March 09, 2010
— DrewM Remember when Marco Rubio was considered something of a joke candidate for the GOP Senate nomination in Florida? You know, there was no way he could seriously challenge a popular governor like Chrarlie Crist, so what was the point in him even running?
Yeah, about that.
Support for Charlie Crist from conservative voters has pretty much evaporated, and that's allowed Marco Rubio to build a 32 point lead in the Republican primary for Senate.Rubio now leads Crist 60-28, including a staggering 71-17 lead with conservatives. Crist has a 49-36 advantage with party moderates, but they account for just 31% of likely primary voters compared to 65% who describe themselves as conservative.
Rubio is benefiting from a widely held sentiment among Florida GOP voters that Congressional Republicans are too liberal and that Crist would add to the problem. 41% of them think that the party leadership in Washington is too liberal, and with those folks Rubio holds an 83-10 lead. 50% think that Crist himself is too liberal and with those voters Rubio's advantage expands even wider to 90-5.
But don't worry, Crist has a new and exciting line of attack that will wash away the stink of his support for the so-called "stimulus"...Back hair.
CRIST: He's (Rubio) trying to pawn himself off as a fiscal conservative. And yet just in reason weeks, two weeks Hairy-back ago it has come out in news accounts he had a Republican Party of Florida credit card that he charged $130 haircut, or maybe it was a back wax -- we are not sure what all he got at that place.VAN SUSTEREN: Wait a second, stop. A back wax? Wait a second.
CRIST: I don't know what it was, you know?
Ah, well never mind then. If you stand foursquare against back hair (and all right thinking Americans do), then Charlie Crist is your man!
Meanwhile, John Cornyn is trying to dig himself out of the hole he put himself in with his early endorsement of Crist.
“Selfishly, given the limited resources we have on the national scope of our responsibilities here, I didn’t want to have to spend any money in Florida, if we didn’t have to,” Cornyn said. “Charlie Crist seemed like the ideal candidate. This had nothing to do with Marco Rubio, who I subsequently met and have a lot of respect for.”Cornyn said his committee planned to stand by its endorsement of Crist, but noted the NRSC would refrain from meddling in the governor's primary campaign against former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio.
“It doesn’t mean we’re going to be spending any money in the primary. It doesn’t mean we’re going to be saying anything bad about Marco Rubio,” he said.
I can't wait for David Frum to tell us why this is all just a horrible thing or urge Crist to withdraw from the GOP contest and save "conservatism" by running as an independent or Democrat.
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Posted by: David Frum at March 09, 2010 07:06 AM (wuv1c)
Posted by: Rocks at March 09, 2010 07:06 AM (Q1lie)
Posted by: enoxo at March 09, 2010 07:06 AM (+kaJ5)
Posted by: Curmudgeon at March 09, 2010 07:08 AM (ujg0T)
Posted by: enoxo at March 09, 2010 11:06 AM (+kaJ5)
The numbers are almost irrelevant at this point. Massage this however you like, it ain't good news for Charlie the Tana.
Posted by: Rocks at March 09, 2010 07:09 AM (Q1lie)
Posted by: Ryan Frank at March 09, 2010 07:10 AM (yJPTY)
Back wax? Is this ghey code? Charlie is trying to tell us something, methinks.
F*cking Cornyn. Asshole.
Posted by: Dang Straights at March 09, 2010 07:11 AM (fx8sm)
Posted by: Charlie Crist's immediate family at March 09, 2010 07:15 AM (T0NGe)
Great, I missed getting free tickets to see Supertramp...
As far as Crist goes, he's never missed an opportunity to completely screw up since the time he announced. Him going into the tank after a bunch of poorly thought-out attacks on Rubio should hopefully be the end of him for a few years.
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 09, 2010 07:16 AM (2A9Nl)
Nah, she's still a Senator from Washington state.
Posted by: AmishDude at March 09, 2010 07:17 AM (T0NGe)
Great, I missed getting free tickets to see Supertramp...
Nah, she's still a Senator from Washington state.
Ahem.
Posted by: Senators Boxer and Feinstein at March 09, 2010 07:18 AM (ujg0T)
No, sorry. Rocks was the 7th caller and wins the 2 free tickets to the Styx/Journey/REO Speedwagon coverband fan jam on Friday. However, if you still want to go, tickets are available, lawn setting for as little as $5.
