Meek quiting FL race may be last Shot in Obama's Gun - to prevent a rising GOP star

Ben Smith of Politico reports:

Bill Clinton sought to persuade Rep. Kendrick Meek to drop out of the race for Senate during a trip to Florida last week — and nearly succeeded.

Meek agreed — twice — to drop out and endorse Gov. Charlie Crist’s independent bid in a last-ditch effort to stop Marco Rubio, the Republican nominee who stands on the cusp of national stardom.

The former president’s top aide, Doug Band, initially served as the intermediary between Meek and Crist, and Clinton became involved only when Meek signaled that he would seriously consider the option, Clinton spokesman Matt McKenna confirmed to POLITICO.

“The argument was: ‘You can be a hero here. You can stop him, you can change this race in one swoop,’” said another Democrat familiar with the conversations, who said Clinton had bluntly told Meek that he couldn’t win the race.

The Crist, Meek and Clinton camps even set a date for an endorsement rally: the following Tuesday, Oct. 26. Meek was to give Crist his blessing and explain to his disappointed supporters — many of whom deeply distrust the governor, who was elected as a Republican — that their votes could save the Senate for the Democrats and save America from the rise of Rubio, who is viewed both as a hard-line conservative and a potential national figure.

The White House, Democrats said, had knowledge of the plans and viewed them as a path to capturing the Senate seat, but did not initiate the talks.

Don't be surprised folks, if in the last moment of this campaign, as the Democrats see thier chances of keeping the Senate grow very slim, Obama will shoot the last bullet in his gun, and force Meek to quit the Race, to prevent the rise of the most dominate rising star in the Republican party, a threat to Obama's reelection and to the Change theme of his 2008 campaign.

Our only hope is that the Floridains, and so on the American voters in the Country don't take these races for granted, and go out to vote, to chnage Washington, to bring back the Train to our Future on the right track.