Posted on 05/21/2009 3:46:37 PM PDT by floridavoter2
TAMPA -- What goes through Marco Rubio's mind in the dark of night?
''Just cutting taxes not enough. We need Tax Reform!'' he shouted via Twitter recently at 1:55 a.m. ``Tax code is too complicated, too anti-job creation and full of unfair exemptions.''
Another night at 2:37 a.m.: ``In last election Americans voted for change. But they did not vote to expand size or role of govt. That was not what Prez. campaigned on.''
The line between fearless warrior, unhinged zealot and doomed martyr can be hazy. It's hard to tell where to place underdog Republican U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio.
On the surface, it's absurd: An obscure Republican former legislator from Miami trying to beat Florida's most popular Republican, a sitting governor named Charlie Crist, who happens to be a record-shattering fundraiser.
And 37-year-old Rubio intends to do this in the face of the national Republican establishment uniting behind Crist, and the Florida Republican Party bent on pushing Rubio out altogether.
Even many fans of the former state House Speaker think the best he can hope for is to boost his profile to become a credible challenger for Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson in 2012.
Unless....
(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...
Crist is too moderate and way too tan.
This guy is great.....needs our support!
“intends to do this in the face of the national Republican establishment uniting behind Crist”
This is so sickening! Why does the RNC have to unite behind RINOs?!?!!!!!!
We’ve gotta sort “the herd” and get the RINOs out!
NO to Crist! Marco Rubio, all the way!
Who says the GOP is just the party of white men?
There are two “people of color” running for the Republican nomination for Senate in Florida.
Uh...not quite. The Republican Party is already against him. Conservatives are rebelling against the Republican Party. Absent a serious problem on Rubio's part conservatives are going to vote for him. That might just be enough to put him on the ballot. I have two questions. By what right do the party elites decide our candidate in primary states? Why has the Republican Party leadership not closed all primaries nation wide? Mr. Rubio, I am going to send you some money. Good Luck and Good Hunting!!! Hope you bag a RINO!
Nothing good can come from having that much time for the
“tan” man.
Rubio is a young brilliant guy. He is inspired by something supernatural and I like that. Living in Miami among the movers and shakers, I can tell you that he doesn’t do anyone any favors. That’s why some “Republicans” aren’t crazy about him, and why I really like him. He’s solid and knows who’s in charge.
The RNC just likes Crist because they think he will be a shoe-in. Wrong. Crist is a wienie. We need someone with some real cajones to be a senator from FL. And, Mr Crist, here is a newsflash: You can’t win FL without winning Miami-Dade County.
I heard Marco Rubio being interviewed on the radio today. It was the first time I have heard of him, and I think I have been more impressed with his interview than from any other conservative candidate this year. He made a strong case that the only way we will win elections is by backing conservative candidates.
That’s about the best endorsement I can think of. Thanks. I’ll be watching for now on.
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