Charlie Crist is announcing his run for the Senate today in Florida. It is not an understatement to say the heart and soul of the GOP will be determined in the Florida election.
Will we go with tanned, telegenic tax hikers with dubious personal issues, or young, telegenic conservative reformers who are not afraid to speak up for freedom?
Between Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio, that is what we have. Count me with Rubio.
The irony of Charlie Crist’s run is that he is announcing his run today as a Republican and has already committed to raising taxes on working families in Florida. With the GOP’s image already tarnished over its handling of fiscal matters in the past few years, you would think the GOP would be swift to reject someone like Crist. Crist is, after all, the man Barack Obama called his favorite Republican.
You would be wrong.
In Florida, Crist has spent the past few years inserting moderates into positions of power, including appointing judges who are soft on crime and decidedly left. He has weakened a once invulnerable Republican Party in the name of being liked across party lines.
He and his compatriots are already pushing the idea that Charlie Crist is the only man who can keep Florida’s Senate seat Republican. That is total and utter nonsense. Florida has consistently elected men to the right of Crist and, in fact, when Crist ran for Governor he campaigned much to the right of where he has governed. He has betrayed his base and worked hard to shut the base out of decision making.
Marco Rubio, on the other hand, has been a bold conservative reformer. He has been an unapologetic champion of free people and free markets. While Crist has raised taxes, Rubio has fought to cut taxes and balance budgets. While Crist has undermined Jeb Bush’s education reforms that awarded academic scholarships based on merit, Rubio has fought for the idea that people should be judged not based on their skin color or their family’s background, but on their personal achievements and merit.
We have in Florida, playing out for the United States Senate, the same fight playing out nationally — should the GOP become more like the Democrats or should the GOP be a party dedicated to the right of each person to make himself in the world. Those who think the GOP should be more like the Democrats — tax hiking equalizers who want people to depend on government — will vote for Crist.
Those who want the GOP to be the GOP — a party of limited government where the government depends on free people in free markets — will back Rubio.
I will stand with Marco Rubio against the tax hiking defender of government bureaucracy, Charlie Crist. I hope you will too. And I dare say, the future of the GOP depends on this race. Charlie Crist Delenda Est.
This is very much a worthwhile cause.
randy streu Tuesday, May 12th at 10:11AM EDT (link)People who can, should absolutely support Rubio. This is a situation where we have the opporunity to not just put a Republican into the senate seat, but the RIGHT republican.
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Bravo to Erick and Redstate on this - and u 2 randy et al - nt
Mike gamecock DeVine Thursday, May 14th at 3:06PM EDT (link)Mike DeVine’s Examiner.com, Charlotte Observer and The Minority Report columns
“One man with courage makes a majority.” - Andrew Jackson
I asked the same thing about Lonegan in NJ...
zarathustra57 Tuesday, May 12th at 10:33AM EDT (link)Could Rubio realistically win a statewide election in FLA, though? (I’m not asking to be snarky, I really don’t know enough about Florida politics to answer that myself.) I’m not a fan of Crist, to put it mildly, but I would rather have a RINO than a full on left-winger in this Senate seat.
Did you read the post? (nt)
Neil Stevens Tuesday, May 12th at 10:44AM EDT (link)Want to run for conservatives? Give.
There Is No Crisis
Stunningly Stupid Statement.
Tbone Tuesday, May 12th at 10:54AM EDT (link)“but I would rather have a RINO than a full on left-winger in this Senate seat.”
No. RINO’s are a cancer in the Republican Party that have been slowly killing it. It is well past time to spit them out.
Envisioning when all that is Left is the Right.
Really, Tbone?
zarathustra57 Wednesday, May 13th at 10:41AM EDT (link)I’m not sure if you’re paying attention, but the party’s gotten its butt handed to it in back-to-back election cycles. While there are legitimate points as to why the GOP’s been getting creamed, and to say straying from real conservative principles may be one reason, at some point, you have to take this wins where you can find them. In certain states, Rhode Island comes to mind, you’re not getting a Thune or a Sessions. It just isn’t happening. (The same works for the other side, too. Nelson isn’t exactly a lib’s dream, but he’s in Nebraska; they’re not getting a Schumer.)
