Marco Rubio clearly has some very tall challenges set before him. In simple terms, he was cozened and beguiled by Chuck Schumer, with a mixture of false promises and perhaps some flattery on his good manners and pleasing image. Then Chuck just plain blindsided the young Senator, in an almost textbook example of how even the most idealistic of newcomers can be compromised, and yes, corrupted by trying to fit into the “good-ol’-boy” network.
The technique is known as “getting to yes”. Start off with something you know the target is fully in agreement, and get the response of “yes” with every progression through the various degrees of moving to the eventual position desired. By cutting this into small enough pieces, and reassuring the target that certainly he has it right now, eventually the target ends up at least sideways of the original position, if not altogether reversed. And the target just sits there, asking himself, “How the hell did this happen?” The target is then unable to adequately explain how the conversion became somehow irreversible.
It is entirely possible that Senator Rubio could shake off this assault on his principles and good sense, but at the moment, we cannot count on this happening spontaneously. By the same degrees of step-by-step getting back to “no”, the course correction is a probable outcome, but by no means certain. Opposition research on the Rubio family, at some level, can still be used against the future deliberations that Senator Rubio may engage in, but when exposed beforehand, much of its venom is drained before it can have an effect.
And you may be sure, all these steps have been plotted out well in advance.
So Rubio is a victim? I don’t hear him crying “rape!”
Boy, I want your rose colored glasses! Where can I get a pair?
Sorry, he was the same down here in FL. He only hitched to the TEA Party to get elected.
He’s a sellout of the McCain caliber.