Meek rise in the polls was fueled partly by Rubio activists . Crist decided to run as an independent , complicating the race for Rubio . ` I represent the things I stand for , '' Rubio said . Rubio 's grass-roots campaign managed by high-powered Washington and Washington Tea Party consultants . Both the Rubio and Marco Rubio 's campaigns send out e-mails blasting Crist .
Meek rise in the polls was fueled partly by Rubio activists . Crist decided to run as an independent , complicating the race for Rubio . Rubio 's grass-roots campaign managed by high-powered Washington and Washington Tea Party consultants . Both the Rubio and Marco Rubio 's campaigns send out e-mails blasting Crist .