Bill Clinton Tried to Get Meek to Drop Out

Recently, Bill Clinton attempted to persuade Kendrick Meek, the Florida Democratic candidate for Senate to drop out of the race. Currently, the election is a three-man race between Meek, Independent Charlie Crist, and Republican Marco Rubio (Tea-Party extremist). Rubio is leading both of his opponents, so Clinton felt that if he could convince Meek to drop out, Democrats would unite behind Charlie Crist, the stronger candidate. The Democrats need to do whatever possible to retain seats because of the unfavorable political climate. It seems to be selfish of Meek to remain in the election, despite the advice of Bill Clinton. Clinton has the parties best interests at heart, and realizes the importance of sacrifice to help the Democratic Party in this election. Obviously, it is difficult for a candidate to hear these words, and he may see it as unfair to have to drop out. As a result, however, it is likely that Crist and Meek will block each other, allowing for Rubio to win and costing the democrats one more seat in 2010.