With a new survey listing Florida as having one of the three worst economies of any of the states, the campaign team of former House Speaker Marco Rubio, a Republican running for the U.S. Senate, is taking aim at independent rival Gov. Charlie Crist.

“Today’s news is a sad reminder that Charlie Crist’s prescription of wasteful stimulus spending, higher taxes, more state debt, cap-and-trade energy taxes and bailouts has failed our state as unemployment is up and our economy is weaker,” said Alex Burgos, a spokesman for Rubio. “Washington doesn’t need another say-and-do-anything politician like Charlie Crist that will be a ‘yes’ vote for the Obama-Reid-Pelosi anti-growth, anti-jobs agenda that is hurting job creation in America. Marco Rubio is the only candidate who will go to Washington as a check-and-balance to the policies taking our nation in the wrong direction and is offering a clear pro-growth, pro-jobs alternative.”