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Like him or not, Rubio's meteoric rise is unstoppable. His political trajectory is so Obamaesque that it's almost eery. Thune/Rubio 2012?

Even if this poll is partisan, based on other recent polls, I have to move this race to lean Republican.

Rubio's father passed away over the weekend. Meek made some really nice heartfelt comments about it.
Crist? "Yeah, I heard about that."

Good riddance Charlie.

46-28-22 in the dubious "most likely voters" category.

Ras has VW Senate poll out. Manchin lead down to 5, even though he still enjoys high job approval.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2010/election_2010_senate_elections/west_virginia/toplines/toplines_west_virginia_special_senate_election_september_8_2010

Meek will come in second. StatyPolly: nobody here knows how to read a poll. 49% of WV think that Manchin will best serve them by staying in the state house. That is why the race is close.

Means Manchin is ahead by 10.

@ Paleo

If that's the best Rassmussen can do in WV, I'm not that worried. And Manchin is a good campaigner, with a deep warchest.

Wait till Emily posts the WV poll. threadjack.

When you account fot the reichmassun bias Manchin is up by eleventy billion.

Democrats will have to coalesce around a candidate if they hope to win this race. I suspect in the end most DEMS will switch to Crist in hopes of stopping Rubio from becoming Senator.

The main reason I think this is that this race will be decided in October over the airwaves which means you must have plenty of resources. Gov. Crist has over 8 million stockpiled with universal name recognition and a 56% job approval rating...wheareas Meek is basically broke after fending off Greene in the primary.

So in the end the race will come down to a big time airwar between Crist and Rubio. I do not see the DSCC stepping into this race as it has too many other races to spend on and the Senate DEMS really don't want to offend Crist in the event he wins and has to decide on who to caucus with.

This is truly ashame, because Crist is truly someone I think who could bring some unity back into government. I think Crist is so underfunded, that it would have been better to have done what Arlen Specter did and ran as a Democrat. That may have not worked either.

"Paleo:

Means Manchin is ahead by 10."

I just saw the new poll out. Two words for Paleo. OH SNAP!

FarLeft: Crist will never bring unity back into govt. He is only out for Charlie Crist...each office he gets is only a stepping stone for his next amtition...State Comm/AG/Gov/ his self advocating for McCain's running mate / Senate....I'm a strong GOPer and would vote for Meek rather than Crist. I disagree with 99% of Meek's policies, but he does seem genuine. Nonethe less Rubio has this one now.