There isn’t a Republican primary battle that better personifies the divide in the Republican Party than the Florida Senate race between Marco Rubio and Charlie Crist. No, it’s not a battle between the “conservatives” vs. the “moderates” or the – perish the thought – “liberals.” It’s between Republicans who stand for something versus those who don’t. That’s what the fight between Rubio (who I’m an admitted supporter of) vs. Crist (who I think is an un-ideological, opportunistic douche) is really about.
It’s between Rubio the reformer vs. Crist the guy who supported Rudy Giuliani in 2008, before he supported Mitt Romney, before he supported John McCain, before he supported Obama’s stimulus, before he opposed Obama’s stimulus, before he vetoed a education reform bill that a) should be at the center of any right leaning reformist agenda, and b) he originally supported.
And who by most accounts may or may not be switch to become and Independent this week. ::shrugs::
As for the actual “civil war,” there a a GREAT piece in the Wall Street Journal a few days ago…
