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Does John Cornyn Endorse This?
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist plans to begin attacking his Republican rival as soft on immigration:
Buffeted by weeks of negative press and a newly threatening rival from the right, FL Gov. Charlie Crist's (R) campaign will step up direct engagements with his opponent, insiders tell OnCall.
Crist will attack former FL House Speaker Marco Rubio (R), citing his rival's failure to advance some conservative causes while leading the state House, for spending excessively while in the Speaker's office and for dragging his feet on immigration legislation that many Republicans favored.
"We're now running a campaign, and it's one where this campaign will aggressively talk about the governor and his record and his vision heading to Washington as a candidate for the Senate, and we will aggressively talk to voters about our opponent's record, a record that was eight years in the state legislature, a record that has not been discussed to date," said Eric Eikenberg, Crist's new campaign manager.
To attack Rubio on immigration might make sense, if Crist were a Tom Tancredo-style hardliner and Rubio were an amnesty supporter like John McCain. In fact, Crist's own stance on immigration is ambiguous, while Rubio has clearly stated his opposition to amnesty, saying: "Legal immigration has been a great source of strength and prosperity for America, but I believe illegal immigration threatens the foundation of this system. If I had been in the Senate at the time, I would have opposed the McCain-Kennedy bill."
Why, then, is Crist launching this nonsensical attack on Rubio? Perhaps to distract from the scandal surrounding Crist's connection to accused Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein.
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Becky| 11.18.09 @ 7:52AM
Because Crist is nonsensical on many things, and people are tuning him out. He wants to be a Senator more than he wants to make sense.
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Brian| 11.18.09 @ 8:25AM
Because Crist is campaigning for the know-nothing vote!
"Hey, that other guy looks Spanish, I bet he wants to legalize all his siblings blah blah blah".
Disgusting. I know it's usually the left finding racism in every nook and cranny, but I don't know what else the Crist campaign could be thinking. What a loser he is.
PE| 11.18.09 @ 9:52AM
Crist's statements will probably make sense to the people he's talking to: the gullible, the stupid, the uninformed, the running dogs of the left.
RF| 11.18.09 @ 2:52PM
I live in Florida and Crist is a typical career politician who thinks he can pull the wool over the voters eyes. From a "what is right for Florida" viewpoint Rubio is the choice not Crist.
From a "tired of the same old political machine" viewpoint it is time for term limitations on all poliyicians. Instead of waiting though I, and many others I know, are not voting for any incumbents. We need to wipe the slate clean of career politicians, Republican and Democrat, and start anew.
Red Phillips| 11.18.09 @ 5:58PM
Rubio IS soft on immigration. Read this.
http://www.vdare.com/washingto.....20_gop.htm
Crist is not any better, but Bob Smith is the best of the three.
What kind of conservative goes immediately to the PC well and starts whining that Crist, who is pro-amnesty, is going after the "Know-nothing vote" because Rubio is Cuban? I expect that kind of PC grandstanding from the SPLC, not a commenter at AmSpec.
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