TALLAHASSEE - Senate President Ken Pruitt and House Speaker Marco Rubio stood united on the first day of the 2007 legislative session, pledging a new era of cooperation, a willingness to confront the difficult.
Reaching under the mahogany dais, Pruitt pulled out a sign: Rubio for President '08 - a friendly dig from the older politician at the35-year-old's no-limits political ambition.
One year later, the Republicans will open another session on Tuesday. But this time, the story line is not as neat or naive.
Rubio continues to eye his role as an eventual springboard to future office and Pruitt remains his willing straight man. But different philosophies and a series of battles between the House and Senate have damaged the Pruitt-Rubio collaboration. And now the pair face their toughest challenge yet: cutting the state budget by $2-billion.
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