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Marco, say it ain’t so! Rubio all but compares Barack Obama to Fidel Castro, then asks for Sarah Palin’s endorsement

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Like the proverbial sorority sister who “experimented” with kissing girls while an undergrad, I dabbled in Republican politics in my early 20s. Those were heady days: Newt Gingrich was Time Magazine’s Man of the Year, former Indianapolis Mayor Stephen Goldsmith, among others, was infusing the GOP with compassionate conservatism and leaders like Jeb Bush towered over the political landscape. Heady days, indeed. Then the Recount happened and then W emerged and it wasn’t long before I returned to my Democratic…

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Marco Rubio’s ‘homage’ to Obama’s ad?

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Jordan Carmon has an interesting post this morning: “This is pretty shocking. I was just looking through Marco Rubio’s ads, and I noticed something particularly striking about this ad, where Charlie Crist is scolded for his reaction to the economic collapse. Marco Rubio is a former Florida House Speaker who is challenging Florida Gov. Charlie Crist in the Republican Senate Primary. The ad was called “Fundamentals”, which reminded me of something, but I couldn’t quite put my finger on it.…

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