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...Ed; et al., et al. Being the second banana on a losing presidential campaign has proven to be a career Bermuda Triangle. And Marco Rubio is no FDR. Second, age and experience. The knock on Barack Obama in 2008 was that he was too inexperienced to be president...
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TampaBay.com | St. Petersburg Times
http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/columns/article1226518.ece
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...Rubio has cut the Dream Act baby in half, but unlike Solomon’s biblical baby, this 21st century version can survive, maybe even morph into an American citizen. That would mean a compromise. Not likely during this presidential election year, we know, but the...
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/21/2761310/marco-rubio-dreamers-and-political.html
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...Marco Rubio, R-Fla., wants his party to take a more compassionate approach to the issue of immigration. And he wants to start by changing the immigration laws to allow children of illegal immigrants with a clean record to stay in the United States legally....
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ABC News
http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=6cfed18e01a69eb0c79ff77547dba5a5
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...Tool or hero what role will Marco Rubio play? By MARY SANCHEZ The Kansas City Star By MARY SANCHEZ Updated: 2012-04-03T02:58:32Z More News The GOP is launching its secret weapon. The one with an ethnic persona and an assumed comfort level with a coveted demographic,...
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KansasCity.com
http://www.kansascity.com/2012/04/02/3524805/tool-or-hero-what-role-will-rubio.html#storylink=rss
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...than the guy who’s in the White House now.” Romney tweeted following Rubio’s appearance: “Ann joins me in thanking @MarcoRubio for the confidence he is placing in my leadership and for the great honor he has done me today.” Our bloggers weighed in Thursday...
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The Washington Post
http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=f61b4be7466e1e0cf2259c4a3ca32d16
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...Sen. Marco Rubio joined a growing chorus of Republican leaders on Wednesday in endorsing GOP presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney, saying Romney is going to be the party nominee and Republicans need to get behind him to avoid an ugly convention fight that...
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Los Angeles Times
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/politics/~3/7HtNxGM9FLE/la-pn-rubio-endorses-romney-20120328,0,6854984.story
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...Romney, in a statement, alluded to Rubio's life story as the son of Cuban immigrants who worked blue collar jobs in the U.S. "Marco Rubio is living proof that the American Dream is still very much alive," he said, deeming the endorsement a "major milestone"...
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TampaBay.com | St. Petersburg Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/article1222424.ece
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...Romney, in a statement, alluded to Rubio's life story as the son of Cuban immigrants who worked blue collar jobs in the U.S. "Marco Rubio is living proof that the American Dream is still very much alive," he said, deeming the endorsement a "major milestone"...
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TampaBay.com | St. Petersburg Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/sen-marco-rubio-endorses-mitt-romney-for-president/1222424
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...attends Catholic Mass as well as a Southern Baptist church in West Kendall, Florida.[34][9][35]. Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio said Wednesday that he is “deeply concerned” that the leadership of the Catholic Church has “negotiated themselves a space...
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Whiskey Fire
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhiskeyFire/~3/CWfZiqyaGVs/marco-rubio-bapto-catholic-condemns-catholic-church-in-cuba.html
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...by shirking this issue and standing fast to supporters who will brook no compromise, he demonstrates cowardice. Marco Rubio has a tremendous chance to journey to "China" in the face of the volatile backlash that such a journey would provoke from the far right....
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The Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charles-garcia/marco-rubio-needs-a-nixon-in-china-moment-_b_1354042.html
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...how absurd these early declarations were. Marco Rubio is "a Catholic Cuban, but that's where the similarities between Marco Rubio and Latino voters end," said Lauren Fox of the U.S. News & World Report this week. Lauren Fox argued that Hispanics care about...
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The Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gabriel-lerner/now-nobody-loves-marco-ru_b_1325249.html
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...that he might be a vice-presidential candidate. For months, Romney and Gingrich have courted Rubio's endorsement. "Marco has certainly had conversations with both of them," said Todd Harris, a top Rubio adviser. "But the nature of those conversations is private."...
