Kendrick Meek did talk to Bill Clinton about dropping his Democratic bid to be the next Senator from Florida, a move that supporters of the plan say would have opened up an opportunity for independent Charlie Crist to catch Republican Marco Rubio’s rising star before Election Day. But Meek insists he did not agree to drop out of the race, ever, as Clintonistas told Ben Smith at Politico and many, many other reporters yesterday.
That is the takeaway from Meek’s round of TV appearances this morning, and it is the story as Meek is telling it. Team Clinton did not respond to my requests for comment on Meek’s take last night.
Here’s Meek stating his case on Morning Joe:
So, now that we know the “real story” (or something), what did last night’s minor kerfuffle mean? Other than giving Meek a run round the press this morning, not much. Rubio still dominates polls, and its pretty much universally expected to defeat both Crist and Meek by a wide margin. The TPM Poll Average shows Rubio with 44.3% support, Crist with 30.7% and Meek with 19.3%.
Moving on.
Evan McMorris-Santoro
Evan McMorris-Santoro has covered politics for TPM since 2009. Before that, he was a reporter at National Journal’s Hotline covering election 2008. He started his career covering local politics at newspapers in TN and his native NC.
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