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In Washington, D.C., the
St. Petersburg Times politics blog Buzz
button-holed Sen. George LeMieux, who's holding that seat for his benefactor, Charlie Crist. Here's what LeMieux had to say about young, handsome, impeccably conservative Marco Rubio, who's been hammering Crist over supporting the federal stimulus:
It's very easy to be a critic, and the speaker now is not in office. He wasn't there when the state was facing the challenges of the huge recession and the stimulus. He didn't have to vote on that. All of the folks that were in his administration voted for the stimulus money.
And I suspect if he were there, he could vote for it. This
is just like President Obama being able to be against the war in Iraq
because he didn't have to vote on it. There's a lot of parallels to
draw between Speaker Rubio and President Obama in the way they are
running their race and in their ability to throw bombs without ever
having to lead because they are out of office.
Boy,
Rubio's really gotten under their skin, hasn't he? Also, are we really
comparing a vote to authorize the Iraq War with a vote for the federal
stimulus? In any case, Crist and LeMieux are now squarely on their
heels and are showing no signs of being able to slow Rubio's momentum.
This will be fun.
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