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U.S. Senate candidate Gov. Charlie Crist (I-FL) has the ability to restore the true mantra of the Republican Party. A senate win would seriously question how representative Florida Republican primary voters are to the larger share of republican voters, and whether the Republican Party of Florida as a whole is out of touch with the general electorate. When Crist announced his run as an independent most polls reflected a six point lead over his closest competitor, however the most recent Rasmussen Poll places him at a close second to Republican candidate Mr. Marco Rubio. How could Gov. Crist, or any candidate of a major party, be a dead horse in a primary but rise to the top in an open race?

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Marco Rubio’s campaign was practically dead on its feet from the moment he announced his bid for US senate. His opponent Charlie Crist, the popular Florida governor who once enjoyed a two-thirds job approval rating and a double digit lead over Rubio, was seen as the experienced candidate with the best service resume to compete against the democratic nominee.  Despite the odds of a true rebirth, Rubio’s dying campaign was transformed and resurrected by far-right conservatives in joint hands, singing and swaying to Patsy Cline’s “Crazy” during a sacred grassroots ceremony. The conservative rite would totally erase Rubio’s legislative past and replace his very soul with conservative values, producing the perfect grassroots candidate.

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