Senate Candidates Start Following Their Game Plans

The candidates are starting to show their cards in the U.S Senate debate. Republican Marco Rubio is looking to tie both Gov. Charlie Crist, who is running without party affiliation, and Democratic U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek to the Obama administration and the federal stimulus.

These gentlemen support the course our country is headed, said Rubio who engaged with Meek on the merits of the stimulus.

Meek pounded on jobs, noting that the Sunshine State continues to see double-digit unemployment.

Rubio and Meek continued to bicker -- which gave Crist a chance to say he is above such partisanship. In the first third of the debate, Rubio seemed more concerned with attacking Meek than Crist, even though Crist is closer in the polls.