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Kendrick Meek’s sinking ship buoys Jeff Greene campaign

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From Kendric Ward: His name didn’t show up, but Jeff Greene can take heart from the latest polling in the U.S. Senate contest.

The George Washington University/Battleground survey shows Republican Marco Rubio and independent Charlie Crist in a dead heat, with Democrat Kendrick Meek trailing nearly 20 points behind.

It wasn’t always that way. Since Crist bolted the GOP and went “no party affiliation,” Meek’s numbers have nosedived in direct proportion to Crist’s rise.

The longer Meek languishes, the more Greene can make a case that the congressman is simply unelectable. And through his advertising blitz the multimillionaire has demonstrated he’s willing and able to spend whatever it takes to get that message across. Continue reading here.

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