MIAMI- In January 2008, Charlie Crist’s coveted endorsement in the Florida Presidential primary went to Sen.John McCain of Arizona instead of Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City, even though the mayor–who had banked his entire campaign strategy on winning Florida– had lobbied hard for the support of the popular Florida Governor.
Our incomparable Carl Cameron wrote in a blog posting, at the time, that the snub was a” humiliating backhand from the Governor of Florida. Despite Rudy’s incessant courtship of Charlie Crist, and Guiliani’s embrace of Crist’s National Catastrophic Disaster Insurance Fund, Crist decided to endorse McCain.”
McCain, of course, eventually went on to win the nomination of the Republican Party. And all was forgotten,until now. The memory of a politician is longer than an Elephant’s, and grudges are held even longer in the world of politics.
The Rubio campaign announced on Friday that Giuliani will join Marco Rubio on Monday at a campaign event in Miami. Giuliani will officially make his endorsement in the acrimonious GOP primary race for U.S. Senate between Rubio and Crist, and guess which one will be getting snubbed this time?
For those wondering, Rubio backed Iowa caucus -winner, Mike Huckabee in the Florida primary. Huckabee, returning the favor, was an early supporter of Rubio in the Senate race. McCain, of course, has endorsed Crist.