In case you were wondering if Charlie Crist’s and Bill Clinton’s last minute antics might shake up the Florida Senate race, Mason-Dixon says the answer is no:
The poll — which comes on the heels of revelations that former President Bill Clinton last week reportedly urged Democrat Kendrick Meek to get out of the race — shows the Republican Rubio leading the field with 45 percent, followed by Gov. Charlie Crist at 28 percent and Meek at 21 percent. Only 6 percent of voters in the Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc. poll said they were undecided.
“There is simply no mathematical formula by which Crist or Meek can approach Rubio’s 45 percent support level,” said Mason-Dixon managing director Brad Coker.
Meanwhile, Charlie Crist just can’t help himself. Bill Clinton’s senior aide says that Crist agreed to caucus with the Democrats if Clinton could get Meek to drop out. But Crist denies it:
“I really can’t remember and it really doesn’t matter. What matters is what the people of Florida want…This is a Florida decision for Floridians to decide what they want -if they want an extremist like Marco Rubio or if they want a common-sense candidate like Charlie Crist. That’s really what it comes down to,” the former Republican said.
Crist goes on: “We’re not causing trouble. We’re causing freedom.”
What does that even mean?
