RNC Chairman Steele discusses Florida’s U.S Senate race
During the taping of the Hannity show at the 2010 SRLC in New Orleans, I bumped into my ol’ friend RNC Chairman Michael Steele. I first met 
the Chairman back in January of 2009 when he came to Miami to visit and promote the RNC to friends and supporters. We spoke about several things including the Florida Congressional race in District 20 in which Brian Reilly(R) (pictured,center) is running against Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz.
The bulk of our conversation was spent discussing the upcoming U.S. Senate race in Florida between the Governor Charlie Crist and Conservative Republican Marco Rubio. As was reported last year, Chairman Steele said that he would not be getting involved in a contested primary race. However, with the recent speculation that Governor Crist may run as an Independent, I am wondering if the RNC is ready to make a move and get behind Rubio.
The NRSC, who has already lost a lot of credibility, may also be rethinking their endorsement of Governor Crist. Senator John Cornyn(R-TX), who heads the committee, told me via a Facebook wall posting, ” May the best man win.” This was a response my inquiry asking Cornyn as to whether he was going to retract the Crist endorsement. While he did not explicitly do that, this statement is far from the the emphatic endorsment of last year.
To this day, the NRSC does not list Marco Rubio as one of the candidates in the Florida Senate race. When visiting the NRSC website, you will see that all of the Republican candidates from their respective states and races are listed. Again, all candidates are listed except for Marco Rubio in Florida. The Florida page lists: Charlie Crist, of course, Senator LeMieux; Senator Nelson and Democrat candidate Kendrick Meek. The Democrat Kendrick Meek is listed for goodness sake!
Check out the NRSC website to see what I am talking about.
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Great pic
but I am biased! Another great capture, Javier and great information!
I would love to see Steele come out for Rubio – it is about time!
Time to VOTE then out… and I mean the Republican Leadership. They have done a wimpy job at best! Looks like all they care about is keeping their positions and power and ignore what is happening around them. The Republican leadership has lost touch. They are playing by the “old game rules”. We are in a new ballgame! The USA is being taken apart “brick by brick” by this Socialist Obama administration and Congress!! WAKE UP and SPEAK UP Republicans before you become totally irrelevant to the voters. Rose Marie Rauschkolb.
Great story on Rubio. It appears this candidate Reilly is starting to really make a dent on the national stage!! I saw him on fox the other day he speaks well.. I think Reilly, Rubio and West are finally going to make Florida proud again!!!
I agree on Reilly he has great experience and resume!! I think Reilly may be the next face of the GOP!! We may be watching a futre President of the United States Be groomed.
Great pieces Shark tank!
There are several U. S. Senate candidates that are not listed, including the front runner and Florida’s FairTax candidate, Dr. Belinda Noah. You may visit Belinda’s website at http://www.belindanoahforsenate.com or e-mail her at senatornoah@yahoo.com.