tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3833908155522406592.post3609388880402036976..comments2023-11-29T03:49:33.959-05:00Comments on Strike the Last Word: The Weekly Strike-1/11-1/17The Strikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04155845613252364684noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3833908155522406592.post-58467935455952985182010-01-12T14:22:29.874-05:002010-01-12T14:22:29.874-05:00Hey Anonymous!
Great question. The seat is curren...Hey Anonymous!<br /><br />Great question. The seat is currently in Republican hands, and I think the GOP has a solid chance of holding it regardless of whether Crist or Rubio wins the primary, mostly because Democrat Kendrick Meek isn't a great statewide candidate.<br /><br />As for Rubio, I would say he's at least even money right now to win the primary against Crist. The right-wing has looked at the Rubio-Crist race as a litmus test of whether conservative insurgent candidates can knock off the GOP establishment. Rubio has a lot of grassroots support from hardline conservatives. Whether that translates into votes, I don't know. But it is far more likely to help him in a closed Republican primary than it would be in a general election.The Strikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04155845613252364684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3833908155522406592.post-3705726501962791802010-01-12T12:20:42.060-05:002010-01-12T12:20:42.060-05:00Hey Strike! Speaking of seats headed to the Repub...Hey Strike! Speaking of seats headed to the Republican side, what's your sense of the Marco Rubio candidacy in Florida, as noted in last Sunday's NY Times magazine?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com