RINObio was never a “Reagan incarnate”. He’s an astute politician. He saw an opening to higher office by running to Crist’s right, and he took it. Nothing more.
His August, 2011 speech at the Reagan Presidential Library channeled The Gipper: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2011/08/marco-rubio-reagan-library-republican-ticket.html
“Our rights don’t come from our government; our rights come from our God. Rights come from God. Government’s job is to protect those rights. Those are the founding principles of our nation. Without that principle in place, the American Revolution was just another colonial rebellion.”
What happened in the last 2 years to Rubio is a mystery unless he is being blackmailed as there is baggage.