Rubio is running for his seat again
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Anonymous
| Forget all that stuff about hating the Senate! |
Anonymous
| Well, what else is he going to do with his life? |
Anonymous
| Haha. Poor Rubio. He's going to have to keep working, instead of sleeping the whole day away. |
Anonymous
| Is he running for his old seat now? Isn't it too late for him to get on the ballot? |
Anonymous
| With trump's mess, republicans are worried about keeping his senate seat. Can you blame them? Trump will be disastrous for all down ticket elections. |
Anonymous
I thought so too... I think the timing was imminent because donors were ready to give to Carlos Lopez-Cantera who was running R (and will presumably step aside now), but the donors and everyone it seems preferred Rubio. Before they invested, they wanted to be sure what's really happening. |
Anonymous
And Mr. Obama's record in that arena? |
Anonymous
| I'm not talking about Obama or defending him, nor am I dissing trump. Nevertheless, it will be interesting to see to what degree republican races mirror the gop divide during the primaries/presidential election. Dem races too, I suppose, but I think they unify so well around their pets (abortion, so-called evil republicans, adding rights all over the place). |
Anonymous
| It is already happening. Todd Wilcox, small time guy running R for the senate in Florida: "as a conservative, I have no intention of leaving this race just because another career politician gets in." |
Anonymous
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Registered republican here. About congressional races being just like the general...it is definitely happening.
I looked up the state of the Florida senate race. There are 5 republicans running? This is way too many, just like the republican primaries. This will divide and allow a D to win. If Rubio will step in, at least two running will drop, bringing it to max 4 Rs. Plus at that point the donors will coalesce around Rubio and make it a string campaign. I think it's the only chance for that seat. |
Anonymous
| 5 overall republican losses would give democrats a senate majority, I think. I can't find the source of that math. Ha ha anyone have a good current seat count? Jk. I heard it is 5. That seems about right. |
Anonymous
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So what is the logic here? Orlando, therefore I need to get back to the Senate to block any subsequent efforts at gun control?
It sounds like he needed an excuse to jump back in and this is not a great one, but it'll do. |
Anonymous
https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Senate_election_in_Florida,_2016 The Florida primaries for Senate are August 30. Deadline for filing is June 24 (one week from today). |
Anonymous
Yup. Jolly will drop out; others will probably follow. So it will come down to Rubio vs. Patrick Murphy, and with luck a big Clinton win will put Murphy over the top. |
Anonymous
| The image this brought to mind was a cartoon caricature of "Little Marco" chasing after a cartoon butt. |