Crist isn't exactly another Arlen Specter. Crist might get more assistance against a replacement attempt than Specter got from Bush when Toomey (Club for Growth's preference) was run against Specter. Even without a Dubya to help him and even with a less evident “big government friendly” potentiality in Crist's case, there's still the Old Guard, Establishment, incumbent-favoring trend to consider. (This probably won't be as bad as the case of Bob Dole in 1996, either, by the way.)

I'm with C.O. on this one. Crist should win. If the neo-cons mix it up too much, it could hurt them both. But, as you know…. I love it when the parties in-fight. It brings a more diverse voice to the forefront, instead of the same crap election after election. People are fed-up with the parties resembling one another – and choosing the lesser of two evils. It would be awesome to actually go to the polls where there are marked differences between the candidates – preferably more than TWO candidates.

The more interesting and soap-opera-fuel issue always has been the jockeying already for leadership and future Presidential candidacy, and how the same names are still there (not limited to Sarah Palin).

It merits repeating that nobody should be surprised if Jeb Bush is added to the candidacy list officially.

Simplistic, and risking inaccuracy as is common with incorrect references to a mythical “far right,” but at least some clarity is being sought, and dissatisfaction with comic-book token Dem Lite “Republicans” is obvious (and being exploited again by Club of Rome, who has done it before, such as against Arlen Specter).

Also, my personal take on the election is that both Crist and Rubio could probably beat Meek in an election, but I was really hoping for my Congresswoman Corrine Brown to enter, because she would get destroyed by any Republican.

This is not as strange though as the push-pull in Texas between Hutchinson and Perry.