Club for Growth endorses Marco Rubio

It would have been bigger news if the Club for Growth didn't endorse Marco Rubio for U.S. Senate, but the endorsement announced today is still a big deal for Rubio. The PAC could funnel millions of dollars toward the Miami Republican's campaign. The group concluded that A) Rubio can beat Charlie Crist in the primary and B) that he can beat Kendrick Meek in the general. Here's the full statement:

“Marco Rubio is the real deal, one of the brightest young stars in American politics today, and a proven champion of economic liberty,” said Club President Chris Chocola.  “He is a dynamic spokesman for the principles of limited government and economic freedom, and he will make a fantastic Senator.” 

Rubio served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2000-2008, and was elected to the Republican leadership as Majority Whip, Majority Leader, and finally, Speaker of the House.  Rubio is an advocate of lower federal spending, tax relief and tax reform, union members’ right to a secret ballot, and market-driven energy and environmental solutions. 

Rubio’s Republican primary opponent is Florida Governor Charlie Crist, who supported President Obama’s $787 billion stimulus, proposed a state “cap-and-trade” energy program, and this summer broke his pledge not to sign any state tax increases. 

“Charlie Crist has repeatedly joined with big government liberals on major economic issues facing America today, from taxes to spending to cap-and-trade,” Chocola said.  “He represents the wrong direction for our economy and our nation.”
 

“The Club for Growth PAC has spent months studying this race, and we have concluded that either Charlie Crist or Marco Rubio would be heavily favored to win next November against likely Democratic nominee Kendrick Meek,” Chocola said. “The only question now is what kind of Republican will Florida send to Washington next year: a pro-growth Republican with a record of fiscal conservatism or a big-government Republican with a record of tax increases?”

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Comments

[LEMIEUX=CRIST=SPECTER]

This was expected and good news for the Rubio camp because if anything, it injects his campaign with at least an extra million dollars, not to mention an outfit that will run negative ads against the spray-tanned little opportunist freak Chuckles the Clown.

["LEMIEUX=CRIST=SPECTER"=CORPORATE SHILL]

Obviously 9:58 cares nothing for good government if he thinks Marco will be anything other than a tool for corporate interests. Oh, wait...nevermind.

[Get Back To Work]

10:03 = Rich Heffley

Rich, GET BACK TO WORK! RPOF does not pay you $300k per year to sit around playing on blogs and attacking other Republicans with fake websi...oh, nevermind. I guess that IS what they pay you for.

[RedLoft]

If Club for Growth's success over the last few election cycles is any indication, this is GREAT news for Kendrick Meek.

[Rubio is asking room full of ppl who've been married to Crist since 92 to divorce him for irreconcilable differences]

Rubio is asking room full of ppl who've been married to Crist since 92 to divorce him for irreconcilable differences.

http://bit.ly/1avmD8

[10:10 is a "liar for hire" Ron Paul minion]

10:10 Doesn't know shite if he thinks any Republican let alone Heffley has the interests of We the People at heart!

[:-)]

how did Meek get so lucky?

[Club for Shrinkage]

They've never backed a successful general election winner.

[Jackie]

"Rubio is an advocate of lower federal spending, tax relief and tax reform". I guess in Rubio's world voting for an increased sales tax
means reform. He can keep that kind of reform.

[Go Marco]

It looks from the posts here that Charlie Crist has enlisted the support of the College Republicans to respond on the blogs.

Go Marco! Charlie is an empty suit and is ruining our state (and will ruin our country). We need someone in DC who stands for SOMETHING-- ANYTHING!

[Senator Rubio sounds good together]

This is a substantial coup for Rubio. The Club for Growth does its homework and doesn't take endorsements lightly. Supporters: keep spreading the good word and sending donations. The right man can win.

[Ryan]

The Club for Growth is the kiss of death. The Club for Growth has done more to ensure Democratic victories than any other organization. They are just too far right and in the pocket of big business

[GOP INSIDER]

A million or two, well that takes care of the money diparity, and when does the moderate pac money kick in?

Read my lips sunk Bush 40 and the "HUG" is worth sooo much more!

Sorry Charlie-one term and gone!!!

[RedLoft]

I'm not sold on GOP Insider's accounting skills since they can't even count to 41. Quick history lesson, our 40th president was Ronald Reagan.

[Marco Rubio comes to Pinellas to deliver the most important speech of the campaign]

Marco Rubio comes to Pinellas to deliver the most important speech of the campaign.

http://bit.ly/1avmD8

[True Republican]

PURGE, BABY, PURGE!

[Jim]

POOR IGNORANT AMERICANS

It is NOT a Republican problem, it is NOT a Democrat problem, it IS an AMERICAN problem!

The way to FIX the problem, TERM LIMITS ON CONGRESS. These neer-do-wells that get elected to Congress FOR LIFE is the problem. The REASON they spend their LIFE in Congress, is that they are NOT fit to do ANYTHING in the PUBLIC sector.

Congress is the WELFARE system for the RICH and STUPID!

KNOW THE TRUTH!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_United_States_Congress_by_longevity_of_service

Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is portrayed at the very end of the 1970 film Tora! Tora! Tora!, and in the 2001 film Pearl Harbor, as saying after his attack on Pearl Harbor, "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."

WAKE UP YOU SLEEPING GIANT, the threat is from WITHIN!

"Gentlemen, we have just kicked a rabid dog." This would have been a tactical metaphor and not intended as an insult, since he was generally fond of America and Americans.

Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

Let's show them what a rabid dog can do!

Military-industrial complex

President of the United States (and former General of the Army) Dwight D. Eisenhower used the term in his Farewell Address to the Nation on January 17, 1961:

A vital element in keeping the peace is our military establishment. Our arms must be mighty, ready for instant action, so that no potential aggressor may be tempted to risk his own destruction...

This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence — economic, political, even spiritual — is felt in every city, every statehouse, every office of the federal government. We recognize the imperative need for this development. Yet we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications. Our toil, resources and livelihood are all involved; so is the very structure of our society. In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals so that security and liberty may prosper together.

The Emperor's New Clothes

"The Emperor's New Clothes" (Danish: Kejserens nye Klæder) is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about two weavers who promise an Emperor a new suit of clothes invisible to those unfit for their positions or "stupid". When the Emperor parades before his subjects in his new clothes, a child cries out, "But he isn't wearing anything at all!" The tale has been translated into over a hundred languages.

[Question For The Crist Folks]

For those of you who LOVE Crist:

If Obama were to sign a switch card and become a Republican (but still maintain all of his policy positions) would you support him?

[RICHARD]

GAME OVER!! RUBIO WINS!!

[CRIST SUPPORTERS]

WE ARE A CRIST SUPPORTERS! WAAAAAAAAA! WE NEED OUR BA-BA'S! MARCO IS GONNA WIN DANG IT! WAAAAAAAAAAAA!

[Video: Rubio (@marcorubio) addresses the Pinellas GOP]

Exclusive video: Rubio (@marcorubio) addresses the Pinellas GOP.

http://bit.ly/1zDpnA