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Byron York: Immigration could spoil Marco Rubio's presidential chances
Washington Examiner ^ | May 27, 2013 | Byron York

Posted on 05/27/2013 6:38:35 PM PDT by don-o

In November 2007 I traveled around western Iowa with Sen. John McCain as he tried to claw his way back into the 2008 Republican presidential primary race. McCain's campaign had famously melted down a few months earlier, sending him plunging in the polls. Things didn't look good.

As we rode in a battered minivan, I asked McCain about his troubles, mainly campaign money problems and then the fallout from his stand in favor of immigration reform. Which was worse? I asked. McCain answered quickly: Immigration.

"I can show you polling numbers that it really didn't have anything to do with the financial situation," McCain told me. "As the immigration issue became hotter and hotter among Republicans, I started down."

To recover, McCain talked tough on immigration. His mantra became "secure the border first." It was enough for him to get back on his feet and eventually win the GOP nomination, despite a fourth-place showing in Iowa.

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


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; mccain; randsconcerntrolls; rinos4rubio; rubio
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To: don-o

Y’think, Byron?


41 posted on 05/27/2013 8:10:32 PM PDT by Mamzelle
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To: Springfield Reformer

Thank you for sharing this story and link.


42 posted on 05/27/2013 8:15:40 PM PDT by Christie at the beach
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To: don-o

The dupable ice cream man will never be president.


43 posted on 05/27/2013 8:23:02 PM PDT by samadams2000 (Someone important make......The Call!)
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To: don-o

Rubio = Fraud


44 posted on 05/27/2013 8:32:58 PM PDT by vmivol00 (I won't be reconstructed.)
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To: don-o

News flash: it already did. I hope RUBIO gets that.

You’re done buddy. Sorry.


45 posted on 05/27/2013 8:34:32 PM PDT by jocon307
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To: txrangerette; SatinDoll

46 posted on 05/27/2013 8:35:37 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: okie01

“They just didn’t believe us.”

WHY THE F. SHOULD WE BELIEVE ANY OF YOU LYING SACKS OF S. ABOUT ANYTHING?

Not yelling at you Okie, but come on, tell my why we should believe you?

I’m calling your office tomorrow, McCain and Rubio and the lot of you LIARS.


47 posted on 05/27/2013 8:37:58 PM PDT by jocon307
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To: don-o
Rubio, like McCain before him, not only support amnesty for millions of lawbreakers (including those illegal aliens who have committed felonies after entering U. S.), he insults those who disagree with his stance.

Any honest person of character (and that's saying a lot for any politician) could admit that people of good will could disagree but these two egomaniacs' stance seems to be, "my way or the highway!"

Nope, Rubio's not the man for the job of President or presidential candidate, at least for me.

He first claimed that he'd back away from any bill that did not enforce the borders first, period, then he amended that to be "moving in that direction," and has voted in favor of a bill that doesn't even pretend to enforce the borders at all!

Typical politician, establishment-type!

48 posted on 05/27/2013 8:40:03 PM PDT by zerosix (Native Sunflower)
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To: jocon307

As I have told the “vote for the lesser evil” crowd, sometimes being very very wrong on one big issue is all they need to lose my vote.


49 posted on 05/27/2013 8:40:36 PM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: Christie at the beach

No problem. It just fries me that this commercial plays repeatedly during Rush. It’s the local affiliates, so I’m pretty sure Rush can’t control it. The ad buys are specifically targeting the conservative talk radio audience. This is a propaganda campaign right out of the Goebbels playbook. Deliberate deception. Wicked business.


50 posted on 05/27/2013 8:40:56 PM PDT by Springfield Reformer (Winston Churchill: No Peace Till Victory!)
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To: Springfield Reformer

I run and switch that off quicker than I do anything that angry BO says. At least he’s known.


51 posted on 05/27/2013 8:54:12 PM PDT by stanne
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To: Springfield Reformer
This is a propaganda campaign right out of the Goebbels playbook. Deliberate deception. Wicked business.

And why is it, you might ask, that Rubio continues to allow himself to enthusiastically pimp for the bill when it passed out of committee without the enforcement mechanisms that he's promising.

A man of integrity and honor would demand that the ad campaign be terminated immediately.

52 posted on 05/27/2013 9:00:09 PM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE --)
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To: House Atreides

Anyone Republican that gets himself in one of these “gangs” of whatever with a bunch of far left dems and John McCain is just not very bright. They are just crossing the aisle to advance a liberal agenda. Nothing conservative about it. Menendez just looks like a sleaze ball.


53 posted on 05/27/2013 9:17:21 PM PDT by dandiegirl
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To: Jim Robinson
He should have stayed off Rush's show....he is squishy
54 posted on 05/27/2013 11:45:02 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: don-o

“In ‘07, I asked McCain what was the most fundamental problem with his reform proposal. “What I underestimated was the lack of trust and confidence in government,” he told me. “I mean, I said time after time, ‘We’ll enforce the borders. We’ll enforce the borders. Here’s X billion dollars to do it. We’ll enforce the borders.’ They just didn’t believe us.”

And we were right. The border was never secured despite McCain’s solemn promises. There was never a serious attempt to secure it. It was all smoke and mirrors to get amnesty.


55 posted on 05/28/2013 12:02:22 AM PDT by ModelBreaker
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To: txrangerette

Has Cruz actually made that argument in support of a modern, made up, definition of ‘natural born citizen’?

All I’ve heard him say is something to the effect of ‘that’s for others to decide’, which is lawyerly for, “I know better, but it’s not in my interest to argue against my case.”


56 posted on 05/28/2013 12:36:38 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: okie01

A man of integrity wouldn’t have been part of that ad campaign or the Gang of Eight drafting the legislation to start with.


57 posted on 05/28/2013 1:00:19 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: don-o

Could?


58 posted on 05/28/2013 2:47:25 AM PDT by AdaGray
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To: don-o

...and don’t forget, while McCain got the nomination (no surprise, considering his opponents), he never stood a chance in the general, because NO ONE on our side was excited about him...again due, in large part to Amnesty. Only Palin saved him from a complete blowout.


59 posted on 05/28/2013 4:54:07 AM PDT by BobL (To us it's a game, to them it's personal - therefore they win.)
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To: onyx

Jeb is a chump. Jeb figures he has an in due to his Mexican wife? I suppose.


60 posted on 05/28/2013 4:56:18 AM PDT by dennisw (too much of a good thing is a bad thing - Joe Pine)
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