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– This is big new for Marco Rubio. Gov. Huckabee has some of the best favorables among independents and GOP so this will go along way.
– Marco Rubio is a fantastic speaker and leader so this will help raise his profile.
– Rubio is already beating the Democrat in the general election in polling. If Rubio gets past Crist (which things are looking good for) then he should have no problem beating the Democrat.

By the way, the liberals who comment here seem to take facts:
"I'm quite sure Floridians don't really care what Mike Huckabee thinks."
"Huckabee has about as much pull as I do……..none!"
FACT: Huckabee in recent PPP national polling was the most popular conservative in the country.

"the republican candidate is not going to win"
FACT: Rubio is ALREADY beating the Dem in the latest FL polling.

"Huck thinks because he has a "show" on Fox he is relevant,"
FACT: Huckabee has the #1 watched weekend cable news show.

Airport Toe Wrestler just got added to the urban dictionary. Thank you for the awesome euphemism, girlymen love the GOP!

Good news for Crist.
Hope Fox News also endorses Rubio.

Wow...Crist might as well quit then...I mean the Huckster talks to god and all

Endorsing Rubio is the Republican's attempt to retrieve some of the Hispanic votes they just threw away while trashing Judge Sotomayor. Remember...Republicans don't support minorities for nothing....

Rush want to toe wrestle this guy at the airport.

The radical nutball is endorcing the other radical nutball? Is this news?

Who cares and who is Rubio anyway????

Rubio's a joke. He's single-minded. All he's done since being in the house is obsess over property taxes and helping out real estate developers. He's a hardcore conservative and we don't need more of those.

Crist on the other hand is much more in line with centrist America and I believe will be one of the leaders to transform the Republican Party. He's a "true" conservative on social issues, generally believing individuals have a right to make their own lifestyle decisions, not the government, and he's more pro-environment than most republicans.

This is a good test election. A clear case of a staunch conservative versus a liberal Republican.

With the right reverend Huckster's endorsement of Rubio it will be a slam dunk win for Crist – Unless of course the religious right wing nuts in the swamps of Fla. come out of the primordial goo with their bibles in one hand and their check books in the other...

Here's another example of a Republican circular firing squad: go with the zealot instead of the reasonable and popular guy. I hope Marco wins because Crist is too much of a pragmatist and centrist and popular for any Democrat to have a chance.

You mean the same Rubio that wishes all Iranians had 2nd Amendment rights in Iran? Boy those right-winger NRA lovers know how to stick together!

How does this religious right wing nut square our "liberty" with his social views?

He can't!

"liberty" and "Republican" no longer go together. What a joke Mr. Huckabee. What a joke.

Good all always in election mode America...no matter nothing ever gets done!!

WOW ! An endorsement from the president of the " Earth is Flat Society ". It doesn't get any better than that !

The more reason to vote for Crist! And I voted for Obama (Independent) But I will vote for a Republican that truly cares about people and is not an obstructionist like the soar loosers that keep hating on POTUS.

Crist's a dang flaming liberal. I'm surprised that Gingrich, Limbaugh and Palin haven't kicked Crist out of the GOP yet.

Another airport toe wrestler and jim nabors wannabe,this guy huckbumbles doesnt have a clue.

It will take more than the Huckster's endorsement to beat Crist. He garners support from moderates and independents. What scares the ultra conservatives is that if Crist wins, they may become marginalized in the GOP. Don't let them fool you, when Crist wins the Senate Seat, it is a shot fired across the neoconservative bow.

regardless if it is Crist or Rubio it will be a republican. So stop trash talking Huckabee because he has some scruples that you dems can't even relate to. You just love to blame and name call only thing u are good at. Like the bullies in a school yard. Keep talking it up as Obama slips in the polls, unemployment rises, Korea taunts us, Iran , More troops to Afghanistan, Campaign promises broken,

Mike looks like he's packing on the pounds again...

I agree with the Governor. Crist would vote along with obama on spending and that is not what we need in DC.

