Back in 64, shortly after I graduated from college, Barry Goldwater and his conservatism took over the Republican party. But, even though I came from generations of Republicans, it was a little more than I could swallow. After Goldwater was soundly thrashed, his ideas stayed fairly underground until Ronald Reagon took the helm. But having been a former Democrat, he moderated a lot of the more radical viewpoints, and we were not subjected to them until Gingrich and his ilk took our party down the dumpster again. Rubio is staking out the same ground. But there's not much standing room for those positions in 21st century America. Sadly, it's reached the point where the vocal proponents for the Republican party are the likes of Limbaugh and Chaney, who have the audacity to proclaim themselves the annointed determiners of who may or may not be a Republican. It seems likely that our party is going the way of GM and Chrysler unless we can wrest it out of the radical hands and give it back to the people who made it the proud Party of Lincoln. Yes, this Floridian is supporting Charles Crist.