Flickr: maurice.ferreFerreCharlie Crist continues to lead in polls, but former House Speaker Marco Rubio has all the momentum in the battle for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate. During a quarter when he appeared on the cover of the National Review, dominated straw polls, and received high praise from GOP luminaries like Jeb Bush and George Will, Rubio also raised $1 million.Over on the Democrats' side, Kendrick Meek has a new challenger for the nomination: Maurice Ferre, who was Miam
MeekThe St. Petersburg Times and Miami Herald teamed up for an article in yesterday's editions that voiced concerns among Democrats that their leading senatorial candidate, Congressman Kendrick Meek, isn't "high-profile" enough to beat Charlie Crist. It's a strange moment to raise that question -- it appears to have been prompted by Maurice Ferre's entry into the race. The former Miami mayor wouldn't have declared, the logic goes, if he wasn't sure that Meek was vulnerable.Let's consider anot