Kendrick Meek Death Watch: Latest News

The Buzz reports former Bill Clinton political advisor Mark Penn is hosting a $4,800-per-person fundraising reception for Charlie Crist.

In other news: Howard Dean made this comment to Rachel Maddow about potential seats Domocrats could pick up for the Senate caucus.

"I was calculating this morning. I think it's possible we might lose only one seat because are going to lose a bunch of seats for incumbents, but we have a chance of picking up five seats, including Louisiana, North Carolina, Kentucky, New Hampshire and whether Kendrick Meek or Charlie Crist wins."

That must make Meek feel like the Democratic Party is putting all their eggs in his basket. Democrats aren't even pretending they aren't backing Meek anymore.