When I sat down for dinner with Marco Rubio and activists belonging to Students for Free Cuba at The George Washington University in April of 2009, Marco Rubio told us that he intended to run for the U.S. Senate in Florida. He knew that Governor Charlie Crist was interested but he didn't care. He knew that Barack Obama's broad and unsuccessful agenda would concern Americans and that conservatives would rightfully rally back. He knew that this election, more than elections before, would be about ideas and that the responce would be indicative of the dangerous leftist direction our country was taking.
Rubio told me that he inteded to focus on his fresh ideas for America and because his ideas for Florida were not Obama's or Crist's(essentially the same thing) that he could win the election. For Rubio, it was never about who the big names were endorsing or how much money he could raise; he knew that Americans were looking for a message that gave them hope and intended to rollback the big government policies of this Administration.
Crist's decision to run as an Independent after polls showed he would lose the Republican primary, sheds light on how little this election was about ideas for Crist and how much of it was a stepping stone to get ahead in politics. Flirting with the idea of being named Vice President under John McCain seemed to have likened Crist to the idea of seeking a national office.
Crist's actions and his uncommitted stances on issues showed how willing he was to mold himself just to get elected. This also showed how out of touch Crist really was. This election was less about the establishment and more about ideas and Crist's narcissitic "me-me-me" campaign similar to Arlen Specter's had no place in 2010. Floridians and Americans in general were looking for candidates with strong backbones that would oppose Obama's large government programs.
I am very happy that Marco Rubio won this election and not once did I doubt his ability to do it - not during dinner in April of 2009 and not any time since he declared. I will be proud to visit his office in January - here's to the "great right hope."
Check this Link out: March 2009 I was featured in a Marco Rubio email to raise money, one of the first campaign emails sent out by the Rubio campaign. http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2009/03/dude-wheres-my-money.html
Victory: Oh How Sweet It Is.
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