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I knew you would mention that!

Yes, the exact same thing being said about Beruff now was said about Rubio then, and Martinez before him. You were one of the very few people here I recall that was unconvinced of Rubio being better than Martinez. Rubio was “given the benefit of the doubt” because he talked the talk, not that he had any viable opposition after Crist exited the primary.

Beruff’s explaination re Crist is “he fooled me like he did many Floridians”, that flies as far as supporting him for the nomination, not standing by him when he abandoned the party. The only difference between the 2 candidates I can be sure of is that Rubio is much more likely to win, which closes the case for me.

I like candidates for high office to have records, damn it!

>> Rubio was “given the benefit of the doubt” because he talked the talk, not that he had any viable opposition after Crist exited the primary. <<

That's a valid point. As I recall, the primary ended up being between Rubio and two obscure candidates with zero funding. We all had fun poking fun of the FReeper backing that "honorable Dr. Escoffery" guy who was a citizen of four countries. ;-)

Still, zero excuse for the "Tea Party" crowd deciding to throw everyone else under the bus and beat down the door to endorse Rubio the INSTANT he announced. Someone like Daniel Webster should have been the Senate nominee that year. This time around, the ideal choice to replace Rubio would have been someone like Allen West (although there's zero chance of that happening now that he's in TX). We have got to do a better job of recruiting solid, PROVEN conservatives.

I love how Rubio's support for amnesty in his first elected office (as a city councilman or whatever it was) wasn't leaked to the public until AFTER he ran for President. Interesting timing.

Bottom line: these "Tea Party" groups didn't learn their lesson after Martinez, didn't get it after Rubio, and sadly, STILL don't get it. And there are similar gullible conservatives all around the country. Just look at the outpouring of conservative support that "Obama's cousin" in Kansas got for telling them what they wanted to hear (and he was running against a PROVEN across-the-board conservative!)