REUTERS: TEA PARTY REPUBLICAN HAS BIG LEAD IN FLORIDA. “Republican candidate Marco Rubio has opened a clear lead in a Florida Senate race, becoming the latest Tea Party favorite to benefit from voter anger at Washington, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found on Wednesday. Six weeks before November 2 congressional elections, Rubio leads state Governor Charlie Crist, an independent, by 40 percent to 26 percent among likely voters, the poll found. Democrat Kendrick Meek trails at 21 percent.”

So much for Kos’s mythical Meek Surge. Meek indeed . . . .