All of this is incidental to my question as to whether or not Rubio could actually win a statewide race. Have any polls been done yet? What’s his base like in Florida? Are we that confident that no Democrats of note will run in Fla? The entry by Erick is a nice explanation of why he, personally, will be backing Rubio, but it’s short on specifics.
No Tbone is right
kyle8 Wednesday, May 13th at 10:47AM EDT (link)Winning a few seats here and there with liberal republicans is not going to help the party at all. And the very worse thing for the party and the conservative movement is when there is not a bight line of demarcation between the two parties.
California is a perfect example. Never mind that the legislature is run by Democrats, we have a liberal with a big R in front of his name presiding over bankruptcy and guess which party gets ALL the blame?
In the long run we are much better off with only people representing our party who will AT LEAST not work against the party most of the time.
That isn’t a real high hurdle to overcome.
“Nothing works like freedom, Nothing succeeds like liberty”
Kyle
"but the party’s gotten its butt handed to it in back-to-back election cycles."
Tbone Wednesday, May 13th at 8:22PM EDT (link)And properly should have. Republicans spent like Democrats, (at least the way democrats used to spend), and lost in 2006. Republicans then ran the absolute worst candidate they could find in John McCain and lost again.
Because they are so frickin stupid, the10% of the voters in this country that represent the swing group that decides elections need a clear distinction between the Parties.
Envisioning when all that is Left is the Right.
and might I remind all those who say.....
JadedByPolitics Wednesday, May 13th at 8:28PM EDT (link)“the party has had it’s butt handed to it in back to back elections” that the Democrats had their butts handed to them in BACK TO BACK elections….hell they were supposed to lose BIG in 2002 and 2004 and they DIDN’T….so the key is what got those big wins for Republicans in 2000 and 2004 were Conservatives and Patriots who wanted to win the war in Iraq….but the Republicans got FULL OF THEMSELVES and started to be the insiders they ran against and guess what? THEY LOST!
Whoever has his enemy at his mercy &
does not destroy him is his own enemy
There was no War in Iraq in 2000, JBP
zarathustra57 Thursday, May 14th at 11:17AM EDT (link)But I agree that the GOP became the Party of The Beltway over the past 8 years.
I don’t recall anyone credible saying the GOP was supposed to lose big in 2004.
There was a war in Iraq with the no fly zones etc in 2000...
JadedByPolitics Thursday, May 14th at 11:47AM EDT (link)do not try to change the truth….our planes were being fired on the UN resolutions were being ignored…shite’s in the south and kurds in the north were being killed by Saddam….so don’t be so quick to say there was NO WAR in Iraq it was a “different” kind of war but WAR it was!
Whoever has his enemy at his mercy &
does not destroy him is his own enemy
And the Republicans Ran on this in 2000?
zarathustra57 Thursday, May 14th at 12:33PM EDT (link)I’m sorry, JBP, you’re the one “changing the truth”. Please show me when Bush, Allen, Ensign or Burns used an aggressive posture towards Iraq as a major part of their campaigns. Please don’t try and cherry pick a throw-away line during a debate and try and use that to show that the reason these men were successful in 2000 was their stance on Iraq. (I’m selecting the victorious GOP Presidential candidate and the GOP Senators who either won re-election or picked up Senate seats from that election cycle. If this seems too narrow, let me know.) Your overall, that the GOP “won” in 2000 is incorrect, as well. 2000 was, overall, a Democratic trending year, with the major exception of the Presidential race.
Listen dude you are the one that said there was no war in Iraq in 2000...
