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Hot damn, Charlie Crist has smashed that purported $3 million fundraising figure, and hauled in $4.3 million dollars for his senate campaign in only seven weeks as a candidate. As his press release points out, that’s $86,000 a day. Marco Rubio has raised less than 8% of that. Eight percent.
Potential Democratic challenger Kendrick Meek is still holding strong with about $3.1 million, but he’s out raising money for months.
$4.3 million. That is some sort of record, and in this economy…
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