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Initiated these talks. jenna: so lots of talks, lots of speculation, a lot of reports, but as of right now, this is still a three-way race, right? republican marco rubio is ahead here. reporter: oh, absolutely. he s been ahead by double digits for weeks and weeks, however, the most recent poll came out yesterday morning, quinn peeiak university, and that shows the race tightening up a bit, rubio s lead over crist, just seven points, but look, a commanding, commanding lead over meek, he has been about 20 percent or less for many of the past several weeks. but the back room deals to possibly turn a three-way race into a two-way race is exactly what rubio says makes all americans sick. don t cut a deal with they ll cut a deal with anyone on any issue in order to perpetuate it forward. this is the kind of behavior that s brought us some of the worst public policy in our history. reporter: whether this would make a difference at ....
Politics average, the current governor charlie crist elected as a republican, running as an independent. real clear has this one in rubio s favor with a lead of about 10.5 points. as you can see over crist and around 17 over meek. now, florida has an 11.4% unemployment rate. that is above the national average. it went to barack obama two years ago, as you see here 51-48%. tonight, correspondent phil keating is down here in miami. he is reporting live wh more on this contest. good evening, phil. reporter: good evening, bret. riding a fresh five-point uptick in the polls, democratic congressman kendrick meek unveiling a novel and creative political ad today. also revealing his new strategy in the waning weeks in the tightening race for florida senate seat. up until now, meek s political ads which aired across florida tv statewide have really basically highlighted his own political positions. he is pro-choice. ....