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A quote from Kennedy’s last, undelivered speech - and one quoted by Florida Senatorial candidate Marco Rubio as part of his farewell speech to the Florida legislature.
Via And So it Goes in Shreveport. No transcript yet, sorry.
I’ve been personally staying out of the entire Crist/Rubio NRSC endorsement brouhaha, mostly because we’re going to have Senatorial candidates that are going to need the NRSC’s help - but I do have to ask: does Charlie have anything that can beat that?
Seriously. Does Crist play at that level? - Because if ...
Meet Marco Rubio (The Man Republicans Are Pushing Aside)
Politics Daily —
Filed under: Senate, Republicans, Primaries, VotingThis video of former Florida Speaker of the House Marco Rubio is making the rounds in the conservative blogosphere. As HotAir asks: "Why in the world would John Cornyn and the NRSC want to back Charlie Crist against this guy?" To be sure, the NRSC's premature endorsement of Governor Crist would have evoked some negative reaction -- even if his primary opponent were some right-wing nobody... or a squishy liberal Republican. But with Rubio, the Republican establishment has ...
Marco Rubio’s Farewell Speech To The Florida Legislature
Say Anything —
Florida Governor Charlie Crist is running for one of the state’s open Senate seats. His Republican competition is former state Representative Marco Rubio. Already the National Republican Senatorial Committee has backed Crist as has McCain, but Crist is the sort of “moderate” Republican that has been at the forefront of the part as it has lost ground in election after election. Rubio is a staunchly conservative candidate of the sort the party needs.
And so now there’s a showdown between Crist and Rubio, the conservative base and the GOP leadership, about who should run for Florida’s Senate seat. To ...
Listen to Marco Rubio
Fausta's Blog —
Via And so it goes in Shreveport.
Moe comments,
I’ve been personally staying out of the entire Crist/Rubio NRSC endorsement brouhaha, mostly because we’re going to have Senatorial candidates that are going to need the NRSC’s help - but I do have to ask: does Charlie have anything that can beat that?
Seriously. Does Crist play at that level? - Because if he doesn’t, this is going to be an interesting primary.
Indeed!
Video: What Charlie Crist Is Up Against
Hot Air » Top Picks —
Video: What Charlie Crist Is Up Against posted at 12:31 pm on May 20, 2009 by The Other McCain Send to a Friend | Share on Facebook | printer-friendly If you want to know why the NRSC’s endorsement of Charlie Crist in the Florida Senate race was such a� stupid move, watch Marco Rubio ’s farewell speech to the Florida House of Representatives: Everybody who’s watched the video is asking the same question: Why in the world would John Cornyn and the NRSC want to back Charlie Crist against this guy? Carol of No Sheeples Here posted that video at Not One Red Cent the other day, and then Pat at So It ...
Video: Marco Rubio v. Charlie Crist
Weekly Standard Blog —
If you want to understand the buzz about Marco Rubio, the underdog candidate challenging Gov. Charlie Crist in the Florida GOP Senate primary, watch this clip of Rubio's farewell address to the Florida House of Representatives, via Robert Stacy McCain at Hot Air:
Moe Lane writes (HT again to R.S. McCain):
I’ve been personally staying out of the entire Crist/Rubio NRSC endorsement brouhaha, mostly because we're going to have Senatorial candidates that are going to need the NRSC’s help — but I do have to ask: does Charlie have anything that can ...
Marco Rubio video shows why NRSC's endorsement of Charlie Crist in the Florida Senate race was a stupid move
Hyscience —
From Hot Air: Everybody who's watched the video is asking the same question: Why in the world would John Cornyn and the NRSC want to back Charlie Crist against this guy?: If you want to know why the NRSC's endorsement of Charlie Crist in the Florida Senate race was such a stupid move, watch Marco Rubio's farewell speech to the Florida House of Representatives:
More commentary at Hot Air.
Can this guy win against the heavily funded, NRSC-endorsed, RINO - Charlie Crist? ...
Marco Rubio is the New Hotness; NRSC Is, Well, Not
The Sundries Shack —
If you want to know why the Republican Party is still slowly circling the drain, take a look at this video and remember that the NRSC is backing a big-government, high-tax, believer in the Cult of Global Warming for the Senate over this guy. Seriously, what beyond fear could possibly have inspired the GOP to come out against Marco Rubio? He’s young, energetic, Hispanic, popular among Republicans in his own state, with an actual track record for standing up for conservative principles like limited government and personal freedom. He’s exactly what the Republicans have been trying to find for at least four years. And they’re going to oppose ...
POLITICS: Star Power
Baseball Crank —
I missed this one in my post the other day on Rubio and Crist - watch this clip of Marco Rubio in action and you can see why people have been excited about him for some time. Note - as becomes obvious when he pulls out a crumpled roll of paper to read the Kennedy quote - the absence of a TelePrompter.
H/T. John McCormack offers some samples of Crist speaking for contrast. Crist's not terrible, and of course he's won a couple of statewide races as Governor and AG, but he's a pretty unexciting politician with no identifiable principles. I'm guessing he'll focus on ignoring ...
I saw the Republican Party’s future and its name is Marco Rubio
Babalú Blog: an island on the net without a bearded dictator —
Ladies and gentlemen, I'm a cynic. I'm a pessimist. I'm occasionally, and recently more often than not, a fatalist. I'm not prone to optimistic jags, due in great part to knowing how human nature is, and knowing how difficult it is to change it. Ironically, despite these shortcomings, I'm a conservative. I still possess just enough optimism, though, to allow me to see those small slivers of sunlight coming through the dark clouds of reality.
I've been involved in conservative politics all my life. Living in a Cuban-American household leaves little choice not to be involved since our very existence here in the United States is a result of oppressive ...
Marco Rubio scores 1.5 endorsements.
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
The full endorsement for Marco Rubio is from Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite (R, FL-05):
Brown-Waite, who has been critical of what she has said is Crist’s attempts “to be all things to all people,” said Monday she thinks the GOP tide is turning in favor of Rubio.
“He is picking up a lot of steam with the recent victories from the straw polls. It is great to see momentum building for him,” she said.
Rep. Brown-Waite joins Rep Jeff Miller (R, FL-01) in endorsing Rubio over Crist.
Meanwhile, the half endorsement is from former ...
Rubio Cuts Crist's Lead in Half -- By: Kathryn Jean Lopez
The Corner on National Review Online —
Quinnipiac:
Gov. Charlie Crist's lead over former state house speaker Marco Rubio in the 2010 Republican U.S. Senate primary has been cut in half from 55 - 26 percent to 50 - 35 percent, but the Governor tops the leading Democrat, U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, 51 - 31 percent among all voters, while Rubio trails Meek 36 - 33 percent, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.
Miami Herald reports a Crist staff move:
TALLAHASSEE -- Gov. Charlie Crist's chief of staff, Eric Eikenberg, will resign in two weeks to take command of the governor's increasingly competitive ...