Mike Huckabee is too far on the religious right and too much of a conservative to be relevant in Florida state politics. I am a Democrat that worked for the Obama Campaign, but I respect Gov. Charlie Crist greatly.

Though is is Republican, he is very moderate and tends to support legislation that is in the best interests of *all* Floridians. I would much rather support Crist that Kendrick Meek (the likely Democratic candidate) for the US Senate Race in 2010.

I think Gov. Crist would do an outstanding job in the Senate. He defnitely has proven that he thinks of his people first and foremost before politics. He knew his backing of the stimulus plan might just cost him politically but he went ahead and did what was good for his state. Voters think about that before you head to the polls.
Most of the republicans think only on how or what would benefit them the most.

"Marco loves liberty. He loves the idea that people can work hard and maybe get to keep something of what they worked hard for. That's the difference," he added

So basically he is all about rich people keeping more of their money, and screwing the poor, cops, teachers, roads, and anything else your taxes go to pay for. Because I guess all taxes are bad. Sounds like a typical republican.

The endorsement will have as little impact on the Senate race as Huckabee's TV show does on the Neilsen ratings.

Rubio should tell him to shut up. If I were running for office, the last guy I'd want backing me is someone who would've called for Darwin's excommunication and burning at the stake for heresy. I find it hilarious he denies evolution...every time he opens his mouth he proves we carry the remnants of "monkey" genes.

Hey! Huck! Don't you realize that he is having trouble because he is not "white?" You need to realize that you cannot help him, but only exposes yourself more and more for the pitiful human being that you like to claim that you are. Keep up the good work.

It's a race to see who will be the dominant voice in an irrelevant party.

Anybody need proof of how delusional DeMint is – well here you go – "convinced" is he. Sigh. Please please please just STOP TALKING until you have completed therapy.

An endorsement from Huckabee = kiss of death in the general election.

Huckabee = Unsophisticated, religious extremist – no smarter than Palin!

Who cares what the bible-thumping Gomer Pyle thinks? His opinion certainly wouldn't sway my opinion. He's nothing but an also-ran that has no chance for the presidency. My dogs opinion matters as much as his does.

Huckabee has about as much pull as I do........none!

Huck thinks because he has a "show" on Fox he is relevant, but you take away his 100 followers and you have zippo.

If I was Marco, i would feel doomed. The race is over ...the kiss of death has been put on Marco.

Huckabee.....change from the guitar to the banjo and get back to Arkansas and pick down there in the old backwoods.

what a clown!

And let's not forget that Rubio, just yesterday, was quoted as saying that if the Iranians had the second amendment (guns), the Revolutionary Guard would not be able to beat the protesters into submission. I live in Florida and Rubio has lost my vote.

Little hint, Republicans: that means Crist is the better choice!

Yes, let's all support Rubio in the Republican primary. That way, the Dems will pick up a seat in the general.

Who cares who Huckabee is going to support, GOP isn't going to win anyway........

I'm quite sure Floridians don't really care what Mike Huckabee thinks.

Why is this news!? Of course Huckabee and all other extremist right-wing Republicans will endorse Rubio over Crist because Crist does not always tote the GOP's extremist views and is a moderate-conservative.

Huckleberry's endorsement will help sink him, that's for sure!!

kiss of death!! Hey wheres Chuck Norris? Running for president of Texas??? HAHA...I am a Democrat, but like Christ, he is honest fair and not as politically motivated as most republicans are being right now. He is doing whats right for Florida from what i have heard and he is well liked and respected...Huckaby is a nice guy, but a complete NUT so this is probably a good thing for Christ. Now hopefully palin will back the other guy too

Huckabee can back whoever he wants, the republican candidate is not going to win. I respect Crist for accepting the stimulus money, but that doesn't mean that he's aligned democratic ideals.

and the reason anyone cares?????

If you're even remotely simpatico to the President don't expect any support from the Republican party. We get it. Next...

Huckabee's a little too much of a religious nut for me to pay attention to what he says

now maybe we will see how the teamsters, AIPAC, and other influential lobbyists turn this story..