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WNYW | Fox 5 New York
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...skeletons in his closet, says David Adams at Reuters. Photo: REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst SEE ALL 134 PHOTOS "Rock star" Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) "could be the Republican vice presidential candidate from central casting," says David Adams at Reuters. He's "telegenic,...
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The Week
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http://theweek.com/article/index/223784/why-marco-rubio-is-a-bad-vp-pick
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...Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican on the vice-presidential short list, will speak Friday morning to the Hispanic Leadership Network, former Gov. Jeb Bush's organization. Some 600 people have RSVP's to Friday's conference, which began Thursday night and featured...
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Miami Herald
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http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2012/01/marco-rubio-speaks-to-jeb-bushs-hispanic-leadership-network.html
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...Marco Rubio was one of the original co-sponsors of PIPA. He reversed course Wednesday amid a flurry of online protests, and called for more time to ensure open access to the Internet. Then Sen.-elect Marco Rubio, R-Fla. thanks supporters in Coral Gables, Fla....
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Christian Science Monitor
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http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/The-Vote/2012/0119/Why-did-Sen.-Marco-Rubio-flip-flop-on-PIPA-piracy-bill
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...select as his running mate? Several names have been suggested; latest to the list is the young and junior senator from Florida, Marco Rubio. His political résumé includes nine years as a state legislator, including two as speaker of the Florida House; enormous...
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The Columbian
http://www.columbian.com/news/2012/jan/05/a-milt-romney-marco-rubio-ticket/
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...would merely add a snooze button to Romney's campaign. Latest to the list is the young and junior senator from Florida, Marco Rubio. His political resumé includes: nine years as a state legislator, including two as speaker of the Florida House; enormous popularity...
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San Antonio Express
http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/commentary/article/Is-Marco-Rubio-the-next-Republican-VP-nominee-2441512.php
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...ANNALS OF COMMUNICATIONS about Republican senator Marco Rubio and immigration. Just forty years old, Marco Rubio, a Republican who is the junior senator from Florida, has the youthful glamour of a Kennedy, with an attractive wife and four children. Tea Party...
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The New Yorker
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/01/09/120109fa_fact_auletta
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...of being an apologist for the Cuban communist regime and a hater of the Catholic church. He is also now writing a book on Marco Rubio. We can get a sense of the book by his stunning hit job on Marco Rubio in the Washington Post.. Roig-Franzia claims Rubio...
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Politik Ditto
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...Republicans believe Marco Rubio? While much of the political world has been obsessing over decisions by Chris Christie and Sarah Palin not to run for president, the freshman senator from Florida has been making a series of increasingly Shermanesque vows to...
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Bemidji Pioneer
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http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/event/article/id/100032227/
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...report them to us by clicking this link. Tim Burke, Executive Editor, The Palm Beach Post. On several occasions, Sen. Marco Rubio-R-Fla., has denied that he wants to be on a national ticket next year. In June, Sen. Rubio’s office sent out news releases...
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Palm Beach Post
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http://blogs.palmbeachpost.com/opinionzone/2011/09/27/is-marco-rubio-auditioning-for-vice-president/
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...specifically put that requirement in the Constitution to prevent someone having dual allegiance from becoming president. Marco Rubio was born in the US, which makes him a US citizen. His parents were not US citizens at the time of his birth. Therefore, Marco...
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Huffington Post
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/22/marco-rubio-birther_n_976463.html
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...be about the high salaries of government workers but seemed more like an excuse to showcase Republican Senate candidate Marco Rubio’s platform. The discussion was at least as much about Rubio’s views than about government workers or how much they make. It...
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News Hounds
http://www.newshounds.us/2010/08/14/cavuto_gives_florida_gop_candidate_marco_rubio_a_little_help.php
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...speech, delivered often, has rarely meant more in politics than it does to Marco Rubio, the Republican candidate for the Senate in Florida. Why? Because the Rubio campaign is the speech, with its all-encompassing message on domestic and foreign issues, and...
