The Marco Rubio campaign trail made its way to Lee County last Thursday, as the senatorial hopeful spoke to a deck full of supporters at Rumrunners in Cape Harbour in Cape Coral.

Rubio touched on a majority of the hot button issues right now, from health care to immigration to the future of the space program. He also took a few shots at his opponent, Gov. Charlie Crist, who’s name drew a chorus of boos from the crowd.

But, it was Rubio’s humble beginnings as the son of working class Cuban immigrant that taught him the American dream was still possible, he said, and made him realize he wanted to fight for the values upon which he was raised.

The father of three young children, Rubio said he had second thoughts about a senatorial run because he didn’t want to be away from his family.

“The most important job I have is father … I don’t want to wake up one day and my kids are 25,” Rubio said.

Taking questions from the crowd, Rubio vowed that he would not become a typical, out of touch politician should he win the seat. He jokingly said he didn’t even really want to be a senator, but he can’t make a difference without the position because they don’t let anyone except senators on the senatorial floor.

He equated current politics to bumper sticker phrases, and said he wants to get back to dealing with real, working class people.

“I’m not going there to be part of of the system,” Rubio said.