Why Rubio Struck Out

American Thinker ^ | March 18, 2016 | Steve Feinstein

[Kaslin]

Marco Rubio’s 2016 Presidential campaign is over. Under-performing from the start, never able to get real traction and command serious attention from either the media or Republican Party insiders, Rubio vacated his Florida Senate seat to embark on a fool’s errand, chasing a ghost he never had any chance of capturing.

Going in, it looked better: If there was ever a prototypically-perfect Republican candidate for a normal election cycle, Rubio was certainly it:

• Handsome, youthful and energetic, telegenic, personally likeable
• Great verbal acuity, never at a loss for the quick, pithy answer, able to frame arguments in logical, sequential, easy-to-follow paragraphs
• Impressive command of the issues, especially foreign policy
• Conservative “bone fides” on low taxes and family values
• Undeniably compelling personal American Dream rags-to-riches story
• Hispanic, Cuban heritage, fluent in Spanish

Check, check, check. Every box, like no other Republican candidate, ever. Bring ‘em on. Finally -- this is the Republican candidate with the political skills and personal qualities that can go toe-to-toe with Hillary and the liberal media and beat them outright. This is not the milquetoast Bob Dole or the old, unattractive only-sort-of-conservative John McCain or the strangely placid and complacent Mitt Romney.

[BobL]

“Check, check, check. Every box, like no other Republican candidate, ever.”

...except they forgot to mention AMNESTY. The MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE of a generation (as evidenced by Trump’s ascendancy).

Rubio may have a ‘Great Life Story’ and may give a speech that ‘Shows His Love for America’, but the fact that he LED THE EFFORT to give the Democrats a PERMANENT VOTING MAJORITY is something that more than a few of us remember best about him.