A couple years ago, back when Florida Governor Charlie Crist was thought to be a candidate to run for V.P. on the McCain ticket, the Republican Party of Orange County brought him here to speak at the Flag Day dinner. It was an unmitigated disaster.
Crist praised pathetic Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and he was booed for doing so.
Crist is now an independent and the Republican he is running against for an open U.S. Senate seat is Marco Rubio, a Tea Party favorite. And sure enough Rubio is coming here to speak at this year’s OC GOP Flag Day Dinner, on June 14, at 6 pm at the Hyatt Regency in Irvine.
You can RSVP by calling 714-453-0900. Or send an email to ocyrlauryn@gmail.com. Be prepared to pay $250 per ticket. Ouch!
Ironically most pundits now think that Rubio will lose as Crist gobbles up the moderate voters. But he will surely get quite a thunderous applause from the same folks who tried to elect Linda Ackerman and Jerry Amante. Mostly fake conservatives, IMHO…
Crist only has a four point advantage per Rasmussen last Wednesday: Florida Senate – Rubio vs. Meek vs. Crist Quinnipiac Crist 37, Rubio 33, Meek 17 Crist +4
I suspect he’ll run out of money long before November. He also comes across as sanctimonious, and Rubio will use events like this one to polish his image. He’ll prevail in November.
My bad — Quinnipiac. All this stuff is on Real Clear Politics’ polling page: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/elections/.
Folks. I will be attending and covering the Flag Day dinner. From my research it appears that Marco helped us with tigher property rights laws in Florida after the Kelo decision came down. If given a chance I intend to discuss Florida property rights with him tonight.
Folks.
Having all of 30 seconds with Mr. Rubio during the photo op we only discussed my family in FL.
See my blog post of the two earthquakes in OC tonight
On Charlie’s run as an independent:
“Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.” Thomas Jefferson
Rubio is a bit too canned for me. The rhetoric is so thick you can cut it with a knife.