Oh 20 percenters, how I love you so.

Especially the South Florida variety, where the rhetoric skews both stupid and comic, often at the same time!

Consider our lawyer friend Marco Rubio, who is challenging the sunny centrist Charlie Crist.

According to one of Rubio's supporters, Charlie hasn't "manned up."

I wonder what that could be about?

And Marco is a student of history, and therefore can say this with assurance:

''I can't find a great leader in human history that was popular, and what that tells me is leadership and popularity is not the same thing,''

Exactly -- FDR won four straight Presidential elections because everyone hated him! Plus he barely showed any leadership through the Depression or the worst human conflict in world history.

The best part is Marco's plan to emancipate us from the slavery of a social safety net, just like his hero Honest Abe:

''Marco is a student of history,'' Scott said, ''and he made a connection between the emancipation of the slaves under Lincoln and the emancipation of our current populace by undoing the things Lyndon Johnson had done as part of the Great Society programs,'' which included a host of welfare and anti-poverty programs, as well as Medicare and Medicaid.

I agree Marco -- any student of history knows slavery and Medicare are pretty much the same thing.

Hi kids, it's a slow news day huh?

Doesn't anyone have anything interesting to share with your humble South Florida civil law blogger?

Sure I could regale you all with stories about a phone call I just had, or a letter I just wrote, or even a hearing I am getting ready for.

Hey, later I'm gonna edit a response I am working on and have a meeting with some of my partners!

ZZZZZ

So let's discuss pig roasts:

In a news release from the Republican Party of Florida e-mailed at 9:12 a.m., Gov. Charlie Crist confirmed the worst-kept secret in Florida politics: He'll run for the seat to be vacated by the retiring U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez.

''Here in Florida, we've shown that when we put people first and work together, much can be accomplished, and I intend to bring that same approach to Washington,'' Crist said. ``That is why, after thoughtful consideration with my wife Carole, I have decided to run for the U.S. Senate.''

His low-key announcement -- no press conference, no statewide fly-around -- starkly contrasts with the high-stakes political firestorm it triggers. Florida is likely to see as many as five statewide races for open seats in 2010.

Crist already has the endorsement of the NRSC over his opponent, local lawyer Pat Toomey, I mean Marco Rubio.

So Marco will draw out all the crazies, who want to "purify" the party, while Charlie tacks to the hard right to appease the 20 percenters who manage to always get their letters published in the Miami Herald.

Should be fun.