Why doesn't Kendrick Meek get more respect?
For the last few months, when talk turns to Florida, political pundits have focused on the meteoric rise of Marco Rubio over Charlie Crist in the state's Republican primary for Senate. And today, with a ...
Posted Sunday, April 18th 2010 at 1:21PM
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Tonight on MSNBC's Hardball, Chuck Todd said Meek is well positioned in the Florida's U.S. Senate race. The clip can be found here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvDtZ9aMTw0).
Here is the transcript:
Chuck Todd: "If (Crist) runs as an indepen ...
Posted Friday, April 16th 2010 at 5:57PM
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Here is a quick run-down of what people have said and written about Kendrick's campaign in the past 24 hours:
Yesterday, President Obama singled out Kendrick during his stop in Miami: "Somewhere around here is the next senator from the great state ...
Posted Friday, April 16th 2010 at 5:47PM
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Miami Gardens, Fla. - Kendrick Meek today issued the following statement regarding the announcement of Florida's seasonally adjusted March unemployment rate rose to 12.3% from the February rate of 12.2%:
"Today's news reminds us that much more wor ...
Posted Friday, April 16th 2010 at 9:50AM
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Miami Gardens, Fla. - U.S. Senate candidate Kendrick Meek released the following statement regarding President Obama's speech on NASA's future in Cape Canaveral today:
"Canceling Constellation's manned shuttle program means Florida will lose out i ...
Posted Thursday, April 15th 2010 at 2:44PM
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Miami Gardens, FL - Kendrick Meek today released the following statement praising Florida's teachers and students for bringing public pressure on Governor Crist to veto SB 6, an unprecedented assault on Florida's teachers:
"Nothing is more powerfu ...
Posted Thursday, April 15th 2010 at 11:25AM
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Dear Friend,
Are you on Facebook and Twitter? Kendrick Meek is, and so are thousands of his supporters. Will you join us today?
The pace of this campaign is picking up and our Facebook page and Twitter feed are the best ways to get up-to-the-mi ...
Posted Wednesday, April 14th 2010 at 11:44AM
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http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2010-04-11/story/democart-meek-not-shy-campaigning-locally-us-senate-seat
The plan: Tug at blue collars to win over red voters.
If Kendrick Meek, a Democratic congressman from Miami, can pull that off in Jacks ...
Posted Wednesday, April 14th 2010 at 11:39AM
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http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/04/10/1573624/kendrick-meek-the-regular-guy.html
ORLANDO -- In a pool hall lit by Budweiser lamps and big-screen TVs, U.S. Senate candidate Kendrick Meek and a few union leaders from the nearby Lockheed Martin plant ...
Posted Wednesday, April 14th 2010 at 11:31AM
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http://blogs.tampabay.com/buzz/2010/04/kendrick-meek-tells-crist-to-veto-teacher-bill-.html
Add Gov. Charlie Crist's potential rival in the U.S. Senate race to the long list of people lobbying him on Senate Bill 6.
Democratic contender Kendrick ...
Posted Tuesday, April 13th 2010 at 12:18PM
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The Florida Division of Elections today confirmed that Kendrick Meek's U.S. Senate campaign gathered enough valid petitions to be placed on the 2010 ballot, officially making Kendrick the first statewide candidate in Florida history to qualify for th ...
Posted Thursday, April 8th 2010 at 4:41PM
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Thanks for allowing me the opportunity to speak to your community.
I'm traveling all across the state getting to know Floridians and telling them about my story. I can't talk to everyone personally, though, and since I'm running for U.S. Senate ...
Posted Thursday, April 8th 2010 at 1:24PM
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Live Oak, Fla. - U.S. Senate candidate Kendrick Meek held an economic roundtable with North Florida business owners and professionals today to discuss the state of the local economy. At the meeting, Kendrick also discussed his plans for bringing jobs ...
Posted Thursday, April 8th 2010 at 10:42AM
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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/commentary/fl-outlook-haitipolicyneeds0meek-20100405,0,1030037.story
Originally printed in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel
by Kendrick Meek
After returning home to Florida from Haiti in the aftermath o ...
Posted Monday, April 5th 2010 at 12:52PM
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Kendrick Meek today released the following statement regarding the economy adding 162,000 new jobs last month.
"Today's long overdue news is the clearest indication yet that we're on the road from recession to recovery. Florida is facing the wors ...
Posted Monday, April 5th 2010 at 10:22AM
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http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2010/03/kendrick-meek-takes-time-for-haiti.html
The Miami Democrat -- who represents more Haitian Americans than any other member of Congress -- will be at the UN today for today's Haiti donor conferenc ...
Posted Thursday, April 1st 2010 at 5:43PM
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We just got word that the political newspaper, The Hill, has moved Kendrick's race into the "Toss-up" category. That means they have noticed our recent momentum and think Kendrick's chances of winning have increased. With less than seven hours to go ...
Posted Wednesday, March 31st 2010 at 6:34PM
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All the talk about the U.S. Senate race between Gov. Charlie Crist and former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio is inescapable in the conservative stronghold of Northeast Florida.
But just this morning, some numbers were released suggesting anothe ...
Posted Tuesday, March 30th 2010 at 1:58PM
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http://www.news-press.com/article/20100329/SS15/100329058/1075/Meek-turns-in-140-000-petitions-for-U.S.-Senate-run
MIAMI GARDENS — A historic and yearlong grassroots mobilizing effort wrapped up today as Kendrick Meek's U.S. Senate campaign submit ...
Posted Tuesday, March 30th 2010 at 1:55PM
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The nationally televised debate between Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and former state House Speaker Marco Rubio on Sunday made clear that the Republican Senate primary is going to be a knockdown, drag-out brawl between now and, gulp, August 24.
The ...
Posted Tuesday, March 30th 2010 at 1:49PM
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http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2010/03/kendrick-meek-ready-for-the-republicans.html
Hours before he'll drop off thousands of voter signatures at elections HQ, Kendrick Meek got a few minutes of TV time, telling the hosts at Morning J ...
Posted Tuesday, March 30th 2010 at 1:43PM
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Dear Friend,
Huge news. Nobody in Florida has ever secured a place on the ballot for U.S. Senate by submitting petitions. Yet, moments ago, Kendrick filed the final giant stack of signatures with the state bringing the total to more than 140,000 n ...
Posted Monday, March 29th 2010 at 12:43PM
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A historic and yearlong grassroots mobilizing effort wrapped up on Monday as Kendrick Meek's U.S. Senate campaign submitted over 140,000 petitions to Supervisor of Elections offices throughout Florida to place Meek's name on the ballot.
Florida la ...
Posted Monday, March 29th 2010 at 12:37PM
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By Kendrick Meek
Reading Pat Rice’s column “Could Crist Declare His Independence?” (March 7) I couldn’t help but laugh at Pat’s characterization that I have positioned myself “somewhere to the left of Obama.”
While Pat’s opinions are his own, t ...
Posted Friday, March 26th 2010 at 12:56PM
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Kendrick Meek, the leading Democratic candidate for Florida's open U.S. Senate seat, sided with his party and bashed the Republican-led state Senate's vote Thursday to put class size back on the ballot.
His staff released this statement: "Good pol ...
Posted Friday, March 26th 2010 at 12:51PM
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