of staffers because when he left the republican party all of his strategists, pollsters and press people left him. now he has his older sister, margaret wood, who has never run a statewide campaign is in the role of campaign manager. but she s backed by some extremely experienced people, including, most notably, josh iseg, the head of skd knickerbockers new york office and someone who is a key strategist for senator schumer, one of the best known name in democrat politics and a fascinating connection to the obama white house. his partner is the president s former communications director and married to his counsel, bob bowers. so charlie didn t have the staff he wanted but he does have some tlept. what are the polls looking like down there in that race? he is still ahead. the press has no idea. reporters assume that mark rubio is going to win.