Rubio picks up another U.S. Senate endorsement

Marco Rubio's campaign for U.S. Senate, already picking up speed with fundraising, now has another endorsement to tout. The Buzz is U.S. Sen. James Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, will endorse the former Republican House speaker today.

 “I enthusiastically support Marco Rubio in his campaign for U.S. Senate.  Marco is exactly the type of conservative leader Americans need in Washington today fighting for the principles of limited government, individual liberty and personal responsibility.

“Like me, Marco believes that the federal government works best when it returns dollars, decisions and freedom to our local communities and families.  In the Senate, Marco will stand up for America’s taxpayers, not with President Obama and dangerous big government spending,” he added.

Rubio was previously endorsed by South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint.

Alex Leary, Times Staff Writer

Comments

[UH OH]

Can ya hear it Florida?

RUBIO

RUBIO

RUBIO

No more wannabe conservatives, MARCO RUBIO is our guy.

HELP IS ON THE WAY!

www.marcorubio.com

[Here It Comes]

Get ready to hear the Crist people marginalize endorsements.

Remember the rules:

Money means nothing, unless Crist raises it.

Straw polls mean nothing, unless Crist wins them.

Endorsements mean nothing, unless Crist receives them.

[Not too worried...]

I'll give $10 to every Florida voter whose vote in this race was determined based on the endorsement of U.S. Sen. James Inhofe, R-Olahoma.

Yawn.

[Here It Comes]

See? What did I tell you?

[duh]

Not too worried,

At $5/post, you've got some work to do make $10 payouts.

[Good Shot !]

Is enrich the same thing as marginalize?

Of course, "Here It Comes" would not anticipate the forthcoming marginalization unless he/she realized it was deserving of same.

But let's give Rubio the choice:

Marco, you can have Sen. Inhofe or the Florida PBA ? Which do you choose?

That is almost as much of a NO CONTEST as Rubio vs. Crist!

[More news on Rubio rising, Go Marco!!]

http://politicalinsider.blogs.heraldtribune.com/10556/rubio-makes-his-case-for-senate-in-sarasota/

October 16th, 2009

Rubio makes his case for Senate in Sarasota

by Jeremy Wallace

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Today on the American Spectator

http://spectator.org/archives/2009/10/19/charlie-sees-red

The American Spectator :

Charlie Sees Red

Source: spectator.org

TAMPA -- Charlie Crist is trying to dress himself in the borrowed robes of a conservative. Even Macbeth, another ambitious guy, knew when the robes weren't his.

[people have become media voters]

HA! That's TWO!!??

[Here It Comes]

Good Shot, I can assure you that the endorsement by Sen. Inhofe is worth FAR more than the one touted on Crist's website from John McCain (you remember him, he's the liberal that nearly switched parties and ran as John Kerry's VP in 2004, co-sponsored McCain-Feingold, co-sponsored cap and trade, suspended his campaign to promote the stimulus, helped Ted Kennedy block good judicial nominees, etc...) yeah, that guy likes Charlie Crist.

[Get ready]

Get ready to see the Rubio people getting ready to see the Crist people marginalize weak and meaningless endorsements.

Get ready to see the Rubio people protest and say nasty things about the Crist people.

And one more thing, get ready to see Rubio lose.

Are you ready, cause "here it comes"!

["Here it comes" gets schooled !]

Who said anything about McCain?

PBA vs. Inhofe---who wins?

PBA (and of course Crist).

Game over. Bring on the "meek" one.

[Happy- Hollow-een endorsement from PBA]

PBA rank and file know better,
Gov. Crist restored voting rights back to convicted felons, endorsed the Obama Stimulus trillion dollar debt; and the liberal chickens are coming home to roost.

Leadership is one thing and rank and file voting is quite another.

[LEMIEUX=CRIST=SPECTER]

4:07. The PBA is a special interest group like any other that needs to be on the sitting governor's good side. Does their endorsement carry any weight? Yes, some. But they are a special interest group like any other that goes to the Capitol with its hands out trying to get better funding, retirement benefits, etc.

Chuckles will no doubt tout this endorsement, but in now way does it mean that Chuckles has been tough on crime. Remember, this is the guy who championed the restoration of felons' rights, which has allowed even violent felons to vote, obtain trade licenses, etc. Chuckles is a disgrace and no amount of endorsements will change that.

[Sid]

Greatest story ever told:

OUTRAGE

...on HBO all month long.

The Crist Campaign is encouraging supporters to have house parties to watch it...

[Frank]

PBA is just another union. And lately, unions are not known for being able to deliver their members' votes. Especially such a conservative membership as this one.

[Benny]

I wonder if the PBA is having a straw poll of its members...

[Get ready]

See, what did I tell you? L=C=S is a knee-jerk anti-Crist reactionary. If Crist saved hi mom/dad/child/wife/dog from a burning building, L=C=S would complain that Crist did not put the fire out.

Mark my words, L=C=S will be back with more anger

[george]

inhofe!!??

just like pond skum and coburn

worthless sludge in the body politic....no to mention LIARS!!

doubt the average rubee voter would recognize tha jagoff with a program, colored shirt and name on the back of said shirt!

[Gator(R)]

4:07

Sure you would like the PBAs endorsement. May mean more votes and money. But compare apples to apples.

4:02's point was that some were blowing of this endorsement as meaningless, while Crist is touting similar ones. While McCain is obviously more well known among the average joe's than Inhofe, the prestige is the same, and McCain may actually bring some baggage along with his - at least in primary.

Additionally, while the PBAs endorsement always sounds great, as others noted they are a special interest group - Union. They have no interest in the public good, just pay and benefits for members.

[Randall Stevens]

What is the PBA's position on gambling and the supposed crime the is associated/comes with it?

[blah, blah, blah]

L=C=S is an idiot! on and on and on with the same childish gibber.

[Here It Comes]

Breaking News: Big Union Bosses endorse Crist!

[Gator(R)]

4:48

I imagine officially against it, but they haven't wasted much capital opposing it - particularly as their membership probably benefits.

My personal opinion is that gambling is a blight, but the state might as well benefit since it isn't going away. I cringe everytime I see someone blowing 20 to 100 bucks a whop on lottery tickets, particularly when it looks like they don't have much discretionary income to begin with. Their choice of course, and I find other ways to piss my money away.

[Flash News]

Charlie Crist will get Sen. Snowe and Collins from Maine later this week and Specter next week-help is on the way governor-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA & HA!

[ROCKABILLY]

Windsock Charlie Crist is so worried about Rubio that I predict he'll start emulating Glen Beck.

[Greg]

Marco Rubio is EXACTLY what Florida and this Senate needs.

We need no more RINO's and McCains.

Crist is a luke warm McCain type that has endorsed and loves obama (Apparently).

Stand up for conservative values, support Rubio for Senate.

[Pinellas GOP still suffering from lackluster fundraising, profligate spending -- including payments to Rubio organizer]

Pinellas GOP still suffering from lackluster fundraising, profligate spending -- including payments to Rubio organizer. http://bit.ly/1amxsn

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[Dave]

It's quite obvious that Rubio will end up winning. The Republicans want conservative candidates (which Crist isn't), and they also want young, energetic, charismatic candidates (which rubio is and crist most certainly isn't). It bares similarity to the Hillary-Obama primary. I knew all along (when Obama was 20 point down in the polls) that he would win the primary because he was a charismatic leader, and that's the same reason Rubio is going to win in the end.