Marco Rubio On CNN's "The Situation Room"

arco Rubio he's the Republican candidate for the U. S. I'm from Florida the former former house speaker in Florida thanks very much for coming and thanks

for having me back you think it's a good idea what Charlie Crist the governor wants to ease your rival I get a constitutional amendment that once and for all would ban all

not legal now you can do with a lot of voters they could change it if you have a constitutional amendment that would bar once

taxpayer dollars to come up and consider something there's no imminent threat for what the special session should have been a and what he did not expand the call to make it about was economic relief for northwest Florida luckily

the legislative leaders the Senate president the speaker of the house and said they're going to call the legislature back in September to consider real relief like the economic policy changes and to make the last time we spoke you you

left open the door to offshore drilling someone of you refine your position I believe America has to have an energy policy

that includes domestic production now includes the Gulf region includes drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and of course has to be done safe and

also it's important learn why this accident happened so something like this never ever happens again the ten percent of our domestic production comes from the Gulf where to stop that and be like imposing an oil embargo on ourselves because

that's a pretty unpopular position in Florida tend to have offshore drilling you know I don't know that that's true if I think most Floridians are mature enough politically to understand that this

is a terrible accident it happened because BP cut corners and as a result led to this but on the other hand America has to have an

energy component of its power has to have a domestic energy component as part of our portfolio we can't keep depending on other countries to provide well for us that makes us vulnerable dnmt deep water or shallow water drills not far off the coast west

Palm Beach Sir or oracle expected by law right now Florida law prohibits drilling off Florida waters what

water seal well Florida waters actually drilling for water and something Charlie Crist supported about four five months ago I

think now that this is happened you're never going to see that anytime in the near future obvious is a cost benefit analysis there mature

god has Christina at thirty five percent you were twenty eight percent Kendrick meek seventeen percent Hermes

the likely but not necessarily the certain Democrat candidates are wisely Charlie Crist is now come up but as rapidly as he asked us as

that dumping said these polls now in American politics in this one every day everyone's doing one what we're focused on is laying

out the things we believe in and here's what I know come November in Florida is going to be a very clear choice if you like the way things are going here in Washington then

you know you have to people you can vote for us not me if on the other hand you want to send someone up here that will act as a check and balance on the direction that this Congress and

this administration's taking our country it is increasing evidence that he now is embracing the Obama OJ today we read in the Wall Street journal that he now supports

obamacare he has flipped on the sort of my ordinary says he would have voted for %HESITATION we don't know where he stands on Elena Kagan but I think he's going to support unless you

think if you will one as an independent he will caucus with the Democrats I think increasingly he's I think is almost admitted that at this point it is a two phone conversations with Harry Reid recently to

talk about you know his future in the U. S. Senate so obviously those are questions he's going to have to answer but I think all indications are and I believe that he will caucus with the Democrats in Washington and be a part of promoting the

Obama read policy agenda you you were the Charlie party in Florida when you're running for the Republican nomination you

embrace that now or a sort of moving away from that as you're reaching out to more moderate centrist Democrats