Posted on 08/15/2010 6:35:42 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
After Crist backed up Obama on his statements about the mosque at Ground Zero, I saw the story about Obama backtracking what he said originally. Apparently, Crist is even more in the tank for the Islamicists than Obama.
Is your estimation (being generous) for the primary or for the general? If it is for either, how about backing up your statement with a few of those stubborn little things (facts).
It’s important to defeat Crist.
Otherwise I think he is the Soros backed third party candidate for President in 012 attempting to give Baraq a Clintonian plurality win.
[singing] Charlie Charlie, oh oh oh, he gotta go now, yi yi yi yi yi...
Thanks PJ-Comix.
This race is a win-win situation — if Rubio wins, the nutjobs here will start their non-stop round-the-calendar round-the clock pissing and moaning about Rubio’s pro-immigration stands; if Crist wins, the nutjobs here will blame Rubio for throwing in with the pro-amnesty crowd; if the Demwit wins, it’ll be Rubio’s fault, same reason...
That’s a lot of movement in a short period of time. Seems to me it was only 2 or 3 weeks ago that Crist was ahead in the same 3-way by 4 or 5 points.
From the little that I have heard down here, West is well behind.
My Democrat neighbors can’t stand Crist and I will tell them to vote for Meek to get rid of Crist. They will definitely do it. They are voting for Rubio as they said Obama screwed them over with the healthcare and they are upset with his stance on illegal immigration.
Lol David Osborn here at fr is sponsoring another candidate that want a debate..sounds like Rubio will not debate..
I wish Republicans had understood this when Arnold first ran for office.
Closed primaries in Florida.
This is great news and I expect that Rubio will slowly pull farther ahead as the campaign progresses.
I’m going to claim some bragging rights here- I was one of the first Freepers (perhaps the first) to support Rubio over Crist, even though Crist appeared to be more electable.
Thanks for the info. Here is more background.
How does one “fix” a lightening strike in Cuba without spending any money?
One set of rules for me, another set of rules for thee.
Crist’s slobbering on Obama’s backside in offering him cover for the GZM endorsement will not play well. Anticipate further erosion of Good Time Charlie’s numbers in the coming week.
But would Meek be a shoe-in for the win? If not.....will Kendrick suddenly find himself under the bus do you think?????
“This is great news and I expect that Rubio will slowly pull farther ahead as the campaign progresses.”
Rubio looked a lot more impressive to me back in April when he first began to appear on the scene. He was running as a real conservative, constitutionalist. Since then, he has become very measured in his responses and his answers have become “Bushified”. He doesn’t seem to realize that, with Crist in this race, this will be a “base” election. If he does not motivate the base and turn them out, he will lose to Crist. Being wishy washy on lifting the moratorium and opposing the Arizona law has cost him. He needs to jump start his flagging campaign. Sarah Palin could do this for him, but he must have received strict orders from Jeb not to call upon her.
I hope Rubio wins. He is far better than the chameleon, crypto-lib Crist. He should be far ahead of “Benedict Charlie” but instead he is within the margin of error and probably a little behind. Unless he gives the Bushes a wide berth and begins to fearlessly articulate constitutional conservative principles, I am afraid he is going to lose.
If Rubio can closely tie Charlie Crist to Barack Obama, he can alienate Crist from moderate independent voters who are anti-Obama.
Before a general election strategy can be carried out, it’s important to see how the primaries turn out.
“If Rubio can closely tie Charlie Crist to Barack Obama, he can alienate Crist from moderate independent voters who are anti-Obama.”
It doesn’t really matter how the primaries turn out. The Democrat Party is famous for gaming the results. Remember the Torricelli switch in New Jersey and the Carnahan dead man vote with the widow taking the seat in MO.
A midyear election is all about turnout. Rubio is running a campaign that will DEPRESS turnout among conservatives. Some others will figure that if there is not much difference between Rubio and Obama/Crist on Immigration or on the Moratorium, they will just vote Crist.
Also, remember this....If Crist is close to Rubio in October and Meek or Greene are far behind, Obama may very well orchestrate the withdrawal of the Dem candidate at the critical time to give Crist the boost he needs (exactly what Perot did for Clinton in the summer of 1992 by withdrawing; It propelled Clinton from third place to first place.)
These Dem hacks are pros at this and Rubio seems a little slow on the uptake, which infuriates me. He had better stop the pussyfooting and start running as a conservative NOW before it is too late. (And it may already be too late.)
I am tremendously frustrated that this Bush “reach for the middle” strategy that the hapless Rubio is pursuing is poised to turn a GOP seat over to the Dems.
You make an interesting point, but if Obama were to facilitate the withdraw of an African-American candidate to assist a white one, it could really depress turnout among that voter base. The ‘Rat Party may avoid such a move for that reason alone.
I’m surprised to see Rubio getting such bad advice. I guess that being new to national statewide politics can make a candidate receptive to such a thing. Can prominent conservatives gain access to Rubio and persuade on the error of this approach?
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