THE RIGHT CONSIDERS HIS ELECTABILITY A SIN:

Charlie Crist holds wide lead in Senate poll (MICHAEL FALCONE, 6/11/09, Politico)

In a 2010 primary matchup, 54 percent of voters said they would back Crist while 23 percent support Rubio in the race to succeed GOP Sen. Mel Martinez, who announced his retirement late last year. Twenty-one percent of voters are undecided.

The survey showed high approval ratings for Crist among both Republicans and Democrats. Overall, 60 percent of Floridians say they have a favorable opinion of him, compared with 28 percent who rate him unfavorably. The vast majority of voters — 73 percent — said they had not heard enough about Rubio to say whether they view him favorably or not.