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JUNE 05, 2009

Gushing over Rubio in the Washington Times

Conservative activist Adam Guillette has a piece in Friday's Washington Times that's more national-press gold for U.S. Senate hopeful Marco Rubio, with a good measure of Charlie Crist-bashing thrown in for good measure. Rubio is described as the party's future, while Crist is lightly dismissed as its past.

"No one can look at Mr. Crist and view him as the future of the party. He's an 'old white guy' and a populist," Guillette writes. "Mr. Rubio is a stark contrast -- young, Hispanic and principled." The entire piece is here.

 

 

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