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Marco Rubio: You Can Cool Your Heels In The Senate, But Don’t Stop There

by Smitty There is a reason why lesser candidates are wetting themselves at the thought of running against a simple, humble, clear speaker:

Shocker: David Frum Backs Marco Rubio?

Somewhat less surprising than if Charles Johnson or Conor Friedersdorf had endorsed him, but surprising nonetheless: Crist continues to lead the polls. I expect that lead to fade as Republicans rally to Rubio and independents question the grounds for Crist’s candidacy. I  hope that translates into a Rubio win, but I worry that a Rubio candidacy will […]

We Now Interrupt This Blog . . .

. . . for an urgent news announcement: MICHELLE MALKIN IS NOT WHITE She is, however, supreme: In an unrelated news development, Charlie Crist is brown. Like toast. MARCO RUBIO FOR U.S. SENATE

Take a Chill Pill, Phil

My friend Philip Klein of the American Spectator goes into Eeyore mode over the prospect of a three-way Florida Senate election with “independent” Charlie Crist: Yet, while a Quinnipiac poll taken last week found that he trailed Marco Rubio by 23 points in the primary, it also found that in a general election, Crist leads […]

If Marco Rubio Is Stalin, Who Is Crist? And What Does That Make John Cornyn?

Chris Matthews gets another thrill up his leg: Republican purge. Arlen Specter is out. John McCain, Charlie Crist and Robert Bennett are all being threatened on the right. Is this anyway to run a party or run it into the ground? . . . [W]hat happens to Republicans who don’t march to the right wing […]

VIDEO: Rubio Calls Obama Terrorism Policy ‘Short-Sighted’ and ‘Misguided,’ Approves Israeli Strike on Iran Nukes

Javier Manjarres at the Shark Tank gets this video interview with the Florida Republican candidate for Senate: Asked about the administration’s decision to strike terms like “jihad” and “Islamic radicalism” from national-security documents, Rubio says: “It’s naive, short-sighted, quite frankly, misguided in terms of what he thinks he’s going to accomplish. These folks don’t attack America because of […]

How Stupid Is Charlie Crist?

Stupid enough to think he can get elected as an independent: Top GOP officials in DC now believe it is a virtual certainty that FL Gov. Charlie Crist (R) will bolt the GOP and run instead as an independent, sources tell Hotline OnCall. Over the weekend, Crist pulled TV advertisements that had been running in […]

VIDEO: New Marco Rubio Ad; PLUS: Rudy Giuliani vs. Arianna Huffington

On the heels of Marco’s endorsement by Rudy Giuliani — Sorry Charlie made the always-dangerous mistake of double-crossing an Italian — the Rubio campaign rolls out this warm, positive ad: FLORIDA SENATE: Key Race Roundup By the way, on “Morning Joe” today, Arianna Huffington and Giuliani had an interesting go-round: Why is Arianna defending Charlie Crist? I don’t know, but […]

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