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Politico: Dems flirt with backing Charlie Crist

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Politico writes what many in the Democratic Party have been thinking: The emergence of a politically unknown billionaire self-funder in the Florida Senate race is prompting top Democrats in the state to say publicly what some have been whispering for weeks: If Jeff Greene, who got rich betting on the collapse of the housing market, becomes their nominee, many in the party will have the cover they need to get behind Republican-turned-independent Gov. Charlie Crist. Establishment Democrats in Florida, for now,…

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Democrat Jeff Greene touts jobs in new TV spot

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Palm Beach billionaire and Democratic Senate candidate Jeff Greene has launched another TV ad, this one touting his plan for creating jobs. The plan: investment in “clean energy,” tax breaks for small businesses and an end to tax breaks for “companies shipping jobs overseas.”

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Kendrick Meek featured in must-read ABC News story: Top spots still elusive for black candidates

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Very interesting read from ABC News: The theory was that Barack Obama’s election as president in 2008 signaled a new era for black candidates trying to win statewide contests for senator or governor. Now, Rep. Kendrick Meek is struggling with the reality… Meek, 6-foot-3 and with the steady demeanor of the state trooper he once was, is upbeat. “I’m comfortable playing the role of David,” he says in an interview in a quiet corner of a hotel lobby here, his brown tooled…

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Jeff Greene featured in WaPo: Dem rises in Fla. Senate race despite odd baggage

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Too much baggage for a candidate? Not for Greene in an antiestablishment year that has been a boon to political outsiders. A recent poll finds the Palm Beach billionaire has spent his way into a near tie with Rep. Kendrick Meek, who has been in the race for the Democratic nomination for months. While Meek hasn’t bought TV ads so he can conserve his cash, Greene’s heavily circulated commercials describe him as “an outsider willing to take on the career politicians.”…

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DSCC says it’s firmly behind Kendrick Meek

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From NBC’s Mark Murray: In Florida’s Senate race, Kendrick Meek (D) is trailing Charlie Crist (I) and Marco Rubio (R) in general-election polls. And according to a new Quinnipiac survey, he’s leading wealthy primary challenger Jeff Greene (who’s friends with Mike Tyson and Heidi Fleiss, and who made his money off subprime mortgages) by just two points. But in a roundtable discussion with reporters today, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman Bob Menendez said that his committee is fully behind Meek. Asked if the DSCC would object…

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DSCC says it’s firmly behind Kendrick Meek

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From NBC’s Mark Murray: In Florida’s Senate race, Kendrick Meek (D) is trailing Charlie Crist (I) and Marco Rubio (R) in general-election polls. And according to a new Quinnipiac survey, he’s leading wealthy primary challenger Jeff Greene (who’s friends with Mike Tyson and Heidi Fleiss, and who made his money off subprime mortgages) by just two points. But in a roundtable discussion with reporters today, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman Bob Menendez said that his committee is fully behind Meek. Asked if the DSCC would object…

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Poll: Rick Scott surges to 44-31 lead over Bill McCollum; Kendrick Meek, Jeff Greene neck-and-neck

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Political neophyte Rick Scott has surged to a 44 – 31 percent lead over Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum in the race for the Republican nomination for governor, apparently powered by a multimillion- dollar television ad blitz to introduce him to voters, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. In the contest for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination, Jeff Greene, another political unknown with deep pockets, is following a similar approach of large TV ad spending to move into…

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