Posted on 11/05/2015 10:02:37 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The race for endorsements among Republican presidential candidates has been a slow one since we began keeping track of the endorsement primary earlier this year. Jeb Bush has sat atop our leaderboard, but many of his endorsements came before he officially announced his candidacy, and he's received only three since Labor Day -- all from House members.
But this week, Marco Rubio has shown signs of momentum, picking up endorsements from three fellow senators, including one today from Sen. James E. Risch of Idaho. In contrast to Bush's 3 endorsement points since Labor Day, Rubio has received 22 -- by far the most of any Republican candidate over that span.
(Excerpt) Read more at fivethirtyeight.com ...
How long until FR is filled with the cries of the leftists that we have to support Rubio no matter what because he can win and Hillary! And Stuff?
Rubio is a non starter. Can’t stand him.
Oh the inconsequential leader board from the liberals socialists at 538.
Why ask THAT question?
Has Rubio won the GOP nomination?
Don’t forget one important thing here.
In 2011, you couldn’t find anyone that was going to elect Mitt Romney. He was a non starter.
We nip this in the bud now or we repeat 2012. It’s that simple.
Did Romney a year before the election?
I was recently listening to an NPR radio program (yep, I know how liberal NPR is). They had a "conservative" commentator on. He sounded like he was about 12 years old, but anyway...
The NPR "conservative" was touting Rubio. So yep, the GOPe is trying to get those ducks all lined up in a row, now that Jeb has, shall we say, disappointed.
GOPe “inches” toward Rubio
“slowly we turn.................
inch by inch....................
step by step....”
“Phenomenology of Curly “
circa 1958
Sounds an awful lot like "consensus" and "settled science" and "97% of politicians...", and so on
The NPR “conservative” was touting Rubio. So yep, the GOPe is trying to get those ducks all lined up in a row, now that Jeb has, shall we say, disappointed.
We saw this movie 4 years ago. We can face up to it, or repeat those events. Pretending they were not real will not change the matter.
Thursday November 05, 2015
Rubio’s New Billionaire Backer Has Gay Marriage Agenda
The news last week that Paul Singer, billionaire Republican fundraiser and unabashed advocate of same-sex marriage, will support Marco Rubio for president has drawn mixed reviews from state and national pro-family activists.
As Rubio rises in state and national polls, new scrutiny is being made of his positions and supporters.
A billionaire hedge fund manager, Singer has been a major GOP donor – and has made quite clear that his priority issue has been support of gay rights in the Republican Party. Singer and his network of donors have steered millions to GOP candidates at the federal and state level who backed same-sex marriage.
In a 2013 interview with the Washington Post, Singer explained his position: “I believe marriage equality is critical to the future of individual liberty and the strength of the American family, and the Republican Party should stand for both.â€
Rubio has said publicly he opposes same-sex marriage and is strongly pro-life.
“Sen. Rubio encouraged many values voters when he spoke of the importance of defending life and said all the right things about marriage,†said Gary Bauer of the Working Families PAC, who is neutral in the presidential race. “And he said he welcomed a debate with Hilary Clinton on her extreme views.â€
But other social conservatives are concerned about Singer’s embrace of Rubio.
“It certainly raises a question that ought to be addressed by Sen. Rubio,†said Colin Hanna, head of Let Freedom Ring, a traditional values organization.
But, Hanna quickly added, “It should not be interpreted to mean that Sen. Rubio has suddenly capitulated on the issue of marriage being between a man and a woman, on which he has always been solid.”
Special:
Hanna emphasized that while he has not endorsed anyone for president, he is “very positive toward Rubio.â€
But veteran cultural conservative leader Paul Caprio of the Chicago-based Family-PAC voiced concern about Singer’s endorsement of Rubio.
“This could certainly hurt Rubio with a lot of social conservatives,†Caprio told Newsmax. “Singer wants to be influential in the platform [of the GOP national convention. We know the radical position he comes from and that he uses his resources to advance it.â€
In 2012, for example, Singer raised more than $250,000 to help four embattled Republican state senators in New York who cast decisive votes that resulted in legalizing gay marriage in the Empire State.
Sandy Rios, director of government affairs for the American Family Association, strongly seconded Caprio’s view.
“It would be a high bar indeed to expect presidential campaign donors to match a candidate’s position on every issue,†Rios told Newsmax. “But when a donor like Paul Singer isn’t just inclined to support gay marriage, but has orchestrated the implementation of it with his millions, it should be of grave concern to social conservatives when that support is thrown behind Sen. Marco Rubio.â€
A top Republican fundraiser in New York City who is familiar with Singer doubts he would have publicly backed Rubio without assurances from the senator that opposition to same sex marriage would be an agenda item if elected.
Still, supporters of Rubio on the cultural right are hopeful that their candidate’s strong pro-family position would not be affected by his newly minted support from Singer, who raised more than $11.5 million for Republican candidates in 2014 and $3 million for Mitt Romney in 2012.
The same establishment that said that Dole, McCain, and Romney were electable?
You know the establishment doesn’t want to be seen as the party that denied the US its first female president, so they are looking for someone willing to go down in defeat, and not put up a fight. I guess Rubio has agreed to do that. Take one for the establishment team so that they can continue to be invited to the cool cocktail parties.
Thanks for the ping.
I firmly believe that ALL of the big money donors decide before they donate which politician they can buy. Nobody donates millions of dollars to a politician out of the goodness of their heart.
Patience the Party Boy slaves will arrive soon enough. Their Masters will tell them the candidate they will support and send them forth to spread their cancer in the land. These people would vote for Ted Kennedy’s corpse if their GOPE Masters dug him up and ran him as the candidate with the (R) in front of his name.
With him declaring executive amnesty would stand until he could force Congress to legalize it pretty much tells me he is bought and paid for by the Chamber of Commerce America hating trash.
Actually they started 4 days ago. Conveniently Mitt Jr. took his throne shortly before.
Imagine that.
If he is the nominee Ill vote for him...donate to him and support him. But I feel the same towards some of the others in the top.
Rubio is better than many of the candidates. We could do worse. Is he the best? No. That was Walker or Santorum but God had other plans for them. We will see but I think he will get a high percentage of Hispanics which regardless of what we want, they will be an important group in the next couple elections. Rubio will not have amnesty.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.