Posted on 01/31/2012 5:57:11 AM PST by Ben Barrack
Florida Senator Marco Rubio has been a Tea Party favorite, much like South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley was. Haley endorsed Romney and was thoroughly rebuked by her state's voters when Gingrich won going away.
Rubio hasn't officially endorsed Romney but he has come about as close as Sarah Palin has to endorsing Gingrich. In fact, Rubio's rebuke of Gingrich's ad that went after Romney for being anti-Immigration may have been almost as effective in deflating the Newtmentum in Florida as Romney's negative and egregious ads that targeted Gingrich. The Senator from Florida even rebuked Gingrich when the former Speaker likened Romney to Crist. Rubio defended Romney as someone who stood by him in his race against Crist.
As John Hawkins points out at Right Wing News, Romney didn't get behind Rubio until the Tea Party had spent a year pushing Rubio past Crist...
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I like Rubio a LOT, but he is a former state speaker. You don’t get there by poking the eye of the party insiders.
I am glad Rubio did not endorse, and frankly the two areas where he did insert himself in the race are fair arguments. I think Newt got off message in Florida and went in too many directions instead of sticking to fighting for the conservative positions and laying out where Romney’s political career contradicts FL GOP voters. This has not been a good week for Gingrich, and it is not all inflicted by the other guy.
The only problem with your statement is that barack hussein has set a precedent for all non NBC candidates.So if Hussein was eligible Marco is as well.THe left can’t have it both ways.
Thanks Ben Barrack.
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