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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMarco Rubio 2016: THE GREAT RIGHT HOPE!
I....err....hmm...I think it reads better this way!!
It's not even December of 2012, but Marco Rubio is already in Iowa:
Thirty-eight months before the next presidential vote is cast, Marco Rubio on Saturday night became the first of the potential 2016 contestants to swoop in to this first caucus state and test the GOPs new rallying cry to broaden its appeal.
Seven hundred people turned out to see the Florida senator at the annual birthday fundraiser bash for GOP Gov. Terry Branstad. Rubio had the spotlight all to himself he said he was merely here to help the governor mark his 66th birthday, but no one believed it for a minute.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/84002.html
Rubio sells himself as a fresh face to represent a battered and stale Republican brand, but that sales pitch relies on his biographynot his policy:
If Rubio actually wanted to take a page out of the Democratic playbook, he might actually consider proposing some of their policies. Instead, he offered pretty much exactly the same thing that Republicans have been delivering for decades: conservative policy 101. For example:
Do less! Not more! Sound familiar? Well:
But wait, there's more:
So, less government, don't tax the rich, jingoistic American exceptionalism, and the guy's initials are MR. Are you sure we're not talking about Mitt Romney here, because this stuff sure sounds familiar. What exactly makes Rubio different? Apparently this:
So I guess Republicans believe that if they nominate a Cuban-American who talks about the need for immigration reform (but doesn't actually go into any detail about what that would mean), then all their problems are solved and they don't have change any of their other policies? Because that seems to be exactly the promise Marco Rubio is offering.
cont'
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/19/1163072/-Marco-Rubio-2016-The-Great-Right-Hope
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tblue
(16,350 posts)and will vote for him just cuz he's brown too. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
They have NO CLUE about what they need to change to win the next election. Psssst, let's not tell them.
Segami
(14,923 posts)and go all out by passing out Cuban cigars!
I actually believe they DO know what they need to change in order to move with the times but they also know such changes won't win them future elections if a sector of their base refuses to accept those changes.
datasuspect
(26,591 posts)assumes that non whites are not even people to begin with.
they are untermensch, Other, those with no validity.
it's funny how the loss of "white prestige" as a social control concept has resulted in the bottom falling out of the republican party.
and it's only because of sheer numbers and demographic shifts. not one bullet will be fired. whites in this country will simply be bred out of existence or marginalized to the periphery.
skin pigmentation has no bearing on intelligence, hopefully newer generations of white folk won't hang on to their ancestors' hatred and fears.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Don't know what percentage that is, but we better find out before dismissing him.
I predict a Latino and a Woman on the GOP ticket in 2016.
Segami
(14,923 posts)The Bushes believe (as BlueBloods) that its THEIR inherit right to be leading or governing this nation.
The name ' BUSH ' anywhere near the 2016 election possibilities should be seen as a major red flag for all Democrats and Indies.
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)Segami
(14,923 posts)
closeupready
(29,503 posts)the perfect running mate for a Palin/Rubio ticket.
Turbineguy
(38,732 posts)the Tea Party. For that you need to make people believe you're a moron.
Segami
(14,923 posts)
sorie for the speling eror.