Posted on 07/10/2013 8:36:56 AM PDT by jimbo123
Until recently, Senator Marco Rubio of Florida had occupied something of a sweet spot in Republican politics: a favorite of the Tea Party but also trusted by the establishment wing of the G.O.P.
Mr. Rubio’s embrace of comprehensive immigration reform, however, appears to have upset that delicate balance, and his support has slipped among the Republican base. The mention of his name drew boos at an anti-immigration reform Tea Party rally on Capitol Hill in mid-June, and recent public opinion surveys, taken amid the debate on immigration legislation, found his favorability rating falling and his standing in 2016 Republican primary matchups eroding.
Only two surveys, one by ABC News and The Washington Post and one by Rasmussen Reports, have tested Mr. Rubio’s popularity since the Senate reached the final stages of passing a comprehensive immigration reform bill. Both measured double-digit drops in his net favorability rating among Republicans.
(Excerpt) Read more at fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com ...
Marco RINO is dead to me.
The NY Times never suspected that this might not be a popular move on Rubio’s part?
Well, evidently Rubio never expected it, either. What good will the pork that the GOPe must have promised do him, if he loses his seat in the next election—as I hope he does.
He’s got to be primaried out of there, next chance we get.
That is common among DemocRATS.
Rubio is finished as far as I’m concerned. I will support his primary opponent.
Ive lived in FL for 44 years, seen alot of politicians come and go. I had high hopes for what this guy could do. What a disappointment he’s turned out to be.
Rubio has convinced me that I am no longer a Republican voter.
Losing support. Ya think?
Rubio took sides, the wrong one. Any idiot would know not to associate yourself with John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Chuck Schumer. They are insidious.
Rubio is either really dumb, or thinks so much of himself that he thought he could out-fox or out-strategize the liberals. Either way, he’s become worthless.
Karl Rove told Rubio he would become more popular if he pimped amnesty with McCain, Graham and Schumer. What a fool.
I hope every politician who says anything even slightly in favor of working with the US Senate, reforming immigration, or a pathway to citizenship gets primaried and rid of.
PS: There is a pathway to citizenship I support for the invaders. That would be a one-way ticket to their homelands and practicing their citizenship there.
Here’s what Rubio said on the campaign trail ...
http://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email-senator-rubio?p=Contact
Now he’s done a 180 to the left. He’s gotta go.
I certainly no longer support him.
He’s a fake.
Dang it, wrong link, try this ...
The NY Times is taking a victory lap on this one.
That was the plan all along. Have him fall for some shuck and jive from Schumer and then take himself out at the knees, leaving no Democrat or MSM fingerprints.
Cannot have young, minority candidates opposing the Democrat in 2016.
Yeah, say one set of things to an English-speaking audience, and then say a different set of things to a Spanish-speaking audience, and you might lose support from one or the other. Or both.
They took Rubio out of the presidency without even half trying. Let him do it to himself. Dumbo Rubio never even figured out the Dems plan.
Dems colluded to pose w/ Rubio---to give Rube a few crumbs---"allowed" him to insert a couple nice-sounding provisions to assuage the nay-sayers. Figured he made himself look good---and had enhanced his prez ambitions on both sides of the issue.
Man, was he wrong. Everybody saw through the scam but him. Rubio is not someone we should give political power to.
Amazingly, Rubio stupidly hitched his prez wagon to conservative-hating neocons---Rove, Kristol---and even hired a pukeneo for his prez campaign team.
At the end of the day though if Rubio fell for this scam, that tells me he is WAY too dumb to become POTUS. Count it as a blessing.
Ditto. "Marco, we hardly knew ye".
100%!!!
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