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Real Clear Politics
http://weeklystandard.com/articles/demolition-derby-florida
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...had the opportunity to spend some time today with Marco Rubio, the Florida sensation who knocked Charlie Crist out of the Republican primary and is, we hope, on his way to the U.S. Senate. I taped an interview with Rubio, which I will post later in the weekend,...
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Power Line
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/06/026459.php
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...today, I had an opportunity for an exclusive video interview with Florida’s Speaker, Marco Rubio, who is running for the US Senate to replace the retiring Mel Martinez. Rubio will attend a fundraiser thrown for him by Governor Tim Pawlenty this afternoon...
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Hot Air
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/06/04/hot-air-exclusive-marco-rubio/
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...Florida's beloved Republican governor (a certain Charlie Crist) and its upstart Republican House Speaker (a certain Marco Rubio). Crist and Rubio were fighting over property taxes, gambling and climate policy. Here's a part I have no recollection of writing: It's...
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Governing
http://www.governing.com/blogs/politics/Marco-Rubio-Term-Limits.html
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In Florida’s closely watched Senate race, Charlie Crist still leads among the state’s Republican Party members. But Marco Rubio is pulling ahead as the favorite of Washington conservatives and out-of-state donors.
FrumForum has tabulated Federal
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New Majority
http://www.frumforum.com/marco-rubio-washingtons-choice-for-floridas-senate-seat
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It's official: the Club for Growth has endorsed conservative upstart Marco Rubio in Florida's Senate race, over moderate Gov. Charlie Crist (R). This should come as a surprise to no one: Rubio has been accumulating national support from conservatives
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Beltway Blips
http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/story/club-endorses-rubio/
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The defeat of Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman in New York's 23rd district isn't likely to change conservatives' plans to turn their attention quickly to Florida's GOP Senate primary.
The Club for Growth's endorsement of former state Speaker
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Real Clear Politics
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http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/11/06/after_hoffman_rubio_is_likely_conservatives_next_challenge_99050.html
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A socially conservative PAC announced Thursday that it is endorsing Marco Rubio's 2010 Senate bid.
Washington (CNN) – The FRC Action PAC, the Family Research Council's political action committee, announced Thursday that it's endorsing former Florida
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CNN
http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_politicalticker/~3/t22hXhXeJAY/
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Washington, D.C. - Today FRC Action PAC, the political
action committee connected to Family Research Council
Action, is endorsing Marco Rubio for the U.S. Senate
representing Florida. Tony Perkins, President of FRC
Action, made the following
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Miami Herald
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/11/conservative-family-research-council-endorses-marco-rubio-over-charlie-crist-for-us-senate.html
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Former House Speaker Marco Rubio, right, shares a moment with state Rep. Ellyn Bogdanoff, during his visit to the House chamber in Tallahassee, Fla., in April.
Former House Speaker Marco Rubio, right, shares a moment with state Rep. Ellyn Bogdanoff,
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NPR
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114301303&ft=1&f=1014
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Charlie Crist is the front runner in the Florida Senate race. He is also the incumbent Governor of Florida. By any reasonable measure, including fundraising, the Florida Senate race should be his for the taking.
Except it is not happening for him.
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RedState
http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/10/29/charlie-crist-gets-desperate-senator-george-lemieux-appears-to-be-involved-in-the-rubio-attack-too/
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Last May I wrote an article detailing my evolution from “super voter” to “grassroots activist.” I wrote that the U.S. Senate race between Marco Rubio and Charlie Crist is what it is all about for a political junkie like me because there is nothing
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The US Report
http://www.theusreport.com/the-us-report/the-marco-rubio-campaign-from-evolution-to-revolution.html
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Video: Marco Rubio Interview on MSNBC Morning Joe
VoteRubio2010 —
Florida conservative candidate Marco Rubio appeared on MSNBC's Morning Joe today. There were some interesting exchanges between the "hosts" and Rubio. Dan Senor: All of the
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Beltway Blips
http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/video/marco-rubio-on-msnbc/
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Republican Gov. Charlie Crist probably wasn't worried that literally embracing President Barack Obama back in February and strongly supporting the $787 billion federal stimulus package would hurt his U.S. Senate campaign.
