In what is probably the best evidence that the two Florida gubernatorial candidates leave a lot to be desired (read: stink to high heaven), the Libertarian 
Party is making some major inroads with their candidate.
Nobody really thinks that Adrian Wyllie can win, of course. Ladra doesn’t even believe that his people think that. But the fact that Wyllie is pulling 13% in the most recent poll — a four point jump from the 9% he got just a few months ago — has them a little heady nonetheless.
And among independent voters, that number jumps to nearly 20%.
Wyllie is going to make a difference, and history, any which way you look at it.
It would be historic if a third party candidate pulls in double digits. No other candidate has gotten even one percent in the last two gubernatorial elections.
And its particularly interesting in light of the fact that Wyllie has raised just over $91,000 — which is less than what most commission candidates spend in Miami-Dade alone. Meanwhile, the two front runners have spent millions.
The momentum toward this historic moment seemingly has Wyllie on overdrive.
He is protesting Telemundo this morning because they excluded him from their gubernatorial debate. Later this week, he will be a featured guest at the opening of a new art gallery on Bird Road and next week he’ll host a breakfast at Versailles, said one of his Miami area ground game guys.
There will also be two sign-waving campaign events at 4 p.m. today for Wyllie supporters in Miami-Dade — one on the LeJeune Road entrance to Miracle Mile in Coral Gables and one in front of Westland Mall in Hialeah.
Political observers believe that the gains Wyllie has made in polls is due to the dual negative on negative ads the two frontrunners have waged against each other. That may also be why we have started to see positive ads.
In the most recent poll, Crist and Scott are neck and neck with close to 40 percent of the vote. If Wyllie comes in a distant third with 13% or more, he will have done more for the Libertarian Party in Florida than anyone has ever.
It’s too bad there’s no Libertarian candidate in the congressional District 26 race.
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