FL-SEN: Is Rubio about to bungle it?

[free my dawg]

Just already.

[Donerail]

I'm just surprised it took 14 pages for this to devolve into the inevitable discussion of Israel.

[The Other Castro]

I'm just surprised it took 14 pages for this to devolve into the inevitable discussion of Israel.

It's like an inverse of Godwin's Law.

[Fuzzy Says: "Abolish NPR!"]

Murphy is the PERFECT General Election candidate for Democrats in FL, and would be a slight favorite if he is nominated, and Rubio doesn't try to remain in his Senate seat if the Presidential race goes badly.  Grayson is a loose cannon; he's kind of the Democratic answer (in temperament) to B-1 Bob Dornan.  If liberals competed with conservatives in Talk Radio, Grayson would be the left's Rush Limbaugh.  None of that helps him as a Senate candidate.  Fortunately for Murphy, none of the GOP candidates for Rubio's seat are particularly impressive.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Murphy is the PERFECT General Election candidate for Democrats in FL, and would be a slight favorite if he is nominated, and Rubio doesn't try to remain in his Senate seat if the Presidential race goes badly.  Grayson is a loose cannon; he's kind of the Democratic answer (in temperament) to B-1 Bob Dornan.  If liberals competed with conservatives in Talk Radio, Grayson would be the left's Rush Limbaugh.  None of that helps him as a Senate candidate.  Fortunately for Murphy, none of the GOP candidates for Rubio's seat are particularly impressive.

Even if Rubio were to abandon his presidential race and choose to run for reelection, it's not like the field would automatically clear for him. Sure, Lopez-Cantera would probably go, but Miller has blind ambition, DeSantis would attack Rubio from the right, and Jolly would stay in since in the event he narrowly wins a 4 way primary (Rubio, himself, Miller, DeSantis), a Senate race would be a lot easier than trying to hold a redrawn, less republican version of FL-13.

[Maxwell]

Miller has been out for weeks.

[Vega]

I don't think Rubioo would necessarily win the general if he drops his presidential bid. It would be a tougher fight, but still.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Miller has been out for weeks.

All this time I thought he was running! .

[mencken]

So is Jolly the undisputed frontrunner on the GOP side, or is it a true free for all? I cannot imagine McCollum has a serious shot at a fourth chance.

[windjammer]

An another moderate republican

[okierepublican]

An another moderate republican

A republican is conservative about one thing and inevitably the left calls him a far right crazy. By that measure there are no moderate republicans of democrats.

[windjammer]

An another moderate republican

A republican is conservative about one thing and inevitably the left calls him a far right crazy. By that measure there are no moderate republicans of democrats.

No, I'm just not a fan of politicians too close with a sect.

[Gass3268]

Patrick Murphy backs the Iran Deal

[Flake]

Patrick Murphy backs the Iran Deal

Thankfully he is unlike that DINO Grayson

[Gass3268]

Patrick Murphy backs the Iran Deal

Thankfully he is unlike that DINO Grayson

Grayson goes from leaning no to supporting the Iran Deal

[seanNJ9]

I've been out if the loop on politics all summer, can Rubio jump back into this race? Because it appears he won't be president?

[Figueira]

I've been out if the loop on politics all summer, can Rubio jump back into this race? Because it appears he won't be president?

I wouldn't be so sure of that.

[Vosem]

I've been out if the loop on politics all summer, can Rubio jump back into this race? Because it appears he won't be president?

No. Rubio, unlike Paul, has put all his chips in the national campaign. A multi-candidate Republican primary (in which Rubio has a candidate he is supporting in Lopez-Cantera) has already begun, in which some candidates are not Rubio's factional allies, or have been drawn out of their House districts by the Florida Supreme Court and are therefore unlikely to stand down. Rubio can always return to Florida statewide office somewhere down the line, which I think he will plan to do if a Republican administration takes office in 2016 where he is not President, VP, or Cabinet.

[Donerail]

A hot rumor a while back - not sure how much credibility it still has - was that Rubio was interested in being in Tally in 2018.

[Vega]

A hot rumor a while back - not sure how much credibility it still has - was that Rubio was interested in being in Tally in 2018.

I mean, I guess he can try, but I doubt he will.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

He would probably clear the field, and FL Dems winning the governorship isn't happening unless Nelson goes for it.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

A hot rumor a while back - not sure how much credibility it still has - was that Rubio was interested in being in Tally in 2018.

There is no credibility to that. I believed it would happen until I talked to a bunch of my friends in the RPOF. Putnam is by far the favorite and Rubio would be stepping on some big toes if he ran. Rubio needs to lobby hard for the VP nomination-it is his only option left.

[Rocky Rockefeller]

A hot rumor a while back - not sure how much credibility it still has - was that Rubio was interested in being in Tally in 2018.

There is no credibility to that. I believed it would happen until I talked to a bunch of my friends in the RPOF. Putnam is by far the favorite and Rubio would be stepping on some big toes if he ran. Rubio needs to lobby hard for the VP nomination-it is his only option left.

Senate 2018

[Blair]

Tbh Rubio, rather understandably seems to have given up on the Senate. Unlike Cruz or Paul he never used it to crusade his points, and he's not in the mould of a senate dealer.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Tbh Rubio, rather understandably seems to have given up on the Senate. Unlike Cruz or Paul he never used it to crusade his points, and he's not in the mould of a senate dealer.

Rubio was never going to be a long-time Senator, especially after the Tea Party forced him to come out against his own immigration bill in 2013. He was just using it as a launchpad to the Presidency.