A new poll shows that Congressional candidate Alan Grayson's lead over Ric Keller has grown to seven points. Two earlier polls gave Grayson a four-point lead. The current seven-point lead is well beyond the poll's margin of error.
Keller, however, is way ahead in one area: unfavorable ratings. The number of voters with an unfavorable opinion of Keller is more than twice as high as those with an unfavorable opinion of Grayson.
Remarkably, with only three weeks left in this campaign, Keller has yet to run a single TV ad attempting to make the case for Keller as to why he deserves to remain in office. Instead, Keller's ads are all "negative," all the time.
It's clear that Keller's convoluted and nasty personal attacks on Grayson already have failed. They have served only to increase Grayson's lead, and remind voters why they just don't like mean Ric Keller.
Orlando police officer Eddie Diaz was shot and paralyzed in the line of duty. When Diaz ran against Keller, Keller called Diaz a coward. Charlie Stuart's family has been prominent in Orlando public affairs for forty years. When Stuart ran against Keller, Keller branded Stuart a bankrupt tax cheat. And when Todd Long, a fellow Republican, asked Keller to honor Keller's term-limit pledge, and leave office this year, Keller called Long a drunk.
"The voters could not care less about Ric Keller's pink-hued fairy tales," said Grayson. "They've seen that kind of character assassination from him over and over again, and they're sick of it. They want a leader who will attack problems, not attack people."
Because Grayson for Congress is offering people solutions to our problems, we're winning. And on Nov. 4th, when Alan Grayson is elected to Congress, we all win.