Kendrick Meek Launches TV Commercial Bashing Jeff Greene

With less than a month until his showdown with Jeff Greene for the Democratic nomination in the U.S. Senate race, U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek finally took to the airwaves with a new commercial. While recent polls have found the Democratic nominee -- be it Meek or Greene -- far behind independent candidate Gov. Charlie Crist or Republican candidate Marco Rubio, the battle between the Democrats has increasingly gotten nasty and this commercial is no different. The Meek campaign is not focusing on its candidate at all despite polls showing he remained unknown to many Floridians. Instead, the ad takes aim at Greene.

"Greene bet that the housing market would collapse and that middle-class Floridians would lose their equity and their homes," said Meek's campaign manager Abe Dyk. "Every night, while Floridians went to bed praying to keep their homes, Greene prayed they would lose them, so he could profit and become a billionaire. Credit default swaps -- like the ones Greene pioneered -- played a critical part in the financial downfall, the credit crunch, the decline of the housing market and the near-collapse of the U.S. economy. Jeff Greene became a billionaire off the backs of middle-class, hard-working Floridians and played an integral role in contributing to the economic meltdown that has affected the lives of every Floridian."