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I ask because much of U.S. punditry (on both left and right) don't seem to regard the Cuban-American Republican presidential candidates as either "white" or "“Hispanic." And I'm pretty sure they're not black. Let's have a look at some recent coverage. And here I'll borrow a line from the old Crossfire program: On the Left here's MSNBC's Chris Matthews from just last week: "I'm not sure the right word is Hispanic for them (Rubio and Cruz), because they are Cuban nationals or whatever, or come from Cuba." And here's The Daily Beast from a couple years ago: "Rubio put a...

Marco Rubio has a plan for defeating ISIS. Politico agrees it's brilliant and wants to share it with everyone. First, Senator Rubio wants to stop admitting Syrian refugees into the United States: First, I would protect the homeland by immediately stopping the flow of Syrian refugees into the United States—not because refugees fleeing conflict are unwelcome, but because it is currently impossible to verify their identities or intentions. I would also strengthen the Visa Waiver Program’s security screening to ensure individuals coming to our country are not a threat. This is very good. I am glad that Senator Rubio does...

Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson is the last major Republican candidate to file his paperwork for the New Hampshire primary. Carson is near or at the top of most polls, but he rarely campaigns in New Hampshire. His trip to the Statehouse is his only stop in the state, and he’s scheduled to appear in Iowa less than three hours later. Carson now receives Secret Service protection, meaning security will be much higher at the Statehouse for his filing than for other candidates. It’s the last day for presidential candidates to pay $1,000 and file paperwork if they hope to get...

Proving once again that the DC Media lies are no longer effective when it comes to emotionally blackmailing Republican politicians, presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) picked up right where frontrunner Donald Trump left off on the issue of closing radical mosques. During an interview on Fox News Thursday night, Rubio told Megyn Kelly that he is open to closing "anyplace where radicals are inspired." This includes mosques: It's not about closing down mosques. It's about closing down anyplace, whether it's a cafe, a diner, an internet site--anyplace where radicals are being inspired...*snip* So whatever facility is being used--it's not...

Marco Rubio conceived and pushed a plan that will all but kill ObamaCare -- and he did it years ago. Thank you. United Health Care, the nation’s largest HMO, delivered bad news to shareholders but good news for ObamaCare opponents yesterday. The company announced their earnings would take a big hit since ObamaCare and the associated marketplaces have not delivered the customers and the profits that starry-eyed fabulists had projected years ago. People are not signing up in droves as Barack Obama and all the Democrats and journalists who peddled ObamaCare promised. Expenses are sky-high because among those people who...

Jeb Bush, continuing to press his case as a strong commander in chief in the wake of last week’s ISIL attack in Paris, singled out Sens. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz for opposing the authorization of force against Syria in 2013. Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/bush-marco-rubio-ted-cruz-syria-216077#ixzz3rzvRaCc1

Link only due to copyright issues: http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-11-19/carson-wins-on-personality-trump-on-action-in-bloomberg-poll-ih645axj

Last week, GOP presidential candidates and fellow freshman senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz squabbled over immigration. Now, in the wake of Paris being attacked by a murderous gang of Islamist terrorists, they're fighting over foreign policy. Rubio is much more of a "neoconservative," at least in the foreign policy sense, than Cruz , and the Texas senator is subtly attacking him for it. In an interview with The Daily Caller, Cruz insisted that America's foreign policy touchstone "should be the vital national security interest of America" , but cautioned that he didn't share the "full neocon" or the "libertarian...

PPP's first look at the Republican Pr esidential race nationally in six weeks finds that things haven't actually ch anged all that much since early October. Donald Trump leads the field with 26%, to 19% for Ben Carson. Trump and Carson were first and second on our last poll as well at 27% and 17% respectively. Also getting solid amounts of support are Ted Cruz at 14% and Marco Rubio at 13%. No one else in the GOP field even gets more than 5%- Jeb Bush reaches that mark followed by Carly Fiorina and Mike Huckabee at 4%, Chris Chri...

