I have already called and e-mailed his offices letting them know he has lost me and many others. This from one who supported him through the campaign in work and money with automatic monthly contributions that extended to his PAC after he won. I cut it off a year ago when he started to waffle.
I also let them know I would do the same in support of someone who can present the creds of a conservative record and this time the words must match the record, which he had very little of.
I agree that we may have been duped, but remember, the choice was between him and Crist. McCallister kept shooting himself in the foot.
The problem here was that the pro-RINO voters saw Rubio as someone as acceptable as Crist, for their purposes, but younger and probably less gay.
They voted for Rubio and the Conservatives voted for Rubio and Rubio won.
Later on, in the 2012 election, after purging Florida's voter rolls of all the illegals, etc. we ran Romney against Obama and lost ~ with those same voters. The reason is now obvious ~ with Charlie Crist having officially 'gone over' so did his pro-RINO voters.
We know we no longer have the pro-RINO voter faction available to us in Florida. Hence Rubio's total panic ~
This movement of FACTIONS, not just individual voters, is the way the party system works in this country. We have to learn to work it by seeking out and registering Republican oriented voters ~ then we have to get them to the polls. And we need to avoid stirring up and encouraging Democrats to vote.
And a lesson concerning pro-RINO voters. They exist, and in some states they make a difference at the state office level ~ the Governor, Lt. Governor, Senators, and President! ~ they sure seem to have counted in Florida but I doubt running for Jeb Bush is the way to bring them back.