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Oh great, just what we need; Rubio leading the charge for drilling in Florida waters; watch out for this guy–he’s dangerous. DV<\/em><\/p>\n KRIS WERNOWSKY * KWERNOWSKY@PNJ.COM * AUGUST 17, 2010<\/p>\n Senate hopeful Marco Rubio believes the option of offshore drilling isn’t a dead issue for Florida.<\/p>\n He said the issue has to be framed as one of energy independence and national security.<\/p>\n Rubio brought his stump speech to a group of 50 supporters at McGuire’s Irish Pub in Pensacola on Tuesday, touching on issues ranging from the oil spill and health care to religious freedom and immigration.<\/p>\n With the region still stinging from a ruined tourism season, with hotels still empty and a question mark over the safety of fish in the bountiful waters of the Gulf of Mexico, Rubio said a measured and safer approach to drilling will help the nation ween itself off foreign oil.<\/p>\n Rubio’s solution to the spoiled tourism season includes a business incubation program similar to one subsidized by the federal government after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans.<\/p>\n “Unfortunately, this has wiped out the tourism season, the hundred days a year where northwest Florida really benefits from visitors,” he said. “There’s no way to recover from that other than concentrate on creating initiatives here locally”<\/p>\n Judy DeCrescenzo, 59, of Pensacola asked Rubio to weigh in on a controversial plan to build an Islamic community center near the former site of the World Trade Center.<\/p>\n With Meek as the Democratic nominee, the poll shows Rubio, a Republican, leading a three-way race against Meek and Crist by a statistically significant margin — Rubio 38 percent, Crist 33 percent, Meek 18 percent and 11 percent undecided.<\/p>\n With Greene as the Democratic nominee, Crist remains in first place, but by a margin so narrow it’s a statistical tie — Crist 39 percent, Rubio 38 percent, Greene 12 percent and 11 percent undecided.<\/p>\n In the Democratic primary, Meek leads Greene by 40 percent to 26 percent, with 6 percent choosing other candidates and 28 percent still undecided.<\/p>\n Special thanks to Richard Charter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" http:\/\/www.pnj.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=2010100817023 Oh great, just what we need; Rubio leading the charge for drilling in Florida waters; watch out for this guy–he’s dangerous. DV KRIS WERNOWSKY * KWERNOWSKY@PNJ.COM * AUGUST 17, 2010 Senate hopeful Marco Rubio believes the option of offshore drilling isn’t a dead issue for Florida. He said the issue has to be framed … Continue reading Pensacola News Journal: Rubio says offshore drilling not dead<\/span>