Crist camp mocks Rubio on eve of CPAC speech; CPAC says Crist wasn’t considered for speaking invite

by George Bennett | February 17th, 2010

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WASHINGTON — Gov. Charlie Crist’s U.S. Senate campaign is mocking GOP rival Marco Rubio’s claims of conservative outsider status on the eve of Rubio’s address to the influential Conservative Political Action Conference here.

Rubio is slated to speak at 10 a.m. Thursday at the annual Who’s Who national gathering of conservatives. He’s also expected to attend a few fund-raising events while he’s in town, including one with GOP stars Mary Matalin and Liz Cheney and former U.S. Reps. J.C. Watts and Vin Weber.

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CPAC Director Lisa DePasquale said Rubio was invited to speak because of interest from CPAC sponsors.

What about Crist?

“Charlie Crist’s name did not come up” when speakers were being considered for the conservative confab, DePasquale said.

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4 Responses to “Crist camp mocks Rubio on eve of CPAC speech; CPAC says Crist wasn’t considered for speaking invite”

1. Harry Houdini Says:
   February 18th, 2010 at 7:48 am

   We sure are lucky that the DEMS are doing so poorly. If it were an “ordinary” election year the “r”s would REALLY be in trouble in Florida. Between the Crist/Rubio battle and the Greer/RPOF battle we have become more self destructive than usual..

   Give me a sigh of relief break.

2. Saint Petersblog Says:
   February 18th, 2010 at 8:41 am

   Coverage, must-reads and updates on @marcorubio’s speech to #CPAC.

   http://bit.ly/aRlMSb

3. Politics Says:
   February 18th, 2010 at 3:25 pm

   Rubio is slated to speak at 10 a.m. Thursday at the annual Who’s Who national gathering of conservatives. He’s also expected to attend a few fund-raising events while he’s in town, including one with GOP stars Mary Matalin and Liz Cheney and former U.S. Reps. J.C. Watts and Vin Weber.

4. judy Says:
   February 18th, 2010 at 8:22 pm

   It’s nice to have a REAL conservative from Florida. I only hope he can get people to THINK about issues. We cannot allow Washington to continue down this path of spending our money , taking our freedoms and calling it good government.