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Sorry But Marco Rubio Ain’t Happening This Election
The Louisiana Hayride ^ | January 27, 2016 | Kevin Boyd

Posted on 01/27/2016 4:52:59 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

One of the recurring fantasies of many in the media is that Republicans are going to wake up and finally acknowledge that Marco Rubio is their nominee. Politico (again) has one of these types of stories today.

The thinking behind this is as goes:

* Marco Rubio will do well, somewhere

* He has the highest favorable ratings of any Republican

* He's also the most "electable"

* Everyone else will come to their senses, drop out, and endorse him

* Republicans will then finally realize Rubio is the one and he'll defeat Donald Trump and Ted Cruz and be the nominee

I hate to break this news to the media, DC based consultants, and other Rubio fans but Marco just isn't going to happen this year. The thing you have failed to take into account is actual Republican primary voters. They may like Marco Rubio as a person, but they don't think he should be president.

Bloomberg View columnist Leonid Bershidsky has this observation of both Rubio and Ted Cruz when he saw them in Iowa:

Unlike Trump, Cruz and Rubio may be true conservatives. But also unlike the rule-breaking billionaire, they don't come off as people who can afford to do and say anything they please -- an ability that lends Trump his powerful crowd appeal. They try too hard, and they fail to connect on a human level.

Rubio comes off as too controlled by his consultants. At times, he is little more than a robot spouting off canned talking points. For a guy who was hailed by some as the greatest politician since JFK, he seems too much like Mitt Romney 2.0. Just like Romney, Rubio has a nasty habit of pandering too much for votes with the most ludicrous example being that he bought a gun to protect himself from ISIS.

There's also the factor of polling. We can discuss the fact that he's stalled in Iowa and is losing ground in New Hampshire. But the most damning polling is that Rubio is losing in his own home state. If he can't beat Donald Trump in Florida, how the hell is he going defeat Hillary or Bernie?

If you're hoping for Marco's "New American Century", the evidence is coming in that you may have to wait beyond 2016 for it to happen. It's increasingly hard to envision a credible scenario where he emerges as the Republican nominee for president.


TOPICS: Iowa; Campaign News; Polls
KEYWORDS: cruz; laraza; rubio; tedcruz; trump
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1 posted on 01/27/2016 4:52:59 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Marco Rubio is muy guapo, but he just hasn’t caught on with voters in this campaign. Oh, well.


2 posted on 01/27/2016 4:55:08 PM PST by Tax-chick ("This is all going to end very badly." ~ Victor Davis Hanson)
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To: Tax-chick

Like Cruz, he’s a youngster and won’t be in prime political age for 4 cycles or so.


3 posted on 01/27/2016 4:56:01 PM PST by nascarnation
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If no one wins the nomination outright, the Smoke Filled Room Boys will hand it to Rubio.


4 posted on 01/27/2016 4:56:05 PM PST by heights
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To: nascarnation

I was surprised when I learned how young Cruz is.


5 posted on 01/27/2016 4:56:38 PM PST by Tax-chick ("This is all going to end very badly." ~ Victor Davis Hanson)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I will not vote for marco rubio


6 posted on 01/27/2016 4:57:48 PM PST by novemberslady
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To: Tax-chick

Rubio (R-Amnesty)

He isn’t happening in future elections either.


7 posted on 01/27/2016 5:00:44 PM PST by Pelham (Nikki Haley, ethnically cleansing South Carolina for the GOPe)
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To: heights
If no one wins the nomination outright, the Smoke Filled Room Boys will hand it to Rubio.

Rubio or Bush, whichever one they deem will do their bidding (i.e., throw the election to the Dem).

8 posted on 01/27/2016 5:06:43 PM PST by COBOL2Java (I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Rubio is actually Trump’s best bet for VP.


9 posted on 01/27/2016 5:12:30 PM PST by G Larry (ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS impose SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL Immigrants.)
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To: Tax-chick

Any person who gets in league with the likes of Chuck Schumer, does not have a very good compass of his own.

