Adam C. Smith, St Petersburg Times Political Editor offers some interesting end of year considerations on the Rubio - Christ race in Florida for the US Senate: Welcome to 2010, which stands to be the busiest and most unpredictable political year Florida has seen in decades. . . .Winner of 2009: Marco Rubio Eight months ago, even some of his biggest admirers were calling him crazy and shortsighted. Why in world would he launch a futile U.S. Senate campaign against an immensely popular sitting governor sure to raise vast amounts of money? Give it up, and the attorney general's nomination would be all his, and he'd be poised from there to run for Senate or governor.
Instead, Rubio stuck to it. He courted national conservative media attention and excited hard-core activists, while Tea Party protesters became a growing force and Crist steadily looked more and more vulnerable. Today, Marco Rubio vs. Charlie Crist is among the marquee races across the country.
Loser of 2009: Charlie Crist The governor's uncanny political instincts used to be taken as an article of faith, but they seem to have disappeared in 2009. He's in real trouble at the opening of 2010, but nobody should count him out.
Political predictions. . . [We'll just have to see] [However] Pat Shortridge, senior adviser to the Rubio campaign, predicts soon from Crist: "A lot of wild punches. And early negative advertising. And mudslinging mail. And anonymous Web sites. All repeated ad nauseam. So be forewarned. It's coming. Very, very soon," he wrote in an e-mail to supporters.
Indeed, Crist can't afford to keep watching Rubio's poll numbers climb, and he has the money to inflict real damage on the Miami Republican with an aggressive negative assault. At the same time, Crist's nice guy persona would take a serious hit, and he could provoke Jeb Bush to rise up to Rubio's defense.
Former Gov. Bush is officially neutral, but that may not last all that long. His sons, Jeb Jr. and George P., are planning to host a Rubio fundraiser in Miami this month.
H/T to eGOPNews for photo and lead on article. In full disclosure, America's Best Choive has previously endorsed Marcio Rubio for US Senate
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RUBIO TO ME IS A PHONY BECAUSE OF HIS STAFF AND HIS WILD SPENDING.
ALSO HE NEVER MENTIONS IN HIS CAMPAIN LETTERS WHETHER HE IS PRO LIFE OR NOT.
Let's read what Marco Rubio says in the public arena on his website:
SANCTITY OF LIFE: “I am pro-life. As a state legislator, I supported various pieces of pro-life legislation that, among other things, would require doctors to perform ultrasounds before performing abortions and another bill that would ban the use of taxpayer dollars to fund stem cell research.”
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Anonymous shouts - he does not put it in "HIS CAMPAIN LETTERS." Hum ,could this be a "bot" trolling through the blogs.
"To me," we welcome opinions but do not consider Anonymous of much weight. A lot of people say they are Pro-Life when running for office but their actions do not support life.
Consider the recent, Rep. Stupak said he was pro-life, rallied the troops for awhile; but, then visited the President, drank the kool-aid, caved, and voted for the pro-abortion health care bill that will also allow the Federal Government to take over 1/6 of the American economy and trample on the people, the States, and the Constitution.
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