FOX News: Marco Rubio Enjoying High Conservative Support

there are many scenes in the U. S. Senate currently held by Republicans that could possibly be vulnerable in twenty ten Kay

Bailey Hutchison in Texas who is running for Texas governor now Sam Brownback in Kansas kit bond of Missouri George Voinovich in Ohio Judd

Gregg of New Hampshire Jim Bunning in Kentucky all are retiring along with Mel Martinez in Florida who seat is currently being held by a placeholder George

Lemieux the sunshine state is actually an example of what Republicans are facing in choosing a new candidate correspondent

Steve brown is live in Miami with that part of the story husky other Brett yes Republicans running next year in the Senate races that you measure may find themselves with

a new ally or adversary those tea partiers those conservative activists that reshaped the New York twenty three race already

they say that they're ready to target Charlie Crist Florida's governor who's running in the Republican primary for the U. S. Senate seat as

you mentioned at the top when I told Chris about this yesterday Charlie Crist laughed nndb

nndb state organizer for Florida's tea party activists was not amused if

substantially in his endorsement of the three quarters of a trillion dollar stimulus bill it equates to generational

uprising in Florida the former speaker of the Florida state house lags way behind Kristen head to head polling campaign cash and

name recognition what enjoys significant conservative support I don't think the race from possible without there being some real desire to %HESITATION

alternatives to this direction it's very simple people are tired of apologizing for their beliefs Nonnus

is quick to defend his conservative credentials I happen to be pro life and pro gun and pro family I'm

for the death penalty I mean you know you name just about any issue %HESITATION we care about especially in a Republican primary that

on there even with the August primary still obviously ten months off we we're work we're not hearing from one voice here for and that's Jeb bush the former governor he's like the

most influential Republican but getting back to these tea partiers here in Florida and around the country Democrats

and Republicans I spoke with tonight said that they did not see the passion or the depth of this group coming frankly

borrowing on a lot of tactics that you saw in the exercise for Obama campaign last year the question for Republicans is how

incredible twenty ten Steve brown live in Miami Steve thank you