Meek attacks Rubio: This election is a referendum on the tea party

In a conference call on Thursday, the Florida Democrat singled out House Speaker Marco Rubio in particular, insisting that he had become a conduit for the Tea Party’s more incendiary figures.

“When you have the Club for Growth, CPAC, other groups, [Dick] Armey, [Rush] Limbaugh who lives in Florida and a number of other individuals of influence as it relates to the ultra-conservative community, all on one side of the ball saying this is what we want,” Meek said, “that means that moderate Republicans, Independents and Democrats are going to have to choose and say this is what we want, and this is how we want it, and we do not want to federalize someone who is going to carry this country into the direction it was in two or three years ago.”