wrote in a blog posting<\/a>, at the time, that\u00a0the snub was a” humiliating backhand from the Governor of Florida. Despite Rudy\u2019s incessant courtship of Charlie Crist, and Guiliani\u2019s embrace of Crist\u2019s National Catastrophic Disaster Insurance Fund, Crist decided to endorse McCain.”<\/p>\n\n
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McCain, of course, eventually went on to win the nomination of the Republican Party. \u00a0And all was forgotten,until now. The memory of a politician is longer than an Elephant’s, and grudges \u00a0are held even longer in the world of politics.<\/p>\n
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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 \u00a0U.S. Senate between Rubio and Crist, and guess which one will be getting snubbed this time?<\/p>\n
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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.<\/p>\n
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