Next, Mikey the intern eats strange things we found on the sidewalk.
Posted by: FM Morning Disc Jockey, Hungover, of course at March 09, 2010 11:12 AM (V9SYy)
Yes! I am so there. I'm filling my wineskin with bourbon right now. Any leads on where to get some weed? I haven't bought it in 20 years.
Posted by: Rocks at March 09, 2010 07:19 AM (Q1lie)
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at March 09, 2010 07:20 AM (RkRxq)
Listen to me, girls, once you go NYT hack, you never go back.
Posted by: Sen. Maria Cantwell (Guess that party!-WA) at March 09, 2010 07:20 AM (T0NGe)
Posted by: TexBob at March 09, 2010 07:20 AM (2jp4I)
Saw the Gretter ManSustern/Christ interview last night- couldn't tell who was who, anywho it was creepy. Good riddance rino-fucknut!!
Posted by: dananjcon at March 09, 2010 07:21 AM (pr+up)
Posted by: American Express Refunds Department at March 09, 2010 07:21 AM (+zo63)
I watched Crist last night. He is a complete hack.
I liked the part about the CHOO CHOO'S and 34,000 jobs.
What the fuck do these people smoke?
Posted by: gus at March 09, 2010 07:21 AM (Vqruj)
Posted by: Charlie Crist at March 09, 2010 07:24 AM (h5A7o)
Posted by: Rocks at March 09, 2010 07:25 AM (Q1lie)
Posted by: joncelli at March 09, 2010 07:26 AM (RD7QR)
Crist is a giant Oompa Loompa. That makes Floridians racist and prejudiced against people with disabilities.
Posted by: David in San Diego at March 09, 2010 07:26 AM (GF+6V)
Someone should ask Crist to see his bare back. Just like the Dems, he probably was indulging in projection.
"Supretramp" Cantwell - Gawd, I would love to see that nic catch on!
Posted by: sherlock at March 09, 2010 07:26 AM (cq3pU)
Great, I missed getting free tickets to see Supertramp...
Nah, she's still a Senator from Washington state.
And AmishDude for the win. Thanks for playing. Someone turn off the lights, the contest is OVAH!
Posted by: Mallamutt at March 09, 2010 11:21 AM (V9SYy)
Hey, don't I get a little credit?
Posted by: John Harwood's penis (D-New York Times) at March 09, 2010 07:27 AM (T0NGe)
Posted by: enoxo at March 09, 2010 11:06 AM (+kaJ5)
When? The latest I found from them was spot on to her final total.
They said KBH was at 31% which is where she wound up. They were low on Perry's final total but said Medina was fading fast. I'm guessing most Medina voters went to Perry.
I'd like to see the link of them calling for KBH if you have it since it would call them into question.
Posted by: DrewM. at March 09, 2010 07:28 AM (9B5OK)
Posted by: Curmudgeon at March 09, 2010 07:28 AM (ujg0T)
Posted by: Meechelle Odumbass at March 09, 2010 07:28 AM (Vu6sl)
Posted by: Andi Sullivan at March 09, 2010 07:28 AM (AZGON)
Don't you look at my girlfriend
She's the only one I got
Not much of a girlfriend
Never seem to get a lot
What you got? Not a lot
Posted by: AmishDude at March 09, 2010 07:29 AM (T0NGe)
Wow, now I'm picturing David Frum with Maria Cantwell.
I think they're going waxing together.
Posted by: AmishDude at March 09, 2010 07:31 AM (T0NGe)
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at March 09, 2010 07:32 AM (mHQ7T)
Posted by: richard mcenroe at March 09, 2010 07:33 AM (TO+R9)
A little back hair has never been a bad thing for me, it's the five o'clock shadow on the face that's tedious.
Lately it's coming in gray.
Posted by: Janet Neapolitano at March 09, 2010 07:33 AM (h5A7o)
Posted by: Rocks at March 09, 2010 07:33 AM (Q1lie)
Actually, it's the opposite. If you're FOR back hair, go with Crist. Because Rubio got his waxed off.
