Dereich
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« on: June 07, 2016, 03:42:42 PM » |
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No matter what TN Volunteer wants you to believe, Rubio is not the one republican hope for the seat. The only real benefits he can bring are immediate name recognition and easier out of state fundraising. his approval ratings aren't anything special, his connection to the state party and donors can be matched by several of the current candidates, and of course a run now leaves all sorts of GOP primary ammunition.
That is not to say he's particularly bad as some of the Democrats would have you believe; he's still charismatic and an incumbent senator. The best way to think of him is as a slightly better CLC. With Rubio or without Rubio the race is a tossup any one of the non-Beruff candidates will do well.
The strength of the FLGOP is not really in its candidates; Jeb Bush won here! While the FLDEMs are so incompetent they basically need to rely on a stellar candidate to win anything, the party fundraising and GOTV machine of the state party is what makes Florida a GOP state more than the quality of any of its candidates. That'll be true here too.
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