I said it earlier this week.
The Secretary of State portfolio is way bigger, more important and more operationally involved in an Administration that is the role of the Vice President.
Those in those positions become viewed publicly by their performance in the jobs they have. Rubio’s job is much more observably much more crucial and he is handling it very well. Vance’s actual job and actual work is less significant, which leaves viewers less impressed with him.
Vance has to be banking on all the non-assigned time he has to go out and make speeches - which Rubio has little time for - and which Vance is hoping will translate into support in 2028.
My guess is though that most primary voters will remember job performance more than speeches.
H.G, Bush was not just a Vice President to Ronald Reagan. Before he ran for President himself, he had represented the 7th District from Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives, was the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, the Chairman of the Republican National Committee, the Chief of the U.S. Liaison Office to China, and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency - in that order. Vance got the Vice Presidency with no record of service like that. [Those things are acknowledged for the record. Not a vote pro or con about those appointments.]
If demonstrated accomplishment means anything, when it comes a Presidential Candidate, Rubio SHOULD BE be ahead of Vance.
I look for some shady GOP characters in favor of Vance to start coming up with some way to sling mud at Rubio and hope it is mud that negates his accomplishments.
Very good. I do believe Monroe was Jeffersons secretary of state so there’s a history. As for Vance’s accomplishments that’s even more reason to put him on the court.
**How do you all feel about Puerto Rican statehood and more Democrat senators?? That’s what you get with Rubio.**
DeSantis would get ahead of the curve by forcing independence on them. Flying those illegals to Martha’s Vineyard won me over as he doesn’t mess around.