US Senate Debate in Florida

   Today the three Senatorial candidates for Florida duked it out at Nova Southeastern University. The hour long debate was very interesting to watch.
   While I was watching something occurred to me, how in the world was Charlie Crist elected as Florida's governor? Not once could he answer a question asked to him on the first try. No matter the question, Crist always ended up talking about why and how he was an Independent candidate.  Every time, he would have to be re-directed toward the question asked.I was appalled at Crist when he launched a personal attack on Marco Rubio. Crist accused Rubio of changing his position on insurance legislation when he was House Speaker after selling his Miami home, for 300 some odd thousand dollars, in cash, to a chiropractor who was lobbying for him. However, Rubio handled it very well, saying "That is categorically false, it was an arms-length transaction," (arms-length transaction- A fair market exchange between a knowledgeable buyer and seller, neither of which are influenced by duress or harmful action. fidelityhouston.com/realestatedictionary).
   The Democratic candidate Kendrick Meek was definitely a better speaker than Crist. His answers however, were not always the best. I was actually impressed with how well he handled himself considering "his ballot is nearly identical to Pelosi's, and the White House could have written his agenda,". There was one thing that bugged me the most that Meek kept saying.  Meek kept pressing the fact that  he was the only pro-choice candidate on the ballot. However, one of the first things that Crist said in his ramblings was that he was 100% behind the pro-choice decision.
   Now, I was by far the most impressed with candidate Marco Rubio. The former Florida Speaker of the House was incredibly composed.  He answered every question perfectly. Rubio had a 2-3 part answer to every question. Also, he answered every question within the time constraints, something that both Crist and Meek had problems doing. The one thing that I think I would say could be his downfall is that Rubio is pro-life. I personally agree with it, however it is a very difficult point to debate on and all republicans running on that point can lose a lot of votes that way.
   Other than that, I think that Marco Rubio was the hands-down winner of tonights debate. He handled himself the best, answered the questions the best, and also was the most polite. Meek and Crist interrupted each other, Rubio, and the questioners surprisingly often.