JadedByPolitics Thursday, May 14th at 2:31PM EDT (link)THERE WAS I didn’t say that is why they won…they won for the same reason The Imitation Christ won because people wanted something different! then in 2004 they won because people wanted to WIN THE WAR IN IRAQ!!! and the idiot Dem’s were anti-American!! simple quite simple….so you threw a throwaway line in your response I simply picked it up and corrected you!
Whoever has his enemy at his mercy &
does not destroy him is his own enemy
The first Gulf War
Justin_Case Thursday, May 14th at 2:58PM EDT (link)never came to a conclusion. A ceasefire existed and was violated countless times by Saddam Hussein.
LBJ used the Tonkin Gulf incident as a means to escalate our involvement in Vietnam. If the same standards had been observed regarding Iraq, we would have invaded much sooner.
To say there was no war in 2000, and prior years, is to admit that daily attacks on British and American air craft in the No-Fly Zones was an acceptable risk - no matter how many died as a result. Sounds a lot like Kerry in 2004 when he talked about acceptable levels of terrorism.
The Issue was whether war in Iraq...
zarathustra57 Thursday, May 14th at 3:08PM EDT (link)…was an issue in the campaign of 2000, and whether an aggressive foreign policy was a plank in the GOP platform of 2000. JBP has (I think) acknowledged that this was not the case.
I don’t particularly want to debate semantics, particularly when I initially just wanted a simple explanation of Rubio’s chances in a statewide contest in Florida. If y’all would rather argue that we’ve been in a state of war with Iraq since 1991, well, we could do that, too.
You said....
zarathustra57 Thursday, May 14th at 3:04PM EDT (link)“so the key is what got those big wins for Republicans in 2000 and 2004 were Conservatives and Patriots who wanted to win the war in Iraq”
You weren’t clear, it seemed you were saying the key to their wins in 2000 was support for the war.
perhaps I should have used a comma...nt
JadedByPolitics Thursday, May 14th at 3:06PM EDT (link)…
Whoever has his enemy at his mercy &
does not destroy him is his own enemy
No Worries.
zarathustra57 Thursday, May 14th at 3:09PM EDT (link)Not trying to be hostile.
So, opinions on Rubio?
My opinion on Rubio is that he is the Conservative...
JadedByPolitics Thursday, May 14th at 3:15PM EDT (link)that WE in the base WANT AND NEED! Crist is McCain redux or Spectre for that matter and enough is enough, 2010 is going to be the defining moment for Conservatives…WE either put up or shut up…it’s quite simple
Whoever has his enemy at his mercy &
does not destroy him is his own enemy
defining moment - Jaded nails it - If we can't unite during this Obamanation
Mike gamecock DeVine Thursday, May 14th at 3:33PM EDT (link)we never can
Mike DeVine’s Examiner.com, Charlotte Observer and The Minority Report columns
“One man with courage makes a majority.” - Andrew Jackson
I am willing to unite, I am unwilling to compromise
kyle8 Thursday, May 14th at 3:39PM EDT (link)The time for compromising the principles of conservatism and individual freedom is over. That was the last twenty years, you see where it has gotten us.
“Nothing works like freedom, Nothing succeeds like liberty”
Kyle
agreed Kyle, news at 8 - smile - nt
Mike gamecock DeVine Thursday, May 14th at 4:06PM EDT (link)Mike DeVine’s Examiner.com, Charlotte Observer and The Minority Report columns
“One man with courage makes a majority.” - Andrew Jackson
Those are not the two choices
E Pluribus Unum Tuesday, May 12th at 11:00AM EDT (link)If Rubio wins the GOP nomination, he wins the Senate race - i.e., the primary IS the race.
So the choice is between a conservative and a Specter starter kit.
Carthago delenda est
"Specter starter kit"
eburke Wednesday, May 13th at 12:34PM EDT (link)Coffee….meet computer screen
“All that need be done for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.”
