Kendrick Meek Team Unleashes Alan Grayson against Charlie Crist

U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, the Democratic nominee in the U.S. Senate race, looked to fence in Democrats straying to back Gov. Charlie Crist, who is running without party affiliation, by having U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson send a fund-raising e-mail to supporters labeling the governor as a conservative.

Crist may want us to forget he's a conservative Republican, but the past keeps coming back to haunt him, wrote Grayson who included kind words from Crist for Sarah Palin in the e-mail.

We can't let Crist pretend to be a moderate, particularly after appointing George LeMieux, who's voted no on health care, no on Wall Street reform, and no on extending unemployment benefits, continued Grayson.

Grayson also echoed language that Meek used against Jeff Greene in the Democratic primary -- who is now using the term real Democrat to define himself against Crist.

As much as Crist and Marco Rubio would like to paint themselves as independent voices, the fact is that they're both lifelong, conservative Republicans who are beholden to special interests and wealthy donors, wrote Grayson. Kendrick is the only real Democrat in this race. He is the only candidate who is 100 percent against privatizing Social Security, who has consistently supported a woman's right to choose, and who has opposed offshore drilling -- both before and after the terrible spill in the Gulf.

We can't afford to send a wild card like Charlie Crist to the U.S. Senate, concluded Grayson. After all, if it were up to him Sarah Palin would be doing a great job in the White House. We need to send someone we can be sure of -- someone who will do the right thing. That's Kendrick Meek.

Meek has had a good two weeks and while he still trails behind Republican Marco Rubio and Crist in the polls, he is gaining strength -- most of which is coming at the expense of Crist. As Meek grows stronger, Crist grows weaker and the race starts tilting more toward Rubio.