St. Pete Times: Meek a wild liberal? Not quite, survey shows
When Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio are done slugging it out, one of them will turn attention to Democrat Kendrick Meek. And no doubt they'll cast him as a South Florida liberal. But a new survey from National Journal puts Meek more toward the middle politically.
Meek was ranked the 176th most liberal member of the U.S. House and the 254th most conservative. In the study, House members are assigned separate scores for their roll-call votes on key economic, social and foreign-policy issues during 2009.
Most liberal member of the Florida delegation: Kathy Castor, D-Tampa.
Most conservative: Jeff Miller, R-Pensacola. (read more here)