“Dead fish go with the flow” ~ izoneguy
“We have a Statue of Liberty not a Statue of Necessity” ~ ColdWarrior
Yes, Rubio could win
Mandy P. Tuesday, May 12th at 11:14AM EDT (link)He’s not as well known as Crist but that’s not a bad thing. Crist is well known for being a lot more liberal than he let on when he ran for Governor and his popularity among the base has seen much better days. If Crist wins the primary we may end up with a card-carrying Dem in the seat because a huge chunk of the base won’t turn out to vote for Crist.
Mandy P.
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
-Thomas Jefferson
New conservative precinct committeeman will support Marco Rubio in FL
ColdWarrior Wednesday, May 13th at 12:36PM EDT (link)My friend in Florida just contacted Marco Rubio in Florida as a brand new PC and asked Marco to be the first signatory on his precinct committeeman nomination papers. Here’s how it came about and some background:
>>>>>
Hi Marco,
I live here on Brickell. I am a real conservative. I support you against Crist.
XXXXXXX (see below) is a good friend of mine — he is a CA / AZ lawyer and a West Point Grad and had considered challenging McCain in the AZ republican primary. He thoroughly understands the Precinct Committeeman urgency and how to articulate it.
We need to really ramp up this Precinct Committeeman movement in Florida to get real conservatives to outnumber the moderates.
I am going to become a Precinct Committeeman for the Brickell district if there are any vacancies.
Would you be my first signature (I believe I need 12)? I want to be involved and make a change.
I want to help you and you can count on me for a donation.
–
Sincerely,
XXXXXXXXX
———- Forwarded message ———-
From:
Date: Tue, May 12, 2009 at 4:22 PM
Subject: FW: Re: CCM Meeting - RSVP
To:
FYI, as promised.
________________________________________
From:
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 12:09 PM
To:
Subject: Re: CCM Meeting - RSVP
Hi Robert,
Thanks for all your efforts with the Coalition for a Conservative Majority.
As you learned last night, I’ve been recruiting Precinct Committeemen for the Republican Party. Conservative Precinct Committeemen. Only one third of the available slots are filled in Legislative District 17, for example, and in Maricopa County, over 4,000 vacancies exist. Those numbers are extremely significant when one learns that the conservative candidate for the Maricopa County GOP chairmanship, Rob Haney, in this last internal party election defeated the moderate candidate, Jerry Brooks, by only about twenty votes and the incumbent, conservative AZ Chairman, Randy Pullen, defeated moderate candidate Lisa James by only about twenty votes and, a year ago, defeated her by only FOUR votes.
If you want to see a shock wave go through the current elected officeholders, get 4,000 conservatives to join the Maricopa County Republican Party as precinct committeemen. Indeed, I believe McCain would change his mind about running for reelection.
So, as you see, if we could get conservatives (most of whom DO know the basics of the framework of our Constitution and Bill of Rights — they are, after all, conservatives) off their collective duffs and AT LEAST join the party as precinct committeemen, we could change the Republican Party back to its Reagan Era, conservative, winning ways. While conservatives, by and large, do know the basics about the structure of our government, what I have found is that most don’t know the first thing about the importance of being an actual, functioning, voting member of the Republican Party and how essential that participation will be for getting our country back on track. Nor how to become one. And the Republican Party does a horrible job of providing that information to the public.
I realize I’m preaching to the choir, but:
If we want to change the country, we have to change the outcome of the elections.
To change the outcome of the elections, we have to change the caliber of the Republican Party candidates.
So that those candidates are not an echo of the Democrat candidate for the voter, but a real alternative. A conservative alternative.
To change the caliber of the candidates, we have to change the outcome of the Republican primary elections.
To change the outcome of the Republican primary elections, we have to have more conservative Republican precinct committeemen influencing the amount of support the conservative candidates receive and, hence, the number of votes they receive.
I’m attaching the flyer I used at the Phoenix Tea Party and which I handed out last night. I will be handing them out on Wed. at the Obama protest that will held at Tempe Marketplace. Are you aware of it?
