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Marco Rubio's new mission: Win back the Republican Party’s base
The Hill ^ | Monday August 5, 2013

Posted on 08/05/2013 7:13:52 PM PDT by Bigtigermike

Sen. Marco Rubio's immigration push might have hurt his chances of winning the GOP presidential nomination, Republican lawmakers say. [WATCH VIDEO]

While it’s still a long way until 2016, a number of GOP lawmakers in the House and Senate say Rubio (R-Fla.) will have to repair his standing with the conservative base if he hopes to be his party's next candidate for president.

“There's terrible disappointment with Marco Rubio specifically,” says Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), an opponent of the Senate immigration bill that Rubio helped write and pass. “I don't think it's going to help him anywhere.”

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: amnesty; gope; immigration; marcorubio; rubio
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.not going to happen....he went a bridge too far
1 posted on 08/05/2013 7:13:52 PM PDT by Bigtigermike
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To: Bigtigermike

Not me.
Not ever.
I care not about the life or death of a RINO.


2 posted on 08/05/2013 7:15:51 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Bigtigermike

Fool me once...


3 posted on 08/05/2013 7:15:53 PM PDT by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911)
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To: Bigtigermike

What the heck does he need Republicans for? He’s going to have 40-50 million illegal aliens voting for him once the Eight Gangbangers get their amnesty bill passed.


4 posted on 08/05/2013 7:15:54 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Senator Foghorn says, You should never resist being raped, robbed, beat down or murdered.)
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To: Bigtigermike

Rubio needs to back off, and abandon his pro-Immigration stand.

For real.

America needs to control our borders, and to bring back American jobs.


5 posted on 08/05/2013 7:16:01 PM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network
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To: Bigtigermike

LOL


6 posted on 08/05/2013 7:16:07 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Bigtigermike

yep....stick a fork in him..he’s done.


7 posted on 08/05/2013 7:16:15 PM PDT by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches and get with what's real.)
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To: Bigtigermike

I only like Rubio if he splits Jeb Bush’s vote and Cruz cruises ahead of both of them.


8 posted on 08/05/2013 7:16:28 PM PDT by tellw
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Ha ha ha ha! Bye bye Rubio. There goes all your dreams to be the second coming if Mittens, you Amnesty Pimp!


9 posted on 08/05/2013 7:16:47 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans
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To: Da Coyote

That SOB is politically dead man walking. He can go to Hell.


10 posted on 08/05/2013 7:18:11 PM PDT by SADMILLIE (r)
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To: Bigtigermike

Sure let him try, perhaps we can gain some ground back.

I’ll never vote for him again.


11 posted on 08/05/2013 7:18:16 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Bigtigermike
WHAT GOP? !!! Image and video hosting by TinyPic
12 posted on 08/05/2013 7:18:25 PM PDT by MtnMan101
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Hopefully he’ll be primaried for his senate seat.


13 posted on 08/05/2013 7:19:52 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To steal a line from Dennis Miller...

He might as well rent a dinghy and go fishing with Fredo. He's dead to me.

14 posted on 08/05/2013 7:20:42 PM PDT by hometoroost
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Sorry, Bucko. You only get to piss in the watering trough once.


15 posted on 08/05/2013 7:22:15 PM PDT by WorkingClassFilth (You hear it here first.)
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To: Bigtigermike

The bridge has been burned.


16 posted on 08/05/2013 7:23:00 PM PDT by Proud2BeRight
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“Rubio (R-Fla.) will have to repair his standing with the conservative base”

That is like saying Judas Iscariot needed to repair his standing with Jesus and the Apostles.

17 posted on 08/05/2013 7:23:33 PM PDT by detective
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To: Bigtigermike

... and I’m studying to be a Chinese jet pilot.


18 posted on 08/05/2013 7:23:53 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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To: Bigtigermike

Marco, bud, that dead albatross hanging around your neck is starting to stink. I don’t think a toothy smile and a hearty handshake is going to cut it. Best of luck in your future endeavors, whatever they turn out to be, because politics isn’t one of them.


19 posted on 08/05/2013 7:24:10 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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Fool me ONCE, shame on you.
You won't fool me again.
I'll NEVER support Rubio.
I look forward to his LOSING!
20 posted on 08/05/2013 7:24:15 PM PDT by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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