I don’t see Rubio getting very far. Certainly not for President, and probably at this point not for a VP slot.
I’m grateful that we have so many choices this time, compared to 2008 and 2012, but I can’t see Rubio making it out of the numbers game here. There are more experience candidates to choose from, there are more conservative candidates to choose from, and in this day and age of identity politics, we already have at least one candidate of Hispanic descent.
Rubio’s likely got a very bright future, but he’s probably best suited to stay where he is for now.
The problem for Marco is he is burning his bridges. When he fails in his run for President, he has no Senate seat to continue to build his creds. He will be a Once Run Has Been.