Posted on 06/22/2009 6:33:03 AM PDT by MattAMatt
The fundraiser set to be hosted Wednesday by elected officials and business leaders at the posh Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables sounds like countless other receptions benefiting Florida's political establishment.
But the invitation topped with bold-faced names is for Marco Rubio, the upstart candidate for the U.S. Senate daring to challenge the popular Gov. Charlie Crist for the GOP nomination.
Rubio has been mostly raising money over the Internet. Crist has been attending swanky events almost nightly this month.
Their lopsided fundraising battle and poll ratings suggest Rubio's campaign will not end well, but the former Miami lawmaker posted a good week on the campaign trail.
He burnished his credentials as a fiscal hawk with an endorsement from U.S. Sen. James DeMint of South Carolina, one of the most conservative members of Congress. He won a straw poll, 73-9, at a meeting of the Pasco County Republican Party, which backed Crist in a rare primary endorsement in 2006.
And an MSNBC interviewer introduced him on television Friday as ''GOP's Barack Obama'' and ``the man who might be the answer to the GOP's problems.''
While none of these developments come close to signaling a real threat to Crist, they suggest Rubio's campaign is not a lost cause.
''I think that the debate is healthy, and nobody in this country, the last time I checked, is entitled to anything,'' said state Rep. Steve Bovo of Hialeah, a host of Rubio's upcoming fundraiser. His wife also did consulting work with Rubio after the former House speaker left office last year.
Other hosts of Rubio's upcoming fundraiser include Reps. Gaston Cantens, Eric Fresen, Carlos Lopez-Cantera and David Rivera; Miami-Dade County Commissioner Rebeca Sosa, and former U.S. Attorney Dexter Lehtinen, the husband of U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. Prominent businessmen such as developer Sergio Pino, car dealer Norman Braman and sugar baron Pepe Fanjul are also listed on the invitation.
Praise the Lord!! Go Marco!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
classic choice:
the peoples’ candidate vs. the entrenched politicos’ candidate
Marco’s campaign is really starting to come together. I’m going to continue giving him bi-monthly donations. He is an excellent candidate and one of us. If we can’t support our own then what in the hell are we good for?
Come on folks let’s put Marco over the $100k mark.
http://www.marcorubio.com/donate.php
It is at $96,481 right now.
This little cartoon is an excellent example of why we cannot trust the people of FL.
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