MARCO RUBIO: THE 'REMAINDERMAN'

WND ^ | Patrick J. Buchanan

[HoosierWordsmith]

Marco is the fallback position of a reeling establishment that is appalled by Trump, loathes Cruz and believes Rubio – charismatic, young, personable – can beat Hillary Clinton.

But there is a problem here for the establishment.

While Rubio has his catechism down cold – “I’ll tear up that Iran deal my first day in office!” – his victory would mean a rejection of the populist revolt that arose with Trump’s entry and has grown to be embraced by a majority of Republicans.

Cruz, Trump, Carson – the outsiders – won over 60 percent of all caucus votes. Their anti-Washington messages, Trump and Cruz’s especially, grew the GOP turnout to its largest in history, 186,000, half again as many as participated in the record turnout of 2012.

Most significant, 15,000 more Iowans voted in GOP caucuses than the Democratic caucuses, where participation plummeted 30 percent from 2008.

What does this portend?

While Iowa has gone Democratic in six of the last seven presidential elections, it is now winnable by Republicans – on two conditions.

The party must be united. And it cannot lose the fire and energy that produced this turnout and brought out those astonishing crowds of tens of thousands.

The remainderman, however, cannot reproduce that energy or those crowds. For Rubio is not a barn burner; he is a malleable man of maneuver.

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[FirstFlaBn]

The moderates plus the crossover Dems in open primary states that gave us Romney will do their best to get Rubberio nominated. He will then give a nod to the insurgency by selecting Carson as VP. That’s how the Establishment does it, they absorb splinter movements by embracing them - the better to suffocate.

Rubberio thought he saw the train leaving the station on the Gang of 8 bill and jumped on board. Political opportunism is almost worse than supporting the bill on its substance.

Rubberio also failed to repudiate the claims of other supporters of amnesty that opposition was racist. For that alone, I would never vote for the bastard. He can go to Hell.

[Pollster1]

I know no candidate is perfect, and to get 90% would be outstanding, but I don’t see how anyone can believe a thing Rubio says.

We agree completely. I don't demand perfect, and Rubio talks as if he were pretty good by my standards. If he had not lied on Amnesty, he'd be very close to Cruz on my list. I'll take differences on trade in stride, differences on abortion (not all-out democrat support for killing babies, but anything from pro-life to states rights), and even differences on drug legalization. The only areas where I will not compromise are (1) Gun rights, (2) repealing Obamacare, and (3) stopping Amnesty and deporting illegals.