Wednesday, September 21, 2011  Reality check on LeMieux's
"conservative" voting record    His Mommy must not be watching.
Now, let's look at the dates that LeMieux served in the Senate:
September 10, 2009 through January 3, 2011. At the time LeMieux
was appointed to the Senate, Rubio's scrappy little campaign was
picking up steam and the tea party movement was similarly
gaining in power and influence. By the end of 2009, Rubio was
nipping at Crist's heels and then shocked the political world by
overtaking him in January 2010. By March 2010, Rubio had a
double digit lead and no one was believing Crist's promises that
he would stay in the Republican primary. The very next month,
Crist did officially bail on the Republican party and continue
his campaign as an independent. Crist's switch to independent
initially gave him a small bounce, but this quickly faded and
Rubio sailed to victory, earning almost 50% of the vote in a
three way race.  In other words, during LeMieux's entire term in
the Senate, conservatism