Charlie and Marco...what are Floridians thinking?

I will be the first to admit I like Charlie Crist. As Governor of Florida he has shown himself to be quite the pragmatist. Charlie recognises the fact that he is Governor for all the people, not just Republicans, but Democrats and Independents, all citizens of the state. Marco Rubio has no clue as to what that kind of job entails. As a representative of ALL the people you have to take into account the NEEDS of ALL the people, not just Republicans as he has shown he is only interested in serving. Charlie on the other hand knows how to do what is best for ALL, to find a balance. What concerns me most about Rubio are statements such as this, “He’s not going to stand up to Barack Obama. I will." Stand up to the President of the United States? What good would it do to stand up to the President of the United States? What does he mean? Does it mean he plans on some sort of coup? As a US Senator, there are rules to follow and he will find that he as part of the minority party there is no chance in hell he could prevent the President from performing his constitutional obligations.

Lets say Rubio is elected as an antagonist, a single cog in the minority. What can he do as one person to prevent the will of the majority? To overcome a Presidential veto his party will need a super majority to do so, which is an absolute impossibility. No, Rubio has a choice. Join the party of NO and accomplish NOTHING for the people he represents or he will be compelled to act in the capacity worthy of being a US Senator. Now, he can waste his time with his political diatribe and accomplish nothing or he can work within the system to get part of what he wants, or believes his constituents want.

Floridians can save a lot of time and trouble by electing Charlie Crist. Charlie knows what it is like to represent all Floridians. Sure he accepted stimulus funds, what choice did he have? If he had said no, the legislature would have overridden his decision, after all the way the law was written, the legislatures had the option to override the governor. See South Carolina as an example. The legislature overrode the governor and accepted the money. Governor Perry of Texas who claims not to have accepted stimulus funds in his campaign ads lied. Texas was awarded 13 billion dollars, of which 1.2 billion has already spent. Had Charlie Crist refused the money, he would have been run out of town on a rail.

There is a saying, we can disagree without being disagreeable. Rubio chooses the latter. Is being a jerk and disagreeable what Floridians really want? I think not.