a 2010 Senate run.

“He said it just wasn’t the right timing,” [Marco] Rubio said, recounting a phone call he received this afternoon from the former Florida governor and presidential brother.

Bush, who left office in

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