Posted on 02/28/2016 5:20:33 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
We believe Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is best equipped to carry forward the philosophy of free people and free markets - of limited government, free trade and strong national defense - that has long animated the GOP and enriched American political life. Rubio's energetic and articulate optimism - his embodiment of a diverse and entrepreneurial youth movement in the GOP - has struck a chord with voters and has convinced a growing roster of respected Republican leaders, including Minnesota's Tim Pawlenty and Norm Coleman, that the proud son of Cuban immigrants stands the best chance of securing the nomination for the broad, responsible, practical mainstream of his party.
Rubio's ability to prevail is key, because this isn't just any year or any field of hopefuls. The insurgent candidacy of Donald Trump has unleashed a heedless xenophobic spirit that threatens to splinter the GOP and wound the country if a unifying alternative isnt found.
We could wish that Rubio had not retreated as far as he has from his earlier leadership role in pursuing a compromise on immigration reform. But there is no doubt that he understands immigration's meaning, value and challenges viscerally, instinctively rejects Trump-style nativism and will in time have more to offer toward the issue's resolution.
Rubio's is an expansive, exuberant America, grinning ear to ear, not an America snarling and posturing behind its walls. He would give the Democrats all they could handle in the general election this fall. To get there, he needs victories, and soon. Minnesota Republicans can and should give him one.
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Nope. Just nope.
I’d be for someone who supports real immigration reform. Supporting amnesty and further weakening border protection in the name of immigration reform doesn’t cut it.
The Alpha and Omega: Amnesty
How can he be electable when he hasn’t won anything? Or is defeat now a victory. The whole world is upside down
Remember when the MSM says "electable" they mean "patsy".
Setting up a Hillary win.
If Anyone is a Con-Artist it was Tea-Party Candidate, Rubio, Turned Amnesty.
http://townhall.com/columnists/bryancrabtree/2016/02/28/if-anyone-is-a-conartist-it-was-teaparty-candidate-rubio-turned-amnesty-n2125970?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=
Marcobot has a serious physical ailment, possibly a narcotic addiction.
Don’t need a POTUS who is alwsys in drug rehab.
Oh my. How do you know that?
It’s not even a height thing but Rubio doesn’t have that presidential stature. He is like a yapping dog.
This would be horrible. If Little Rubio is able, somehow, to get the nomination, so many people will stay home.
Hitlery as president - oh, my. What a horrible thought.
One pill makes you larger
And one pill makes you small
And the ones that mother gives you
Dont do anything at all
Go ask Marco
When hes ten feet tall
And if you go chasing rabbits
And you know youre going to fall
Tell em a hookah-smoking caterpillar
Has given you the call
Call Marco
When he was just small
When the men on the chessboard
Get up and tell you where to go
And youve just had some kind of mushroom
And your mind is moving low
Go ask Marco
I think hell know
When logic and proportion
Have fallen sloppy dead
And the White Knight is talking backwards
And the Red Queens off with her head
Remember what the dormouse said
Feed your head
Feed your head
I don’t think there is any evidence Rubio is an addict, although his sister and her husband were caught up in a South Florida drug trafficking raid in the 1980s...which is actually one of the least of his and his families scandals.
Precisely
I agree. NO RUBIO
Too soft on immigration
Please don’t close your hearts to Donald. He is an American who loves America. NOBODY owns Donald. He is beholden to NO ONE.
He’s a brilliant business man, CEO.
He will surround himself with the most brilliant, talented America has to offer-per his cabinet and advisers.
This is the kind of man we need to run the country.
He Will make America great again.
The revolution many of you have wanted and predicted because we are so angry at the corrupt government is here.
It’s being led by Donald
Don’t let him down, please.
And I am to believe that this same bunch of liberals who back Hillary will back the best candidate on the Republican side? I don't thinks. All I have to do is consider the source of this endorsement and I will not vote their way.
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