And The Meek Shall Inherit...Nothing? Part 3

In Florida's Senate race, Kendrick Meek is denying yesterday's story that Bill Clinton tried to talk him out of the race.  Rather, Meek says it was Charlie Crist who asked him to drop out.

"He never asked me to get out of the race. I never told him I was getting out of the race," Meek said, referring to Clinton. "Governor Crist talked to me about getting out of the race. I recommend to the governor that he should consider getting out of the race."

The allegations bubbled up Thursday when Crist, the Republican-turned-independent Senate candidate, said he spoke with Meek and "several people" at the White House about having Meek step out of the race.
Crist, who appeared on Fox News, would not specify to whom he spoke to at the White House, but said he spoke to Meek about the possible shift and that Meek was "considering it."

Crist said that he spoke with Doug Band, a counselor to Clinton, who Crist said acted as an intermediary, relaying information about whether or not Meek would end his Senate bid.

Meek denied any intent to exit the three-way race among Rubio, Crist and himself.

"Any rumor or any statement that I decided to get out of this race is inaccurate at best," Meek said at a Thursday night news conference.

Meek's clearly not going anywhere, but if he's right about Crist going to the White House to get Meek out and using the Big Dog's pull in Florida to do it, I've got to say this is going to haunt both President Obama and the Big Dog for some time.  All this does is hand the race to Marco Rubio, and he's having a huge laugh about this.

The Meek situation was handled with total incompetence by the White House from Day One when they made it known they'd rather work with Crist than their own man.  And now it's all coming back on them.