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Subscribe to RSSThe New York Times has an interesting story today, highlighting that black voters in Florida may be more pragmatic than SOME thought. They quote several Democrats, saying they are not voting for Rep. Kendrick Meek (D), because they think he can't win and will instead cast their votes for Gov. Charlie Crist (I).
Is this really why the Clinton news was "leaked" -- to give Democrats the permission to vote for Crist.
The Times:
Many of them, like Kevin Roberson, a postal worker from Miami, said they admired Mr. Meek. But when they heard that the former president had talked to Mr. Meek about dropping out to keep the Republican, Marco Rubio, from winning, they said it was time to be practical.
“A vote for Meek is a wasted vote,” Mr. Roberson said as he waited to cast his ballot.
Others agreed. “I would like for him to win, but you know what? He’s behind,” said Betty Chambers, a hospital secretary. “And if Rubio wins, we’re in trouble.”
Strategists from both parties disagree on the likely impact of Mr. Clinton’s effort to single-handedly reshape one of the most closely watched races in the country by giving Democrats permission to sacrifice one of their own.
But one Democratic source told First Read they think this may very well be too little, too late for Crist to win, because two million people have already voted early in Florida.
"None of this really matters much," the source said.
To that point, the latest poll out of Florida, from Mason-Dixon, shows former state House Speaker Marco Rubio (R) with a commanding lead, up 45%-28% over Crist, with Meek pulling just 21%.
"There is simply no mathematical formula by which Crist or Meek can approach Rubio's 45 percent support level," Mason-Dixon pollster Brad Coker told the St. Pete Times.
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Blacks will Vote for Crist if they want to Restore Sanity.....
Meeks isn't going to win so why waste a vote out of cultural loyalty...
I was pulling for Meeks but it's apparent that he isn't going to be able to pull this out...
American Voters have to think smart... a Teabagger in the United States Congress isn't smart...
Blacks best option is a Republican reject. Well, I guess that's a little progress.
I have never really understood the Black allegiance to the Democrats. Oh, sure the campaign promises sound great, but the football Lucy is holding looks good to Charlie. It invariably, time after time, year after year is snatched away, and Charlie is on his back wondering what happened.
But that happens to all of us, just seems to happen more often when the Democrats are holding the ball.
Health care was the commemorative Super Bowl football of politics. Everyone wanted it. Obama promised everyone could have it, it would be more affordable, we could keep the coverage we have if we want.
Obama said we could add 30 million and it would actually bend the cost curve!
Now he laughs and tells us as rates are sky rocketing, you can't add 30 million and it not cost anything. To keep the shocking reality quiet in an election year, Obama is offering 1 year waivers that will allow companies to afford/keep medical coverage for their employees. 36 companies/organization have already received their waivers.
Obama promised it would be affordable and no one would lose their coverage? These 36 companies represent the first 1 million testaments to Obama's deception/lie/incompetance/whatever. Where's the football Lucy?
Sad part is that we now have an arbitrary government that we have to ask permission to do anything. Americans biggest investment - Buy a home? Hello. 2nd biggest expense - college? Who controls those loans? Buy an American car, 2 of 3 American companies are owned by the federal government. Now health care.
Feel sick reading this. You will need to probably flush twice since the government tells us how much water our toilets can use now. They don't work as well now, either.
Americans have been losing jobs right and left. On Tuesday, a lot of Americans on the left are rightly losing their jobs.
Yea, as Feisty and Friends say - GET OUT AND VOTE!
BTW- Blacks you're not alone. Alaska is pretty white and Alaskans are in the same boat trying to chose between the Republican and a Republican reject.
But, whether it is to the right, or a right re-tread, it aint these Democrats and ........ that's progress.
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Meeks isn't going to win so why waste a vote out of cultural loyalty...
I was pulling for Meeks but it's apparent that he isn't going to be able to pull this out...
American Voters have to think smart... a Teabagger in the United States Congress isn't smart...
I too wish Meeks could win since there will be not one AA in the US Senate. I don't think it's cultural loyalty; many people have already voted. Besides, it ain't over until it's over. No one knows what is gonna happen in the next few days.
Meek should be able to figure this out. He's no Sarah Palin.
He's a petty politicain who is staying in out of pure spite because Dem leadership backed Crist over him. His political career is over, Dem leaders will never forgive him.
The weasel tried to say his wife wanted him to stay in or some nonsense after Clinton went public about wanting him out.
There is still time for him to come to his senses and benefit personally from doing so. His wife should be happy to have him comply rather than go down in defeat and get nothing but scorn for handing the win to Rubio.
We are seeing something amazing at the Rally in DC! 20 times as many people as at Beck's, and Beck said there were a half-million people at his, so that means 10 million people! More people than live in all the Rocky Mountain states combined!! And since Daily Show fans are thinner than teabaggers, it could be more like 25 million!
ABC reports 215K where do you get your news same place as obama?
The democrats do not want a Conservative Hispanic Senator.
They want as few conservative RE-peat-the-lie-to-the-PUBLIC-an senators as they can get. Hispanic isn't the issue.
I wonder where this contest would be right now if the Democrat leadership had backed Meek from the start. Charlie is a weather vane, and they backed him because they saw him as their only possible way to thwart the will of the people of this state. To the overwhelming majority in FL - and I suspect elsewhere - Crist is the third choice in a 3-way race. Go Rubio!!!
I think Meeks should drop out. He's letting Rubio win. Meeks doesn't have a chance, so why not give the votes to Crist. He'd be alot better than Rubio who is controlled by the Tea Partiers. Meeks may be a good guy, but he doesn't have a chance. I saw him on Tv, and he still thinks he can win by Tues. when he is down 20 some points. He's letting a Tea Party candidate win.
Rubio will win no matter what. Christ can't make up his mind which party he'll belong to. Meeks is a casualty of Obama. Rubio for the WIN.
Thrilled to see thisl. Yes it does matter. If Meek dropped out & aligned with Crist, Crist had damn good chance to pull it out.
cm Thank God for tea partys. If this thing that some people call Oboma keeps going the same way that he
has been we will be having empeachment partys. Go Go GO Rubio!!!!!!!!