Posted on 11/08/2012 4:43:09 PM PST by drewh
Florida Senator Marco Rubio is heading to the first caucus state of Iowa on Nov. 17 to headline an annual campaign fundraising birthday party for Iowa governor Terry Branstad.
Last year all the presidential hopefuls, except for Mitt Romney, came to the party to court the governor and Iowa political dignitaries who attended the bash.
The governor’s spokesperson, Tim Albrecht, a caucus expert himself, told ABC News that Branstad invited Rubio and is “excited he accepted.”
“Sen. Rubio is a star within our party,” Albrecht said. “We were excited Sen. Rubio accepted, and regardless of what happened on Tuesday he was going to come, and it guarantees a successful fundraiser.”
And as for the assumption that this means Rubio is a sure thing for a 2016 presidential bid? Albrecht said the speculation is one of the bonuses of living in the Hawkeye state and he knows Rubio will be a “major draw.”
“I’m sure people will speculate regardless, and if Gov. Romney had won people would speculate about 2020,” Albrecht said. “When you live in Iowa you’re under a microscope.”
Of course the speculation can’t hurt Rubio, or Iowa’s hopes for remaining the first state where voters get to pick a president. Albrecht said they were of course “hoping the (caucus process) would start 6 years from now.”
“But, we expect Iowa to be first once again and Gov. Branstad welcomes any candidates that might be looking ahead to the Iowa caucuses,” Albrecht said.
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good luck to him..he has to build a party first before he can lead it.
Not a Natural Born Citizen!
Gov Scott Walker
I would support: Walker/Rubio2016
And ABC enjoys watching them lose.
Marco Rubio was born in the United States in Florida. He is therefore a natural born citizen.
The fact that his parents did not become citizens until several years later...does not affect his status.
See the background of Chester Arthur.. born in Vermont to an American mother and a foreign nationality father.
The guy has no experience. Plus he looks like some SOB that defrauded our company about $600k.
He can seal his records. It's acceptable now. The precedence has been set (until Obama is forced out of office)
Rubio supports illegal immigration. He wants amnesty.
A liberal in conservative clothing. Don’t be fooled.
Marco Rubio has other problems which kept him from being chosen as the VP.
Born to CUBAN NATIONALS!
Time to gut the establishment. They’re almost the same as Democrats in my eyes.
Thats a problem, why didnt the Romney team pick him for veep if he was indeed the #1 choice over Paul Ryan? (if the politico.com story is true)
You're kidding, right?
For Hillary Clinton it started in 1992. For many of the others we'll see in 2015, it started 4 years ago. How long ago did it start for Ran Paul? Or his son?
Marco Rubio shouldn’t waste his time. He needs to push the Dream act or something.
You're kidding, right?
For Hillary Clinton it started in 1992. For many of the others we'll see in 2015, it started 4 years ago. How long ago did it start for Ran Paul? Or his son?
Rush was unusually succinct today when he said its not anmesty that democrat latinos want, it wants its share of government supplied graft. Just like the rest of the democrats base.
To believe you can win votes by normalizing illegals is not only to miss the mark, it will seal the GOP's doom.
No he can’t
Rubio is a dynamic, great communicator of the conservative message.
If the nation still exists in four years, we must appeal to the Hispanics and get them to vote Republican.
Remember how blacks loved Obama because of his race alone?
It is either Rubio of Martinez. Otherwise we have no chance.
He was born in Florida. That makes him legitimate.
May be too late to save the nation, but we do need to give it a try.
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