Posted by: FUBAR at March 09, 2010 07:34 AM (1fanL)
Posted by: Fritz at March 09, 2010 07:34 AM (GwPRU)
Isn't that kind of racist? You know, implying that he might be a little too ethnic?
I mean, while we're piling on...
Posted by: AmishDude at March 09, 2010 07:35 AM (T0NGe)
Posted by: Sheriff Joe Biden at March 09, 2010 07:36 AM (T0NGe)
Posted by: Fritz at March 09, 2010 11:34 AM (GwPRU)
No, it magically drops of with the Body Thetans during auditing. It's a Big Win.
Would you like to take a personality test?
Posted by: Scientology at March 09, 2010 07:37 AM (Q1lie)
Posted by: David Frum at March 09, 2010 07:39 AM (dPVwd)
Yo Marco, can you and I get together?
I've been getting replacement plugs from Nancy's nose, and it smells garlicky.
Help a brother out and I can get you repatriated to your Homeland.
True story.
Posted by: Joe the lawyer Biden at March 09, 2010 07:40 AM (h5A7o)
Posted by: elliot m at March 09, 2010 07:41 AM (rHQQw)
ahhh, you had to use the F word ... FRUM !!! ... shouted like KAHN from the Star Trek movie ...
thankfully NRO cut that snob loose last year ... now they need to get rid of Salam to clean out another "done nothing but write" pundit from their ranks ...
Posted by: Jeff at March 09, 2010 07:42 AM (FDdKZ)
Posted by: This is Carlton, the doorman at March 09, 2010 07:43 AM (F2qjY)
I think Greta has come around to being a fairly decent interviewer and talk show host. Once she gave up the tabloid Natalie in Aruba show, she started to show her real intelligence. Now, if she would stop with the stoopid teasers all the time.
Posted by: prettypinkfluffypanties at March 09, 2010 07:46 AM (a/mnj)
Posted by: This is Carlton, the doorman at March 09, 2010 07:46 AM (F2qjY)
Posted by: dananjcon at March 09, 2010 07:49 AM (pr+up)
I have a theory. I think Charlie Crist is The Monarch from The Venture Bros.
Posted by: AmishDude at March 09, 2010 07:49 AM (T0NGe)
Posted by: This is Carlton, the doorman at March 09, 2010 07:49 AM (F2qjY)
Posted by: Blanche Lincoln Needs Help at March 09, 2010 07:52 AM (h5A7o)
If someone would get of their ass and invent global warming, there would be no tomato shortage.
They could win a Nobel Prize... maybe an Oscar. Of course they would have to invent the internet first.
That would be awesome.
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at March 09, 2010 07:54 AM (RkRxq)
Posted by: MDr VB1.0 CS1st at March 09, 2010 07:54 AM (ucq49)
I blame Crist for the tomata shortage.
He shouldn't have let it get so cold in FLA.
Posted by: This is Carlton, the doorman at March 09, 2010 11:49 AM (F2qjY)
I want a list of people who are against global warming. I blame them.
And that rat-bastard groundhog.
Posted by: AmishDude at March 09, 2010 07:55 AM (T0NGe)
Posted by: runningrn at March 09, 2010 07:56 AM (CfmlF)
Posted by: Dang Straights at March 09, 2010 11:56 AM (fx8sm)
Holy Crap, Dang! We were both on the same wavelength at the same time! I hope you're eating some Pringles now (though none of the recalled ones--thanks for the head's up!) Luckily, the flavors I bought weren't included in the recall.
Posted by: runningrn at March 09, 2010 07:58 AM (CfmlF)
Posted by: bubba at March 09, 2010 07:59 AM (pr+up)
Fair enough, except I would think experienced politicians would know that the stimulus was putting aside a fund for future payoffs. Is recognizing bribes too conservative for people who claim to be fiscal conservatives? Forget the plugs, the spray tan, the fake marriage and where Crist stands on social issues. The stimulus... I mean, really?
Besides that, I know Crist worked with Waxman to fix the Democrat primary in 2008. He's scum. Just deserts. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at March 09, 2010 08:02 AM (mHQ7T)
Posted by: Charlie Crist at March 09, 2010 08:02 AM (Q1lie)
@79 Heh. A coworker sent me that Pringles link and I immediately thought "Pringes salmonella danger - runningrn most affected"
Posted by: Dang Straights at March 09, 2010 08:02 AM (fx8sm)
Posted by: Countrysquire at March 09, 2010 08:03 AM (rDvlp)
74 Dang Strights
Here is the cooter-shaving Floridian, morons.
