Category Archives: Marco Rubio

Marco Rubio rollout aims to manage expectations

By MOLLY BALL POLITICO As Marco Rubio arrives in Washington in the coming week for Senate meetings and orientation, the hype is almost deafening. The handsome, 39-year-old Florida senator-elect has graced the covers of National Review, The Weekly Standard, Time and The New York Times Magazine. He’s been called “the Great Right Hope” and “the [...]

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Florida Senate: Rubio 38%, Crist 33%

The race for the U.S. Senate in Florida continues to be all about Governor Charlie Crist and former state House Speaker Marco Rubio, regardless of which Democrat they face. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in Florida shows Rubio with 38% of the vote and Crist at 33% if Congressman Kendrick Meek [...]

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Tea Party’s Next Wave Rising in Alaska to Colorado

Rifle through a stack of Tea Party candidate resumes, and Joe Miller’s will stand out. The man who wants to turn a fellow Republican, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, out of office is a graduate of Yale Law School and West Point, a decorated combat veteran and former judge. Many Tea Partiers share his disdain for [...]

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Mitt Romney Backs Bill McCollum and a Dozen Other Florida Republicans

sunshinestatenews.com On Monday former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, best known for his stab at the 2008 Republican presidential nomination and widely considered a candidate for the GOP nod in 2012, backed Attorney General Bill McCollum for governor and offered endorsements for other Sunshine State Republicans. Under the auspices of Free and Strong America, a leadership [...]

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FBI, IRS investigating Rubio, FL GOP?

Just when the Republican primary in Florida couldn’t look any screwier, the feds have parachuted into the middle of it — and both candidates may have trouble coming their way. The St. Petersburg Times reports this morning that the IRS and the FBI have opened investigations into irregularities involving the use of Republican Party credit [...]

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Mitt Romney to Endorse Rubio Over Crist

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will endorse Marco Rubio over Gov. Charlie Crist in Florida’s Republican Senate primary more than two years after Crist helped crush Romney’s presidential aspirations by endorsing rival John McCain. Romney plans to announce the endorsement Saturday and campaign with Rubio in Tampa on Monday, according to a Romney adviser who [...]

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With veto, Crist sets stage for independent run

TAMPABAY.COM    By: Steve Bousquet TALLAHASSEE — With a stroke of his veto pen, Gov. Charlie Crist declared his independence from Republican policy and politicians Thursday and set the stage for a go-for-broke independent run for the U.S. Senate. For Crist, such a defiant strategy would complete his political evolution. He called himself a “Jeb Bush [...]

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Election 2010: Florida Republican Primary for Senate

Florida Senate GOP Primary: Rubio 57%, Crist 28% Support for Florida Governor Charlie Crist’s U.S. Senate bid has fallen this month to its lowest level yet. Just 28% of the state’s likely Republican voters support his candidacy now, down six points from March. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely GOP Primary voters in [...]

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