Chuck Schumer is not a nice person (and I’m from NY so I know), and the only reason Chuck got Rubio involved in “amnesty” was because Schumer wanted a cover when it all fell apart .. so Schumer could have a scapegoat to blame everything on.

I have often wondered if Ted took Rubio aside and clued Rubio in to what Schumer was really up to.

Believing that .. I would never choose Rubio to have any authority over America .. because I do not feel that I can trust him to do the right thing because he’s too easily swayed.


10 posted on 01/27/2016 5:13:58 PM PST by CyberAnt
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He’s never going to be president because he’s not related to William the Conqueror.


11 posted on 01/27/2016 5:18:06 PM PST by Up Yours Marxists
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Se fiel a La Raza
Se fiel a La Raza
La Vergen Maria le dara gracia
Una poca de gracia para mí, para ti
ya arriba, ya arriba,
ya arriba, ya arriba,...


12 posted on 01/27/2016 5:23:36 PM PST by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: Tax-chick

Rubio will be the surprise out of Iowa with a solid showing. The GOPe has its horse. You heard it here first(unless you have read my previous posts where I have already said it). Then you herd it here second.


13 posted on 01/27/2016 5:25:09 PM PST by cornfedcowboy
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To: cornfedcowboy

Interesting prediction.


14 posted on 01/27/2016 5:27:09 PM PST by Tax-chick ("This is all going to end very badly." ~ Victor Davis Hanson)
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To: Pelham
There are numerous reasons for not voting for Marco Rubio. Ten of the concerns expressed by posters regarding Rubio include:

1. Strong support for amnesty - member of Gang of Eight. This alone should keep him out of the rest.
2. Controlled by special interests.
3. Lack of relevant experience and accomplishments. He has failed at his Senate job, didn't consider important to show up for votes.
4. He has had difficulty balancing his own finances. One of his donors had to bail him out by hiring his wife as a "consultant."
5. His charging personal expenses (trips for a woman?0 on GOP credit card that has left an impression of impropriety that Dems will use against him. And it is not the only rumor, which may be true or not.
6. His relationship with ex-con Orlando Cicilia, a brother-in-law and former frontman for cocaine kingpin Mario Tabraue who now lives with his mother. Rubio wrote an endorsement for him on official stationary when he was in Florida House of Rep. and refused to answer questions in December about receiving financial assistance from him.
7. Why does he speak unusually rapidly and licking his lips? It might be simply a reaction to prescription medicine. It might also indicate other things.
8. Rubio's parents were not citizens at the time of his birth. Should he win, it would lead to perhaps years of litigation. He is too much of an empty suit to take this risk.
9. He is the establishments choice, appears rehearsed and slick as if speed talking though memorized answers.
10. His image. He comes across as a conman or immature salesman. He lacks credibility - something phony about him.

15 posted on 01/27/2016 5:33:04 PM PST by Dante3
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To: G Larry

I would argue Kasich might be best for V.P. too. If he can carry Ohio, he is Veep-worthy.


16 posted on 01/27/2016 5:35:59 PM PST by cornfedcowboy
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To: COBOL2Java

They may crawl back to Romney.


17 posted on 01/27/2016 5:46:36 PM PST by longsufferingjetsfan
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Another first generation off the immigrant boat contender to nothing.


18 posted on 01/27/2016 5:49:15 PM PST by Terry L Smith
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To: heights

I hope not. He has no positives, only lots of baggage. My main concerns are his amnesty stand and beholden to special interests. Why not run somebody who is without question a nbc? The Democrats have already filed a lawsuit regarding this, and there will be many lawsuits filed if he wins.


19 posted on 01/27/2016 6:01:32 PM PST by Jane Austen (Marco Rubio is the White Obama and beholden to special interests.)
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To: cornfedcowboy

Kasuck or Rubberio would sink Trump.

No amnesty guys


20 posted on 01/27/2016 6:14:43 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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