Sure, the
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NewsMax
http://www.Newsmax.com/politics/crist_obama_hug/2009/10/26/276954.html
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AP Political Writer
Copyright 2009, The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP Online news report may not be published, broadcast or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. —
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Palm Beach Post
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/state/content/gen/ap/US_Senate_Florida.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0
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i heard one of crist's radio ads yesterday. he was bash the federal govt. for spending to much money. i can recall this loser standing next to that guy who is our pres. supporting the stimulas. i would never for vote for this loser ,crist
Christ is as
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FOX News
http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/10/21/marco-rubio-gaining-strength-in-florida-gop-senate-race/
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A new Quinnipiac University poll out today shows that Republican candidate Marco Rubio, the former Speaker of the Florida State House is closing the gap between himself and front-runner Gov. Charlie Crist in the 2010 Republican primary race for the
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Rantburg
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?D=2009-10-22&ID=281504
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The contest for the 2010 Republican Senate nomination in Florida is a little closer this month, but Governor Charlie Crist still holds a 14-point lead over former state House Speaker Marco Rubio. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely
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Beltway Blips
http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/story/2010-florida-gop-senate-primary-crist-49-rubio-35/
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From NBC's Chuck ToddOver the past few weeks, Florida GOP Gov. Charlie Crist has found himself being put on the defensive more and more in the primary thanks to the challenge by ex-state House Speaker Marco Rubio. While Crist has financially
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Beltway Blips
http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/story/rove-for-rubio/
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With the fervor of a true believer, Marco Rubio wonÂt stop pressing his campaign to be the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate, even though it looks as if everything is working in Gov. Charlie CristÂs favor.
Do you think Marco Rubio could become the
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Orlando Sentinel
http://feeds.orlandosentinel.com/~r/orlandosentinel/news/local/seminole/~3/iZ0cY4J0oTM/orl-mike-thomas-rubio-092409,0,7989856.column
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The Florida economy may be in the dumps, but Charlie Crist's campaign fundraising machine is humming along.
Crist announced Thursday that in just 50 days he raised an eye-popping $4.3 million for his U.S. Senate campaign. That not only dwarfs the
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1245096.html
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Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush had plenty to say about a whole lot of different issues on Friday when he spoke to the Lakewood Ranch Republican Club.
I’ve already told you about his change of heart on oil drilling and his frustration with Barack Obama
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Beltway Blips
http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/story/jeb-bush-on-rubio-obama-and-running-for-president/
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Orlando trial lawyer John Morgan remembers walking through the mall on a weekday afternoon when a familiar name popped up on his cellphone: Charlie Crist.
Florida's governor wanted to talk logistics about a fundraiser for his U.S. Senate campaign.
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1242159.html
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He's winning glowing praise from conservatives casting him as the future of the GOP, but Marco Rubio's early fundraising raises doubts about his viability in a Senate match-up against Gov. Charlie Crist.
Nobody expected the former state House speaker
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Pakistan News.net
http://feeds.pakistannews.net/?rid=28029624&cat=2411cd3571b4f088
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Charlie Crist arrives at Por Fin in Coral Gables for a fundraising event Wednesday evening. Crist shakes hands with Martin Ley, visiting from Madrid, outside the restaurant.
Florida Republicans sought to present a unified front Saturday in hopes of
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1231155.html
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Former Speaker of the Florida State House, Marco Rubio, is a go on running for the United States Senate. OYE perused Marco's positions on the issues to treat ourselves to the same Republican talking points the last 5 generations have endured- provide
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Operation Yellow Elephant
http://operationyellowelephant.blogspot.com/2009/09/fl-sen-candidate-marco-rubio-dodging.html
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Typically, a person who decides to run for public office sends out a press release and makes an announcement in front of as many television cameras as can be persuaded to show up.
And if that person is former House Speaker Marco Rubio, and the public
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Pakistan News.net
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