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Gregory Morris, 5/13/09 11:20:08 am |
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It is starting early in Florida.
For those who haven't heard the news, Gov. Charlie Crist (RINO) has announced he plans to run for the seat in the U.S. Senate, which Mel Martinez plans to relinquish after this term.
Crist still has high approval ratings. He's been good on Second Amendment issues, and generally supportive of tax cuts. I've applauded his past willingness to support unpopular budget cuts for the sake of trimming down the state government. On the other side, he has been a parrot supporter on many environmental issues, to the detriment of business in the state. I can begrudge him some enviro-weenie talk. However, the real deal-breaker is his recent enthusiastic support for Obama's socialist economic agenda, and fiscal raping of our children.
Regardless of Crist's general popularity, real conservatives are, understandably, not happy with him. It would seem that his high approval ratings are due in large part to the love that moderate liberals, uninformed green-weenies, and swooning soccer moms have for him. Since he's abandoned a significant portion of his base, it looks like the primary is going to be a difficult one for Crist. Especially once people start discussing the issues. 35-year-old conservative rising star Marco Rubio is already challenging Crist to a debate.
As I've mentioned before on this blog, the hispanic population in Florida is primarily Conservative, Catholic and Anti-Castro. In many states, democrats rely on the hispanic population to vote leftwards; that isn't the case here. However, they will vote for socially conservative hispanic politicians like Martinez. Rubio, who's rise to power was fast and furious, has the conservative credentials to really give Crist a run for his money in this predominantly red state. He also has the good looks and charisma to stand up to Crist (who just married novelty-heiress and super-babe Carole Rome.)
As it stands now, Crist is still the most likely successor to Martinez, but politics in Florida can be extremely volatile. This election cycle will undoubtedly feature many primary battles between "moderate" Republicans and honest conservatives. The question, in my mind, is which way the state will go. Crist hasn't been entirely horrible, but Florida already has one Democrat senator (who is an astronaut, by the way... and you don't stand a chance of defeating an astronaut in an election, especially in Florida.) If Crist wins the primary, the democrats have virtually no chance of winning the seat in the Senate. On the other hand, I'd really rather have someone in D.C. who isn't going to abandon his conservative principals over something as tacky (and socialist) as a few TRILLION dollars in government spending. If Rubio can out-campaign Crist and win the primary, he will face a substantially harder battle against the Democrat candidate.
I am still leaning towards the latter. If the country's current political derangement is good for anything, it is an opportunity for a restoration of the Republican party to the core values they used to care about (hint: remember the constitution?) After the betrayals we've witnessed, both now and during the Bush administration, liberty-minded folks such as myself are going to have a hard time pulling the lever for the status quo. Maybe it is time for some new blood.
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