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U.S. Senator Rubio says he's running for president in 2016: AP
AP, via Reuters ^ | April 13, 2015 | Associated Press and Reuters

Posted on 04/13/2015 8:24:27 AM PDT by Timber Rattler

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida says he is running for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, the Associated Press reported on Monday.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 2016; amnesty; fumr; rubio
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To: Carry_Okie; All

If he was not doing well, wouldn’t he still be able to drop out of the presidential race and run for Senate in 2016.


101 posted on 04/14/2015 1:19:10 AM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: moehoward; All

I am not sure I understand what the colors and numbers mean. Can someone explain. Not a betting person.


102 posted on 04/14/2015 1:25:53 AM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: ek_hornbeck
"Rubio's campaign won't go very far. He's probably just in it with the hope of being Jeb's running mate."

The Twelfth Amendment makes it difficult for both the presidential and vice presidential candidates to be from the same state when that state has a large number of Electoral college votes.

103 posted on 04/14/2015 6:20:25 AM PDT by magellan
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To: gleeaikin

Unless I am mistaken, the Florida primary is fairly early in the process.


104 posted on 04/14/2015 7:20:28 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (The fourth estate is the fifth column.)
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To: gleeaikin

It’s from Special Report on FOX. A segment called Candidate Casino where the panelists bet with $100 in chips. There are Krauthammer’s bets.


105 posted on 04/14/2015 7:25:54 AM PDT by moehoward
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To: magellan

As I mentioned earlier, Cheney got around this in 2000 by declaring his legal residence in Wyoming even though he was living in Texas. Not sure if Rubio could pull this off, but Jeb could probably claim a legal residence at any Bush family property in ME, TX, or wherever else.


106 posted on 04/14/2015 8:31:22 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: caww
He's in bed with Romney....going after the Mormon vote. Before his family moved he had been Baptized a Mormon.

Rubio desperately wanted to be Romney's running mate. He's all about personal ambition, not ideology or principles.

107 posted on 04/14/2015 8:33:13 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: Timber Rattler

Which country is he running to be President of?

108 posted on 04/14/2015 8:34:15 AM PDT by greedo
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To: greedo

This does not help in him getting my vote.


109 posted on 04/14/2015 1:12:19 PM PDT by Reagan0704
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To: Timber Rattler
Rubio is not a conservative but a liar and slick con man. He teamed up with Mcain and other traitors to back-stab Americans by inviting in an invading army of foreign illegals by giving them amnesty. Luckily the Republican House didn't go along with the democrat Senate . but obama the evil dictator is giving amnesty to illegals by executive action (already given 9 million work visas to illegals) and obama is also unconstitutionally taking over the Internet with Soros manufactured regulations.
110 posted on 04/14/2015 10:09:04 PM PDT by Democrat_media (Obama illegally got his FCC gestapo to impose SOROS' regulations on Internet)
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To: thorvaldr

“So is he going to get the La Raza endorsement or are we going to be told he’s “not Hispanic enough”?”

Oh he’s plenty Hispanic. Because he’s pro-amnesty. Cruz, however, is not because he is pro-United States.

See how their ‘logic’ works?


111 posted on 04/15/2015 7:33:37 AM PDT by Hardens Hollow (Couldn't find Galt's Gulch, so created our own Harden's Hollow to quit paying the fascist beast.)
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To: CodeToad

“We all pay more in taxes that the majority of people earn in this country. More than 51% of people present in this country (many not even citizens) receive money from Uncle Sugar. About half of Adults earn a living at all.”

The numbers on ‘entitlements’ and who is supporting the rest of the country is dismal. If you are a white male, you can support everyone with the taxes stolen from you but will still be discriminated against and vilified.

Hubby paid around $40K in combined confiscatory taxes last year. So this year, we found a way that we can live with to quit feeding Big Government and to be ready for the unavoidable collapse. See my tagline.


112 posted on 04/15/2015 7:40:12 AM PDT by Hardens Hollow (Couldn't find Galt's Gulch, so created our own Harden's Hollow to quit paying the fascist beast.)
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To: Hardens Hollow; thorvaldr
Oh he’s plenty Hispanic. Because he’s pro-amnesty. Cruz, however, is not because he is pro-United States. See how their ‘logic’ works?

In spite of the "Hispanic" and "Latino" hype from the Left, there really isn't that much affinity between Cuban-Americans (who are typically middle class or affluent) and Mexicans (either Chicanos or Mexican immigrants), who are overwhelmingly poor. Until recently, Cuban-Americans were overwhelmingly Republican, while Chicanos vote Democratic. The only thing they have in common is their language.

Having said that, you're right in that the acceptability of a candidate to La Raza has more to do with the amnesty issue than anything else. Jeb Bush is basically an honorary "Hispanic" too.

113 posted on 04/15/2015 8:43:12 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: ek_hornbeck

“Until recently, Cuban-Americans were overwhelmingly Republican, while Chicanos vote Democratic. “

They’re not anymore? I thought they were the one smart Hispanic group and came here to actually be Americans, as opposed to just to take from us while retaining their own culture and having disdain for ours.

That would be sad if that too has changed.


114 posted on 04/15/2015 8:54:32 AM PDT by Hardens Hollow (Couldn't find Galt's Gulch, so created our own Harden's Hollow to quit paying the fascist beast.)
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To: Hardens Hollow
I remember reading an article that the younger generation of Cuban-Americans isn't the reliable Republican block than the older generations. That isn't so surprising, unfortunately, liberalism is a common disease among young Americans of all ethnicities.

The point being, however, that Cuban-American voting patterns aren't all that different from Anglo-American voters, in contrast to other "minorities" who are disproportionately Democrat voters (including, oddly enough, many Americans from south and east Asia, in spite of doing quite well economically)

115 posted on 04/15/2015 11:36:34 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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