Here is a link to a discussion of The Committeeman Project at Redstate.com. Lot’s of good people at Redstate.com, but [critical comments omitted]).
http://www.redstate.com/martin_a_knight/2009/05/05/the-committeeman-project/
And here’s a link explaining what I did at the Phoenix Tea Party with video of my sign (and my son).
http://www.redstate.com/hawksruleva/2009/04/15/after-the-tea-party-whats-next/#comment-6
Sincerely,
<<<<<
American first, conservative second and Republican precinct committeeman by necessity.
http://www.theprecinctproject.wordpress.com, so you can say, “I became a precinct committeeman before it was cool.”
“Elections have consequences, my friends.” — John McCain
Can the Conservative Win?
Right Reason Tuesday, May 12th at 12:20PM EDT (link)Every time I see that question, it drives me nuts. For me, it comes down to this:
Are conservative ideas good ideas? Are they better than the other ideas out there? The answers are an obvious yes and yes. So, why would the candidate with better ideas not be able to win? We need to stop doubting the conservatives and start BACKING them.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
- Winston Churchill
Right Reason...I agree...
Aaron Gardner Tuesday, May 12th at 12:24PM EDT (link)although at first I was coming to pounce on you for the title…When do we ever hear “Can the moderate win?”….never…we need to start believing in ourselves before anybody else is going to believe in us.
Aaron’s Archive
conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!
The Best Ideas Don't Always Win, RR
zarathustra57 Wednesday, May 13th at 10:30AM EDT (link)I wasn’t asking about Rubio’s chances strictly in terms of ideology, but whether or not he can win a statewide race against Generic Democratic Opponent.
Rubio has a doubly difficult task.
skorrent1 Tuesday, May 12th at 10:35AM EDT (link)As we learned with Rockefeller in ‘64 and in Virginia with the likes of John Warner, so-called moderates would rather lose an election than lose control of the party. If Rubio does win in the primary, then we can expect Christ and his faction to work hard for his defeat in November. A battle worth undertaking, but a tough battle it will be.
Oops, I meant Crist, of course.
skorrent1 Tuesday, May 12th at 10:39AM EDT (link)We know whose side Christ will be on. :>)
Sounds like the race to replace Jim Kolbe
jackbenimble Tuesday, May 12th at 10:45AM EDT (link)You are dead on and we have seen this play out time and again. It sounds like you were describing the race to replace Jim Kolbe in AZ a few years ago.
I’m curious to see which side Jeb is on in this race. We have repeatedly been told he is “the real deal” but I have my suspicions about him.
“I repudiate the idea of voting for a Democrat
From what I've heard
Mandy P. Tuesday, May 12th at 11:16AM EDT (link)the rumblings are that Jeb will endorse Rubio. They’re supposedly close friends.
Mandy P.
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
-Thomas Jefferson
Hope you're right. It should be Rubio. Let's welcome the YOUNG GUNS. nt
Rod_Patrick Tuesday, May 12th at 11:23AM EDT (link)There is opportunity here. Crist has cleared the field of Democratic heavyweights
red_oakster Tuesday, May 12th at 10:38AM EDT (link)If Rubio manages to pull off an upset in the primary, he could win the general. That said, Rubio is the underdog, and Crist can always tilt rightward in the primary in order to deny Rubio room to run.
Rubio looks like a potential star and he may have made the wrong call here. He could have won the nomination for governor and the general election and positioned himself for a national run someday.
But as a Cuban American who is fluent in Spanish
WarEagle01 Tuesday, May 12th at 11:13AM EDT (link)Rubio might also be seen as the legitimate “heir” to Mel Martinez. I will be curious to see whose side Martinez comes down on. I know he and Crist butted heads on the Porkulus so it wouldn’t be surprising if he does back Rubio.
