In Florida, Marco Rubio continues to grow his lead, putting him in “solid position to win,” as political opportunist Charlie Crist and liberal Kendrick Meek are forced to battle it out for second place. The Miami Herald reports:  

With a little over a month remaining before the Nov. 2 election, the three-way race for U.S. Senate is turning into a two-man race — for second place. A statewide poll released Saturday night shows Republican Marco Rubio building on his lead over independent challenger Charlie Crist, while Democrat Kendrick Meek appears to be closing in on Crist in the closely-watched contest. Rubio is favored by 40 percent of likely voters, up from 38 percent last month; Crist’s support has dwindled to 28 percent from 33 percent, according to the Mason-Dixon Research & Associates survey of 625 likely Florida voters. The margin of error: plus/minus four percentage points… “Rubio seems to be in a solid position to win, while Crist is fading,” said Mason-Dixon pollster Brad Coker. “Crist is bleeding Democrats to Meek and independents to both Meek and Rubio.”