Posted on 08/15/2013 12:51:35 PM PDT by Hojczyk
As he moves across Florida this week, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is keeping two schedules.
The public one, where he tells friendly, pro-business crowds what he sees as the dangers of Obamacare. And the invite-only one, where he seeks to reconnect with grass roots conservative activists who have questions — and some outrage — over his involvement in immigration reform.
It's a two-step plan designed to repair Rubio's image, which has taken a beating in recent months, darkening the glow of his 2016 presidential The redemption tour continued Tuesday with stops in Tallahassee and Panama City and concludes today in Pensacola. Other travel is likely as Congress spends the month away from Washington.
To grasp how far Rubio has fallen among a segment of his base, consider a gathering of 300 people in Sarasota last week for a talk by outspoken immigration opponent Dennis Michael Lynch. "As soon as he said 'Marco Rubio,' the room just went crazy. They booed, they hissed, there were catcalls," said Richard Swier, a local activist.
A Facebook page that had been titled Panhandle Patriots for Marco Rubio has been renamed Panhandle Patriots Mad at Marco Rubio. It is full of angry sentiment over immigration.
Rubio acknowledges the fallout.
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Humpty Dumpty
Let him run for reelection as a democrat.
Traitor!
He can blame it on naivety or he can blame it on some of the more odious portions and claim he didn't know they were slipped into the bill.
Until such time, if any, that that happens, Rubio will remain dead to me.
His image is now as ugly as Nanci Pelosi.
Nothing in the multiverse can cure that.
Hang it up, Rubio...you’re RINO toast.
The kindest thing you can say is that he fell for some shuck and jive from Chuck Schumer.
And that makes him too stupid to re-elect.
A little late. The damage is done.
Some things just can’t be fixed.
FUMR!! TRAITOR!!
I want the money back I contributed to your senatorial campaign, Marky!
It’s nothings like you that have murdered the Republican Party. I wouldn’t give a nickel to it anymore.
Tea Party-Oath Keepers!
Rubio will likely switch parties, or go to work for the country club traitors, who bought him.
The traitors image is beyond repair and hope FL tell him that.
Thank the heavens that Rubio showed his true self before we got closer to the next election.
Until the subject turned to illegal immigration he did a fairly good job of pretending to be a conservative, or at least a moderate.
But we now know that he is like Geraldo Rivera and so many others who self identify as Hiaspanic or Latino.
When it comes to any discussion about Hispanics and immigration they just cannot control their bias.
The best way he could do that is by dragging Juan McCain behind that car.
Ain’t gonna help.
You’re done Rubio. Buy a clown suit and an ice-cream scooter.... you should be able to make enough to get by.
Yep. You never recover from such a catastrophic failure of judgment.
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