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Poll: GOP primary for US Senate seat in Fla. a tie

Former Florida legislator Marco Rubio has closed the gap in the race for the state's Republican U.S. Senate nomination and is in a virtual dead heat with Gov. Charlie Crist, according to a poll released Tuesday.

Rubio, a lawyer who served as Speaker of the House, was once considered a long shot against Crist, who has widespread name recognition and a significant fundraising lead. But with Florida's primary seven months away, Rubio was favored by 47 percent compared with 44 percent who preferred Crist -- statistically a tie in the Quinnipiac University poll that has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.8 percentage points.

The random telephone survey, which included 673 GOP voters, was conducted Jan. 20-24.

"The horse race numbers are not a fluke," said Peter Brown, assistant polling director for Quinnipiac in Connecticut. "Rubio's grassroots campaigning among Republican activists around the state clearly has paid off."

Posted by Fred 2010-01-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 As a Floridian, I voted for Crist for Governor. But the minute I heard he was going down to the Tampa Bay area to be with Obama to support the stimulus he lost me. He lost every right-thinking voter in Florida that day. Rubio will use his campaign money to use just one TV commercial - Crist hugging Obama and taking the money. Actually, Rubio will toast him with a much more realistic agenda for solving our problems than anything Charlie can up with. Go Marco!

Posted by Jack is Back! 2010-01-27 09:05|| 2010-01-27 09:05|| Front Page Top

#2 taking the money

I doubt taking the money is such a big deal - it comes, not from Obama's pen, but from FL taxpayers. Not taking it would be like not eating at a dinner where you're responsible for the bill.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2010-01-27 09:31|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com 2010-01-27 09:31|| Front Page Top

#3 Ah, but making a big stink that you're being tagged with the bill while others are porking out on your wages is great Political Theater.

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-01-27 10:04|| 2010-01-27 10:04|| Front Page Top

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