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I have met Marco Rubio several times (he used to be my state representative when I lived in Florida) and I have a lot of respect for the man.

As did most of FR until, apparently, this morning.

Would I be swayed if he were to endorse Romney? Of course not. But I won't call him a "traitor" either.

I figure that my job, when it comes to Republicans who support Romney, is to try and explain to them why that's a bad idea......not to spit in their faces. And yeah, I've been posting that point of view here for months, and I stand by it.

I had a great deal of respect for Rubio. I was dissapointed that he didn't throw his hat in the ring for POTUS this year. I did not expect him to endorse Newt, at least not before the FL primary, and possibly not even afterwards. That would have been a pity, but I would have understood it.

What I did not expect-not even a little-was for Rubio to hop into the tank with Romney and toss out a bunch of anti-Newt talking points for the MSM to gleefully regurgitate. Does that make him a traitor? That depends on the chosen context. Did he betray the Republicans? Nah, they don't stand for anything strongly enough. They are the Episcopal Church of politics. You can stand for almost anything and still stand with them. But if you ask if Rubio (and all the other establishment MittBots) has betrayed the Tea Party, well then, the question gets harder to ignore. Romney sure as heck isn't going to want to fight under our banner or die on our hill. But Newt just might.

As for me, Rubio is now on long-term double-secret probation. And that is also too bad. But it is what it is.