WaPo's The Fix has an interesting piece suggesting that if Dems want to win in 2010 they need to do more to re-inspire the young people who worked in the 2008 campaign.
I think Kendrick Meek is in a good position to do that. But other candidates need to start making that calculus part of their campaign.
The long campaign has given Rep. Meek a lot of time to improve his interview skills, as demonstrated by this video. Still six months to go, lots can happen.
Mike Thomas has a column which repeats a lot of what I wrote in High Noon For Charlie. His is called Charlie Will Take Republicans Down With Him, which, of course, was my point.
This is why John Thrasher thinks the Liberal Media is the enemy.
Great job, Marc.
I've been staying away from the legislature lately because they kind of make me nauseated, but I'll be going over tomorrow to see what trick Sen. Mikey will be playing with his new redistricting amendment.
I'll be putting Alka-Seltzer on the shopping list too.
For the past year, I've been arguing that Crist's collapse in the GOP primary was inevitable, that his only path to the Senate was by switching parties and becoming a Democrat. Well, that window of opportunity has closed.
Senate General Election
Charlie Crist (R) 45 (50)
Kendrick Meek (D) 36 (33)
Marco Rubio (R) 41 (38)
Kendrick Meek (D) 40 (30)
I've been nothing but dismissive of Meek. But the numbers certainly suggest this could be competitive. And it's because of this:
Favorable/Unfavorable/No opinion
Charlie Crist 44/45/11 (59/23/9)
Marco Rubio 29/36/35 (21/22/57)
Kendrick Meek 25/18/57 (23/9/68)
Meek is still invisible. But Rubio is now well into net-negative territory. And particularly disturbing for him, that fall has come from independents, going from 18/21/61 last November, to 26/38/36.
Independents aren't liking what they see from him. It would be nice if Meek improved on his numbers, but at this point, he's the only candidate left with a net-positive favorability rating. (Ephasis Added)
Huffpost has an article about how the Democratic Legislative Campain Committee is going to be spending money to insure certain state legislatures remain Democratic so that they will be in charge of redistricting after the census.
Other wise a Republican legislature could redistict them out of several seats in Congress.
Some of this money should go to Alex Sink's campaign since she can veto Florida's redistricting map for Congress if she finds it egregiously gerrymandered.
If Grayson, Kosmas and Klein are able to hold on to their seats in 2010, they will surely be redistricted out of them in 2012 unless a Democratic governor can stop it.
After comparing Jeff Atwater's attitude toward oil drilling off our beaches and the Cannon/Haridopolos/Thrasher position I was taken in by the moderating influence of running for statewide office.
I mean, maybe the guy's not so bad. Reasonable even.
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