“A wise, doughy leg with rich tingly experiences will always reach better conclusions than will a more tanned, muscular leg that hasn’t felt those thrills.” –Chris Matthews’ Leg
As soon as he announced, the NRSC backed him
bk Tuesday, May 12th at 10:43AM EDT (link)And we all know that when the NRSC backs you, it means you’re a squishy Republican running against a conservative Republican.
Remember: The NRSC insisted Specter was a good Republican (nt)
Neil Stevens Tuesday, May 12th at 10:45AM EDT (link)Want to run for conservatives? Give.
There Is No Crisis
Chaffee too n/t.
Herodotus Tuesday, May 12th at 4:52PM EDT (link).
Sign Newt’s Drilling Petition. I have included a link to it in the below. Thank you.
http://www.americansolutions.com/
And yet where can we find the NRSC?
General_Confusion Tuesday, May 12th at 10:56AM EDT (link)Once again the utterly CLUELESS Republican establishment backs yet ANOTHER RINO squish.
Chairman Cornyn’s Endorsement of Governor Crist
http://www.nrsc.org/blog/blogitem.aspx?ID=781
The Republican establishment once again tells the base to go to HELL. These people have absolutely no pattern recognition.
NRSC formally backs Specter in 2010
Cornyn emphasized votes in which Specter sided with Republicans, and in particular emphasized the centrist lawmaker’s work to confirm Supreme Court Justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito.
“My job as head of the NRSC is to guide the GOP back to a majority in the Senate. I can’t do that without Arlen Specter,” Cornyn said. “With him as our nominee, I can target our campaign resources toward beating Democrats and growing the Senate Republican Conference.”
http://briefingroom.thehill.com/2009/04/14/nrsc-formally-backs-specter-in-2010/
Now the idiots at the NRSC have the nerve to put “The Republican Road to Recovery” at the top of the from page. Are the really that stupid to return to the same FAILED playbook yet again!
Lessons learned 06: NONE
Lessons learned 08: NONE
Lessons likely to be learned 10: NONE
And there's not even any excuse in this case
Neil Stevens Tuesday, May 12th at 10:59AM EDT (link)With Specter, they had the excuse that the NRSC is firstly an incumbency-protection cartel. Crist is no Senator. No excuse whatsoever.
Want to run for conservatives? Give.
There Is No Crisis
Agreed. Parties can't clear the field and efforts to do so produce only one thing: hard feelings
red_oakster Tuesday, May 12th at 11:29AM EDT (link)nt
Stupid Party is stupid
dirkbelig Tuesday, May 12th at 11:27AM EDT (link)The “leaders” of the Stupid Party have totally swallowed the Treason Media’s meme that the reason they’ve been losing is because they’ve become “too right wing” and the party has been “hijacked by religious fanatics.” WRONG! The reason the Stupid Party loses is because they offer nothing to CONSERVATIVES to vote FOR!
I came to the realization that in the six Presidential elections I’ve voted in, I have never voted FOR the Republican candidate. It has always been an anti-Dem or third-party vote.
1988: Voted Bush 41 as Reagan’s third term.
1992: Voted Perot because Bush had failed and I believed the codswallop Perot was peddling. (That I was so easily sold this charlatan gave me insight into the Obama herd’s blind gullibility.)
1996: Voted Dole because he wasn’t Clinton.
2000: Voted Dubya because he wasn’t Gore.
2004: Voted Libertarian because Dubya had failed to be conservative and I knew he was unable to articulate why the GWOT was important. His pathetic “turn the other cheek” responses to the Dem smears proved my suspicions. We can blame the Treason Media for Obama’s rise, but the country wouldn’t be in the mood for an elegant Marxist dictator if they weren’t totally fed up with the Stupid Party.
2008: Voted Palin, but she wasn’t actually running, so it was McCain as a “not Obama” vote.
Liberals/socialists/Marxists/fascists/statists have the Democrats to speak for them, but who speaks for conservatives? The Stupid Party? When they cynically back career pols like Specter, Chaffee, Crist, etc. over and over, it leaves freedom-cherishing people like us screwed over and with little choice but to go along or stay home and when we stay home, evil people like Obama win.
