The Florida House is poised today to approve legislation ending tenure and tying teacher pay to how much students improve in their classes.

The bill also will be chalked up as a major victory for ruling Republican lawmakers over the state teachers’ union, which has been a huge supplier of campaign cash and activists to Democratic political campaigns.

Democrats, outnumbered more than two-to-one in the House, have been pushing back, and a vote isn’t expected until early evening. House Speaker Dean Cannon, R-Winter Park, already having set aside six hours for debate on the measure.

Above is the television ad from the Florida Education Association thanking Gov. Charlie Crist for vetoing the controversial teacher tenure bill last week. It sounds like this version is on the air in the Tallahassee market and something similar will be up soon across the state.

Meanwhile, we were leaked part of a recent poll from Hamilton Campaigns that asked 700 likely Florida voters these questions:

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Florida Republican Party Chairman John Thrasher and Gov. Charlie Crist exchange a glance on Wednesday. Michael C. Bender/The Palm Beach Post

While Republican Gov. Charlie Crist’s veto on Thursday was a clear end for this year’s teacher bill, it made his own political future increasingly cloudy.

Many Republicans said the veto wiped out not just the bill, but any chance Crist had at catching his U.S. Senate rival, former House Speaker Marco Rubio, in the Republican primary. This theory gave new life to rumors Crist would drop his primary bid and run as an independent.

Others said it could provide Crist the spark he’s needed since Rubio overtook him in the polls in December.

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