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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo...why is Rubio saying "no" to Mittens?
A month ago, he was the Dog Abuser's dream pick. The polls supposedly show a dead heat, which means Rubio could claim to be the "Game Changer" that Caribou Barbie failed to be.
Anybody here got any guesses as to why Young Marco wants no part of this?
FSogol
(45,312 posts)RadiationTherapy
(5,818 posts)brooklynite
(93,630 posts)One idiosyncracy of the Constitution is that it says that the President and Vice President can't be from the same State.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,070 posts)Dick Cheney was living in Bush's home state of Texas when he appointed himself to be W's running mate; he quickly moved back to Wyoming. No problemo.
former9thward
(31,685 posts)You can't be a senator and live in another state.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,070 posts)If he wants it badly enough I assume he'd do just that.
WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)not likely.
Ter
(4,281 posts)He can, but the point is moot. After nominating back to back regular conservatives in McCain and Romney and outraging Freeper types both times, no way will they nominate Jeb in 2016.
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)It would be Jeb that had to move...and he could probably camp out at mom and dad's place in Crawford.
Daniel537
(1,560 posts)brooklynite
(93,630 posts)...I doubt that any major Party candidate is going to try to reinterpret the Constitution based on a Snopes analysis.
Ter
(4,281 posts)Both his parents were born in Cuba.
Orangepeel
(13,932 posts)jwirr
(39,215 posts)Bake
(21,977 posts)Doesn't want to be branded as a loser?
Just a guess.
Bake
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,070 posts)He can read the handwriting on the wall - he knows Mitt will have a terrible time winning this, with or without a Latino running mate. Why would he want to be associated with the taint of Mitt?
Ganja Ninja
(15,953 posts)Lots of people do.
cr8tvlde
(1,185 posts)My 2 cents ... fun to speculate ... Rubio is nobody's fool and has a long time to bide his time. Also, he's too smart for Mitt...he'd outshine him.
Hillary won't go VP in 2012...stepping down from SOS, I'd guess, to prepare for 2016. Pics of her and Bill together...that's one tough political marriage. She'll need a Rubio-type running mate...definitely hispanic would be best.
Agree Jeb in 2016 ... Condi is being shopped?
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,070 posts)And she'll be pushing 70 in 2016. Not gonna happen.
JohnnyRingo
(18,563 posts)Certainly, joining the Romney team would preclude any chance of his being our first Hispanic president.
SheilaT
(23,156 posts)that all the potential Hispanic VP candidates, including Rubio of Florida, Susanna Martinez the current governor of New Mexico, and I forget who else, had all said publicly that they were not in the least bit interested in being the VP with Romney. Apparently his record with Hispanics is so incredibly abysmal that even otherwise self-respecting leading Hispanic Republicans will have nothing to do with him.
RockaFowler
(7,429 posts)He was caught lying about his family's history. He's gonna wait until it blows over in 2016
mfcorey1
(10,996 posts)WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)but if Mittens asked him he would accept.
phleshdef
(11,936 posts)Some of these people like their little lives the way they are. I'd say MOST of them do actually, otherwise we'd see more people running for President on both sides of the aisle.
We have plenty of great, progressive Democrats that never ran and never will run, simply because they don't want the job. They don't want to leave their home state. They don't want to deal with the heightened security needs around themselves and their family. They don't want that kind of responsibility, etc.
Just because someone doesn't want to be President or Vice President doesn't mean there has to be some interesting ulterior motive.
EFerrari
(163,986 posts)maybe, too close.
Marco Rubio Stands By His Friend But At What Cost?
From his first days on the political scene, Sen. Marco Rubio has never strayed far from his close friend, Rep. David Rivera. The men first met while volunteering for then Florida State Senator Lincoln Diaz-Balarts first congressional campaign in 1992. A few years later, Rivera hired Rubio out of law school in Miami to work on Bob Doles doomed presidential bid.
By 2002, they were colleagues in the Florida state house and when Rubio was elected speaker in 2006, Rivera took up as his top lieutenant. They rode into Washington together on the crest of a powerful GOP midterm wave in 2010, Rubio as a senator, Rivera as the new house representative from Floridas 25th district.
Today, Rubio is one of the Republicans partys most buzzed-about young stars and an early favorite to run alongside presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in the coming general election. Despite repeated statements that he wont be the vice president, operatives in both parties told ABC News they believe Rubio is seeking the bid.
He wants it, one Democratic strategist said. He can say what he wants, but hes doing all the things that people who want to be the running mate do. Hes going to South Carolina [to speak before state party bigwigs at their annual Silver Elephant dinner] and working on some Republican version of the Dream Act.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/04/marco-rubio-stands-by-his-friend-but-at-what-cost/
SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)TWO-TIME loser like Mittens
TheKentuckian
(24,904 posts)Marr
(20,317 posts)He hasn't actually been asked yet. As for his past comments... since when do politicians' words mean anything? For god's sake, look at Romney. He's the most experienced politician in history, if you just count the number of different positions he's endorsed.
RZM
(8,556 posts)So why waste the time and energy on it?
That way he's still fresh for 2016 when the Republicans have a better shot.
Mr.Turnip
(645 posts)according to the polls being done recently, infact some of them actually show him HURTING Romney. Rubio is also not as popular as he once was, his approval/disapprove numbers are about even now.