I had hoped that 2008 would be a clarifying year in which we could get a read as to whether the people wanted to be free men or serfs, but with a pinkish “moderate” squish (whose only real goal was to deny other Republicans the nomination) on one side and a true deep red Marxist on the other side, the liberal won and the TM-promulgated meme that the SP needs to move left to be relevant was furthered.
Since we’ve already seen that running RINOs is a losing plan, how about running some true blue conservatives and seeing what happens?!? If they lose, then the meme-pushers will have a legitimate “told ya so” moment instead of the specious spin. Too bad the Stupid Party’s “leadership” is guzzling Treason Media Kool-Aid and can’t think anymore.
“This would be a great job if it weren’t for the ****ing customers.” - Randal Graves, “Clerks”
The Reason the NRSC is Backing Crist...
zarathustra57 Wednesday, May 13th at 11:50AM EDT (link)…is that they view Crist as a lock to win the Senate race if he wins the primary. This means one less seat lost under Cornyn’s watch, and one less state where they have to spend resources.
Not saying it’s necessarily good politics, but they’re playing the numbers game.
"Florida has consistently elected men of the right"
McKinley Tuesday, May 12th at 11:27AM EDT (link)To statewide office? Like who? Bill Nelson?
Jeb Bush and Charlie Crist certainly do not qualify. It voted for Obama, gave Bill Clinton its votes in 1996 and squeaked into the Bush column in 2000.
Katherine Harris got creamed in 2006. Bob Graham never had any trouble winning re-election.
In 2004, a Republican year, Bush won comfortably and his coattails probably pushed Mel Martinez, who seems more a “man of the right” than any other candidate in recent memory, to a narrow victory and an undistinguished senate career.
I agree that in principle we should support the more conservative nominee in a primary, but that seems like quite a stretch.
The problem is
Mandy P. Tuesday, May 12th at 12:21PM EDT (link)that, just like most places with really big cities, the urban areas kill the suburban and rural votes. Orlando, Miami, Tampa and Tallahassee will go blue every time. Jacksonville is purple, but only because of the dense AA population on the Northside. Luckily the Navy vote ends up cancelling a lot of that out.
But overall, in the rest of the state, it’s pretty red.
Mandy P.
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
-Thomas Jefferson
I'm volunteering for Rubio
zeebeach Tuesday, May 12th at 11:44AM EDT (link)You all can argue amongst yourselves, but I will not waste time with the hair-splitting, recriminations, blame-gaming, etc. Give me the conservative.
Why did CATO give Crist an "A"?
asleep06 Tuesday, May 12th at 12:02PM EDT (link)Seems odd for someone who raised taxes.
Small is beautiful.
I noticed that too...
Herodotus Tuesday, May 12th at 4:55PM EDT (link)The A was for 2008, perhaps the tax raising is more recent.
Sign Newt’s Drilling Petition. I have included a link to it in the below. Thank you.
http://www.americansolutions.com/
I blame Gov. Crist as much as anyone......
hickosaurus Tuesday, May 12th at 12:52PM EDT (link)for the unfortunate election of BO! Crist’s early endorsement of fellow Rino John McCain and the subsequent budget failures here in Fl. tell me all I need to know! My support is and will be for Rubio.
Rubio! Rubio! Rubio!
Praying Tuesday, May 12th at 11:02PM EDT (link)enough said.
Join the RedState Strike Force
This Tax on working families?
JLenardDetroit Thursday, May 14th at 4:14PM EDT (link)Would that be the Cigarette Tax or was/is there news-stories I’m missing? Crist and taxes [includes press-links]
Seems the RSPC is still in full force on these discussions.
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+ 0bama Lies & your Bank acct will Die! (4/15 Truthers)
+ Heil “O” Hell No Obamao is NOT MY PRESIDENT! “No U won’t”
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