I am sure Romney people vetted all VP candidates
Rubio has way too many issues....but the main thing is that Rubio will not bring in Puerto Rican or Mexican-Amer voters. Romney cannot run a Cuban and expect to sway Mex-Amer voters in the West (some Obama-won states are in play)
This “myth of the Hispanic voter” is really “we want Illegal Alien Amnesty”. Any GOPer mentioning Hispanic Vote really means they want Illegals amnesty
Agree with your statement.
But, as usual, the GOP's urge to pander is totally mistaken in this case.
Several polls of legal Hispanic voters have confirmed that the majority of this group does NOT favor amnesty -- by about a 60/40 margin.
These are people who have either been here for more than a generation or jumped thru all the hoops to become American citizens legally. They don't much like what was their birthright or what they worked for being given away to illegals.
If the GOP took a firm stance in favor of closing the borders and against amnesty and dilution of American citizenship, they'd probably win a lot more Hispanic votes than a Rubio would net.