ABC News(NEW YORK) — A Donald Trump rally was interrupted several times by protesters Wednesday night and the outspoken presidential candidate suggested that one of them, whom he described as “seriously overweight,” was upset because he was talking about food stamps. “You know it’s amazing, I mentioned food stamps at that guy who’s seriously overweight went crazy — Amazing. Amazing,” Trump told the audience in Worcester, Mass. “That’s an amazing sight.” The protester was escorted out of the rally. Just before the protester interrupted Trump, the candidate was talking about the need to roll back the number of people on...

IDAHO FALLS — Melaleuca CEO Frank VanderSloot announced Wednesday, Nov. 18 he will support Marco Rubio’s campaign for president. “Marco Rubio is the brightest and most capable candidate,” VanderSloot said in a letter explaining his endorsement. “He has the uncanny ability to state his positions clearly in a way that resonates with the average voter.” VanderSloot said he plans to raise money for Rubio, but has not decided how much he will personally give. The Melaleuca CEO said he believes this presidential election may be the most important election in American history. “Because of that, I have paid a great...

Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio says his rival Ted Cruz worked with Democrats to harm U.S. intelligence programs by restricting the federal government's bulk phone records collection program. [...] Cruz voted in favor of a bill Congress approved last June that killed the National Security Agency's disputed bulk phone records collection program. ...

So … what’s the Jeb Bush path to the nomination again? Donald Trump was supposed to fade, then Ben Carson, leaving Bush as the most electable man in the field — especially in the critical state of Florida, where Bush served two terms as a highly popular governor. Instead, it looks like Bush is doing the fading in the Sunshine State, as Adam Smith reports for the Tampa Bay Times: A newly released poll of likely Florida Republican primary voters by the Florida Atlantic University Business and Economics Polling Initiative shows Donald Trump with a two-to-one advantage over everybody...

Support for Governor Chris Christie’s presidential bid has dropped in half among New Jersey Republicans over the last four months. Back in June, 18 percent of registered Republicans said they supported him for his party’s presidential nomination. Today that number is down to nine percent, according to the most recent statewide survey of registered voters in New Jersey from Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind. The big vote getter is business magnate and political neophyte, Donald Trump, who attracts the support of 31 percent of Republicans, with Florida Senator Marco Rubio surging to second with the support of 18 percent. Rounding out...

ew nastier Tuesday when a small super PAC supporting Cruz hit Rubio hard with a new ad accusing him of trying to concoct an "amnesty scheme" as part of a bipartisan group of senators pushing comprehensive immigration reform. The ad, from Courageous Conservatives PAC, marks the latest broadside in a quickly escalating battle between the two Republican senators and presidential aspirants that has erupted in recent days. "Marco Rubio teamed up with John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Lindsey Graham and Bob Menendez to push his 'Gang of Eight' amnesty scheme," says the narrator of the ad, highlighting two centrist Republicans and...

The simmering tension between Republican presidential rivals Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz has finally bubbled over. On Tuesday morning, top advisers to each candidate pounded the other with the best ammunition at their disposal. The Rubio campaign slammed Cruz for a weak national security record, while a pro-Cruz group unveiled a vicious ad targeting Rubio on the issue that could become his greatest weakness in the Republican primary: immigration.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump continued his war of words with Sen. Marco Rubio Tuesday by going after his "pathetically weak" positions on immigration. Trump, who made the comments to radio host Laura Ingraham, argued that Rubio's stance on the issue "ends his shot" at the GOP nomination, adding further that Rubio also doesn't have the "gravitas" to pull off a victory.

Reuters 5-Day Rolling 11/17/15

The rise of the Islamic State and the prospects of new threats to America are leading voters to focus more on national security issues when considering national politics, according to new polling data. At the same time, more voters say terrorism represents the greatest threat to the United States than any other challenge. A new Morning Consult survey shows 22 percent of voters say security issues are at the top of their minds when they think about national elections, higher than anything other than economic issues.

Rubio's campaign is getting twice the ads for half the price of Bush's super PAC, undercutting his rival's cash advantage. -snip- At KTIV in Sioux City, Rubio's campaign is paying $625 for 30 seconds on the 10 p.m. news on December 30. Bush's super PAC is paying $3,700 - a roughly 500 percent markup. The next morning, Rubio has two more 30-second ads during "Today" for $165 each. The rate for a single 30-second spot for Right to Rise is $650. In other words, Rubio is getting twice the airtime for half the price. Bush has long predicted that his...