Earlier this week much was made in some political circles (like conservative blogs) about a Rasmussen poll showing Marco Rubio tied with Charlie Crist in the race for the GOP Senate nomination.
As I wrote at the time, I believe that Rasmussen skews a bit towards the right, and thus I will wait until the much respected Quinnipiac Institute releases their next survey taken of GOP voters on the race before declaring that it's completely changed.
Well, Quinnipiac hasn't released anything in the past 48 hours, but there is a new poll, and it shows Charlie Crist with a pretty strong 9 point lead, 44% to 35%. The Insider Advantage/Zogby survey released Thursday also shows Bill McCollum with a solid lead over Paula Dockery, but with nearly half the electorate undecided, in no way should Dockery be dismissed, though she remains the decided underdog.
An interesting poll by Rasmussen released Wednesday shows that not only do both GOP contenders continue to lead probable Democratic Senate candidate Kendrick Meek, but now Rubio leads over Meek by a larger margin than does the Governor.
Meek of course, hasn't had any serious competition for the Democratic seat since he quickly garnered union support and had fundraisers hosted by notables such as Bill Clinton. But the lack of a serious contender has not only not sharpened Meek's game, but also left him out of most news cycles completely, save for the occasional press release or news conference that reporters actually cover.
This article appears in Dec 16-22, 2009.