The fact is, Rubio is behind, by perhaps as much as 10%.

And the Rubio campaign has done *nothing* over the last month and a half to change that dynamic.

I’m starting to get the impression that Rubio thinks he just needs to throw up a couple of ads in September and he’s just going to waltz into the Senate. He’s *wrong* if he thinks that.

The time to take Crist down is running out. If it doesn’t get done soon, it’s not getting done at all.

I’m not in Florida, but I would guess that people are backing Crist because as the right moves farther right, the middle will take moderate politicians instead of the Rubios of the world. Crist is far from perfect, IMHO, but I look forward to Senator Crist.

Possibly Mr. Rubio has a plan of using what campaign money he has to flood the Media with ads in the last week or so before election .
The last election showed us that most voters wait ’til the last minute to decide who they vote for and they do not listen to or research the Candidates……. therefore being more likely to vote for whose name is freshest in their minds without even checking their records…. this group is sadly the majority of the Voters……
.I really beleive Mr Charlie (chameleon) Crist will shoot himself in the foot before it’s over …..that’s what usually happens to candidates who try to be all things to all people and nothing honest to anyone….

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It might have been a good idea to check with the last guy who left the Republican Party just so he could win. No one trusts a traitor so the Republicans will not give him much support. The Democrats will consider him a Republican lite just like they did Spector. With regard to the polls, Rasmussen still has Rubio up by 2 and I trust him more than any other pollster.

My sister lives in Stuart and she says the same thing. She said everybody’s for Rubio, his bumper stickers are everywhere and she hasn’t seen one for Crist. She thinks the polls are wrong ~ it does make you wonder.

Yes, the senior citizen’s votes are a big deal in FL. While vacationing in far north Yankeeland right now, I hear a number of them claiming they vote both here (by absentee ballot) and at their FL winter home in person. This type of vote is obviously illegal but, equally obvious, it must occur if people are open enough to claim it. Hopefully they are sufficient in numbers to alter the vote. Those who are relatively conservative Rs, do not appear to be the people illegally voting (there’s a big surprise – not).

Everyone I talked to in Florida considers Rubio to be far superior as a candidate than “Agent Orange” “Cut-and-run Charlie” “Crispy Crist” (because he’s toast) and a lot of other names I won’t repeat. The mood in Florida is ugly and Charlie is the recipient of a lot of anger. People in Florida (read senior citizens who vote in large numbers) spend a LOT of time discussing politics and Crist’s embracing (literally) Obama and his policies was the kiss of death for his political future. Like the people all over America, Floridians are very, very angry and they will vent their wrath in November. I didn’t see any bumper stickers for Crist either–but Rubio’s are everywhere and he’s topic A everywhere I went–from Miami to Orlando!

Yes the seniors vote in Florida is a big deal…..I am an Independent Senior Voter and the vast majority of Independents (young and old ) that I know would not vote for Charlie The Chameleon if he was giving away new Autos…..
The largest voting bloc in Florida is the Seniors ….

Our voting powder is dry and we will win the 2nd American Revolution in 2010 through out Florida; on county, state, and national levels. The Broadside coming in Nov. will be deafening.

I slightly disagree with you – it doesn’t show Christ lacks a backbone.

It shows he has no principles (like that soon-to-be-former senator Spector). He is a mealy-mouthed politician who has little respect for the people he supposedly represents, so he will say whatever he believes will get him elected.

and I’d be willing to bet that the electorate isn’t going to be too eager to have them back…..

…Because the Rubio campaign is failing to expose the real kind of person Charlie Crist is to these people.

Don’t blame them – blame the Rubio campaign.

Yes, we are having a Primary in Florida! Better than having the political bosses anoint the candidates for us. It’s refreshing to see freedom and it is messy, but fun. Don’t be timid, now is not the time to avoid the action.