That is not me, dammit, I'm not a cross dresser.
But for all you cross dressing Conservative Floridians, I'm your man.
Or woman, what the hell I need the votes.
Posted by: Charlie Crist at March 09, 2010 08:03 AM (mmBZz)
In case anyone is interested in what David Frum is actually saying about the race, here it is: http://is.gd/a3fqu
"...on the politics, not for the first time am I left wondering whether the Rubio-Crist battle is all it seems – and that what is presented to us as a conservative v. moderate battle is not really the latest manuever by the Bush family on its way to a White House run by a third dynast."
Posted by: Joe Marier at March 09, 2010 08:04 AM (dr1s2)
She's a friend of Hillary. She invited Crist on the show, drew him out and let him cook his own goose. He already looks like a Peking duck, anyway. It was like a microwave meal, just so fucking easy.
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at March 09, 2010 08:05 AM (mHQ7T)
VAN SUSTEREN: Wait a second, stop. A back wax? Wait a second.
CRIST: I don't know what it was, you know?
I'm pretty sure that if he got a back wax he would have definitely known it.
Posted by: harleycowboy at March 09, 2010 08:05 AM (JKGfQ)
BTW - thanks for introducing a new term to me. Cooter.
The Dukes of Hazard will never be the same again. sigh.
Posted by: MDr VB1.0 CS1st at March 09, 2010 08:06 AM (ucq49)
In case anyone is interested in what David Frum is actually saying about the race, here it is: http://is.gd/a3fqu
What an idiot. Hey Frum, why don't you go back on Levin's show and attempt to debate him again. Let's see how that works out for you.
Posted by: Countrysquire at March 09, 2010 08:06 AM (rDvlp)
Of course, I've heard this BS. Something about how this benefits Romney in the primaries by peeling away Sarah Palin's base and Jeb Bush is involved.
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at March 09, 2010 08:08 AM (mHQ7T)
really the latest manuever by the Bush family on its way to a White House run by a third dynast."
It's a CONSPIRACY! A CON. SPIRACY.
Posted by: David Oh So Frumie at March 09, 2010 08:10 AM (fx8sm)
I'm convinced Frum has a HUGE enemies list and part of his opinions are based on whom he hates most.
Posted by: AmishDude at March 09, 2010 08:17 AM (T0NGe)
Democrats take a look. You vote for Obamacare - and you'll end up losing come election time. We won't forget. This time it's personal.
Posted by: Lemon Kitten at March 09, 2010 08:23 AM (0fzsA)
Old and busted: Huckabee
The new hotness: Crist
Posted by: The Red Brigade at March 09, 2010 08:26 AM (0q2P7)
@79 Heh. A coworker sent me that Pringles link and I immediately thought "Pringes salmonella danger - runningrn most affected"
Thanks so much for the heads up, I do appreciate it! When I read your comment on that earlier thread, I stopped dead in my tracks--ceased all chewing, until I finished reading your comment.
Posted by: runningrn at March 09, 2010 08:27 AM (CfmlF)
Posted by: aggiebc at March 09, 2010 08:47 AM (jTQHN)
Posted by: Adjoran at March 09, 2010 08:57 AM (3hg5M)
I just hope the GOP finally sits up and takes notice. Conservatives are tired of nothing but empty lip service. The message here is clear, RINO's need not apply.
But hey, just to prove I'm no racist, find me a conservative oompa-loompa and he's got my vote.
Posted by: Redneck_Klingon at March 09, 2010 09:31 AM (e8T35)
I can't wait for David Frum to tell us why this is all just a horrible thing or urge Crist to withdraw from the GOP contest and save "conservatism" by running as an independent or Democrat.
Posted by: DrewMYou'll know when he does, because Allah will put it up on Hot Air with his seal of approval as soon as Frum sends a Tweet to AP
Posted by: kbdabear at March 09, 2010 11:39 AM (sYxEE)
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The Frumajority is not pleased, not pleased at all.
Posted by: David Frum at March 09, 2010 07:04 AM (wuv1c)