Chris Christie, Bob McDonnell, and Scott Brown, provide Hunter Chamberlain inspiration

From Eric Dondero:

In Florida next Tuesday there will be a special election for a State House seat. The district is heavily Democrat; Hillsborough County (Tampa Bay).

But a Republican challenger is giving it all he's got. Hunter Chamberlain, the GOP nominee is knocking on doors, and trying to garner more attention for his underdog effort.

The main issue against his Democrat opponent Janet Cruz is light rail: Cruz is a big backer; while Chamberlain is totally opposed.

Quoted in (Tampa's) Creative Loafing:

"I think it’s a very bad idea (light rail) I don’t think it’s something that we can afford to do at the moment..."

Chamberlain has been inspired by other recent GOP winners. Continuing:

When asked what elected officials he admires, Chamberlin revealed his own ideology, saying he applauded the recent electoral successes of Scott Brown in Massachusetts, Chris Christie in New Jersey and Bob McDonnell in Virginia.

He says that those newly elected Republicans "cater to a more sort of Libertarian independence streak of the Republican Party, and I believe quite frankly that that’s something that the Republican Party needs to do a lot more of, is cater to folks who have a bit more of a Libertarian perspective like I do."

Chamberlain also favors off-shore oil drilling for Florida. On insurance reform he takes a principled capitalist stance:

"A lot of problems could be solved by the private sector rather than government funding or projects. I don't see there is anything wrong with people getting wealthy solving people's problems."