Okay I'm in Texas so I am not following the senate primary race between Crist and Rubio in Florida. But I have to admit, even though I am one of the few mostly liberal folks on this part of the site, I like Crist. Maybe that's the issue but I'm still surprised to see he is now trailing by quite a bit in Florida.

Any Floridians care to shed some light on why Crist is now trailing and Rubio is now leading?

Crist has white hair. Rubio has black. This is the year for black.

(02-01-2010 10:08 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  Okay I'm in Texas so I am not following the senate primary race between Crist and Rubio in Florida. But I have to admit, even though I am one of the few mostly liberal folks on this part of the site, I like Crist. Maybe that's the issue but I'm still surprised to see he is now trailing by quite a bit in Florida.

Any Floridians care to shed some light on why Crist is now trailing and Rubio is now leading?

Simple, Floridians are not as liberal as you are.

(02-01-2010 10:20 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(02-01-2010 10:08 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  Okay I'm in Texas so I am not following the senate primary race between Crist and Rubio in Florida. But I have to admit, even though I am one of the few mostly liberal folks on this part of the site, I like Crist. Maybe that's the issue but I'm still surprised to see he is now trailing by quite a bit in Florida.

Any Floridians care to shed some light on why Crist is now trailing and Rubio is now leading?

Simple, Floridians are not as liberal as you are.

Could have sworn it had something to do with the black/white hair thing. Maybe that little birdie was actually a bat.

Well then the country isn't as moderate as you would like to believe either. Florida and Texas - it appears much more conservative candidates are winning over more moderate Republicans.

(02-01-2010 10:57 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  Well then the country isn't as moderate as you would like to believe either. Florida and Texas - it appears much more conservative candidates are winning over more moderate Republicans.

Florida and Texas are probably both more conservative than the US as a whole.

Scott Brown is the kind of republican who can win in a less conservative state. I'm sure he and I would disagree on some issue, but so far I haven't found it.

crist is losing? not good. he's one of the few republicans i actually like

(02-01-2010 11:01 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(02-01-2010 10:57 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  Well then the country isn't as moderate as you would like to believe either. Florida and Texas - it appears much more conservative candidates are winning over more moderate Republicans.

Florida and Texas are probably both more conservative than the US as a whole.

Scott Brown is the kind of republican who can win in a less conservative state. I'm sure he and I would disagree on some issue, but so far I haven't found it.

Florida isn't as conservative(fiscally) as you think. My panhandle is, but the rest, not so much.

i just read about rubio. he's against frivolous spending, in favor of simplifying the tax code and opposes capital gains taxes. he's alright to me

(02-01-2010 10:57 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  Well then the country isn't as moderate as you would like to believe either. Florida and Texas - it appears much more conservative candidates are winning over more moderate Republicans.

Rubio has slightly more money, but more grass roots support because of the Tea Party groups.

Crist is the typical "establishment" Republican candidate.

(02-01-2010 11:12 PM)Rebel Wrote:  

(02-01-2010 11:01 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(02-01-2010 10:57 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  Well then the country isn't as moderate as you would like to believe either. Florida and Texas - it appears much more conservative candidates are winning over more moderate Republicans.

Florida and Texas are probably both more conservative than the US as a whole.

Scott Brown is the kind of republican who can win in a less conservative state. I'm sure he and I would disagree on some issue, but so far I haven't found it.

Florida isn't as conservative(fiscally) as you think. My panhandle is, but the rest, not so much.

As a Floridian, the state is pretty fiscally conservative. We have a balanced budget amendment. As such, the state is not in debt.