Stance on Cuba won’t help gubernatorial candidates in elections (Florida)

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Stance on Cuba won’t help gubernatorial candidates in elections

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On top of that, it was a defense poorly executed, as the clueless Scott and Lopez-Cantera (who is having trouble remembering his legislative record) couldn’t quite verbalize embargo issues well enough to convince a town of “experts” on the matter, much less your average Florida voter. And some of the commentary on social media from Republican leaders about the brouhaha was not only infantile rhetoric, but a throwback to a time when it was acceptable to use the worthy cause of Cuba’s freedom to gain votes in local and state elections.

No, Crist’s and Scott’s stance on the Cuban embargo will not be a hot topic in the Florida governor’s race, not even if PolitiFact says so.

Gaining political points by talking tough on Castro went out of fashion at least a decade ago. Remember Mitt Romney, who couldn’t stir a Cuban bone in Miami except for that of the party stalwarts, who’ll applaud whoever is Republican and vote Republican — period.

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