Will 2010 Florida US Senate Race be similar to 2004 PA US Senate Race.

[dwkulcsar]

I support Kevin Burns in the Florida Senate race. There is a small sized rejection of the establishment choice Kendrick Meek. Meek is not particularly progressive; he has a bit close of a relationship towards the DLC and democratic activists are not really big on that, especially the youth.
Meek is not polling as high as someone with that much funds on hand. He is the financial front-runner, but decided to not use any money to pay for entry on the ballot, and will be using all his campaign resources to get on the ballot by petition (112,000 or so needed). Which I hear is not going really well. There are pluses to getting on the ballot this way but there is only so many willing to sign a petition, petitions just seen strange when you ask someone "Would you sign a petition to get Kendrick Meek on the ballot?" asking non political astute people, they will assume that this is an endorsement by the signer.
Meek is running this campaign like the Obama campaign, and this will not work in Florida. Sure Obama won the state but got killed in rural areas; and there is where Meek needs to win in a midterm. And not to mention, people like to get to know their candidate by talking to them for more than a handshake and pre chosen words.
Meek is not really astro-turfing but campaigning by photo-op.