Florida's limited government US Senate candidate Marco Rubio's much-heralded Feb. 10 "money bomb" is nearing its goal of raising $787,000 today to send a message to Washington.  Why $787k? That's one thousand dollars for every billion dollars of President Obama's "stimulus plan".  Why Feb. 10?  That's the day Rubio's primary opponent, Republican Gov. Charlie Crist, had an event with President Obama celebrating the passage of the "stimulus"--which Crist said he'd vote for and defends to this day.

The Republican establishment, including the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) backed Crist, who is also a big supporter of the cap-and-trade energy tax, and was seen as the prohibitive favorite.  Limited government activists in Florida weren't interested in who Republicans in DC supported, and have tapped into the tea party movement to nationalized the race.  The Real Clear Politics average of recent polls now has Rubio up by almost 10 percentage points. 

Sen. Jim DeMint's Senate Conservatives Fund PAC is also bucking the establishment and getting behind Rubio because of his support for limited government and has brought in over $100k today to go along with the money bomb.

FreedomWorks and our network of activists in Florida have long been aware of Marco Rubio as a strong force for limited government and a defender of private property rights against Kelo-like eminent domain takings.  If you're interested in finding out more about Rubio, here are some links to going back to 2005 highlighting our work with him as he fought big government in the Florida House and his stances on the issues: 

... primary challenge from state House Speaker Marco Rubio, who has circulated an ad slamming the stimulus package and showing a ... up a dominating 54 percent to 8 percent lead over Mr. Rubio among Republican voters in a Quinnipiac University poll last month, but ...

News Article - Adam Brandon - May 22 2009 - 5:05pm

... well as the Republican Speaker of the Florida House, Marco Rubio, who publicly lauded FreedomWorks and Chairman Armey for rightly speaking ...

Publication - FreedomWorks Staff - Aug 8 2007 - 12:00am

... political forces in his own party. House Speaker Marco Rubio, a West Miami Republican, ripped Crist's energy initiative as pricey, ...

News Article - FreedomWorks Staff - Jan 11 2008 - 1:00am

... provisions intact.    House Speaker Marco Rubio has served our cause with great enthusiasm. He encouraged the 300 ...

Publication - FreedomWorks Staff - Apr 10 2008 - 12:00am

... confiscatory property tax. Cheers to Florida Speaker Marco Rubio for leading the charge for reform and taxpayer relief.” ...

Press Release - Tom Gaitens - Dec 19 2007 - 1:00am

... Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio has joined a coalition of tax revolt groups from across the state in ... result in the necessary signatures, especially now that Rubio has agreed to barnstorm Florida on behalf of the proposal. The ...

News Article - FreedomWorks Staff - Dec 14 2007 - 1:00am

... state and has received praise from the state Speaker Marco Rubio. In addition to a call to action pressuring Senator Martinez on energy ...

Publication - FreedomWorks Staff - Sep 7 2007 - 12:00am

... But one brave lawmaker in the state, House Speaker Marco Rubio, has taken a bold stand for economic freedom and common sense by opposing Governor Crist’s scheme. My hat goes off to Speaker Rubio, who wrote that, “Instead of adopting measures that will have ...

Press Release - Brendan Steinhauser - Aug 17 2007 - 12:00am

... dissing Crist, the group lauds GOP House Speaker Marco Rubio, who has publicly criticized Crist’s global warming initiative. Armey calls Rubio a “brave lawmaker” who has taken a “bold stand for economic freedom ...

News Article - FreedomWorks Staff - Aug 17 2007 - 12:00am

... 25, 2007 House Speaker Marco Rubio's op-ed piece on climate change has caused a stir. Rep. Dan Gelber of ... too many have already closed their eyes to. I urge Speaker Rubio to support Governor Crist’s innovative ideas." This is the second ...

News Article - FreedomWorks Staff - Jul 25 2007 - 12:00am

... House Speaker Marco Rubio said Gov. Crist's climate change initiatives will have a negative ... ELLEN KLAS House Speaker Marco Rubio lashed out at Gov. Charlie Crist's clean energy initiatives this week, ...

News Article - FreedomWorks Staff - Jul 25 2007 - 12:00am  

... with incoming Speaker of the House Representative Marco Rubio. That night Bob McClure, President of the free market think tank “James ...

Publication - FreedomWorks Staff - Apr 11 2006 - 12:00am

... won’t happen in Florida. State Representative Marco Rubio will lead the committee. Please call your Florida Legislators and ...

Publication - FreedomWorks Staff - Jul 1 2005 - 12:00am