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IS MARCO MAKING HIS MOVE?
Urgent Agenda ^ | March 16, 2011 | William Katz

Posted on 03/17/2011 4:57:40 AM PDT by SumProVita

"We've said here before that the Republican cast of presidential characters for 2012 isn't very exciting. The GOP, we've said, may have to reach down to the next generation to find a candidate who can wake things up, and we've suggested Marco Rubio, the new senator from Florida.

Now, Rubio may be making his move. From The Politico:

With a landmark spending debate engulfing Washington, the Florida Republican has, virtually overnight, launched the national profile the conservative movement has been clamoring for.

During his first national interview Monday, Rubio pounced on President Barack Obama — from the friendly confines of Laura Ingraham’s conservative radio show. He blasted a statement to the media, pledging to vote against the Republicans’ short-term spending resolution and calling it a “nickle-and-dime” approach. And he’s vowed to vote against everything that comes through the Senate unless it deals with addressing the $14 trillion debt crisis. ...snip... “Marco Rubio says, ‘What is this continuing resolution crap? I didn’t come in here to fund the government every two to three weeks, and $6 billion here and $6 billion there. What the hell is going on here?’”

(Excerpt) Read more at urgentagenda.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 2012; 2012gopprimary; election; fl; florida; presidency; rubio2012
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Rush Limbaugh wishes Rubio would run for president. I agree. Previously, I thought he should get more time in Congress under his belt....but these times are becoming far more desperate.

I could support Rubio with energy and enthusiasm.

1 posted on 03/17/2011 4:57:43 AM PDT by SumProVita
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To: SumProVita

If we supported Rubio, we would be advocating the same thing that we were lambasting Obama for 2 years ago. That is the experience factor. I like Marco Rubio, don’t get me wrong. But he simply does not have enough political/life experiences yet to become President IMO. He’s not even 40 years old yet and barely qualifies for the office!


2 posted on 03/17/2011 5:04:57 AM PDT by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: SumProVita

Rubio is very clear that he’s NOT seeking higher office.

It would make him ineffective as a Senator, as his motives for any action or speech would be questioned or dismissed.


3 posted on 03/17/2011 5:05:15 AM PDT by G Larry
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To: SumProVita

....POLO!


4 posted on 03/17/2011 5:06:59 AM PDT by Hatteras
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To: SumProVita

Long as Rubio doesn’t do an amnesty switcheroo, he’s good. I like him. And Palin, and Cain.


5 posted on 03/17/2011 5:08:02 AM PDT by Daisyjane69 (Michael Reagan: "Welcome back, Dad, even if you're wearing a dress and bearing children this time)
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To: SumProVita
I could support Rubio with energy and enthusiasm

I could as well but perhaps as VP not as President. If there's any question that experience should be a qualifier, we merely have to look at the present occupier of the WH floundering without a clue!

6 posted on 03/17/2011 5:08:34 AM PDT by StarFan
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To: SumProVita
I like Rubio. But.......is he a “Natural Born Citizen”?
7 posted on 03/17/2011 5:09:06 AM PDT by mosaicwolf (Strength and Honor)
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To: SumProVita
On Mark Levine's show yesterday he (Mark) asked Senator Rubio about a Presidential run in 2012. Senator Rubio flat out denied it, and laid out some good reasons for that. Mark even asked about accepting a VP slot. Again, Senator Rubio was emphatic and eloquent about why he wants to be a Senator first.

I haven't heard much from him, but what I have heard sounds great. If he is serious about finishing at least one term in the Senate fine. After 10 years in the Senate he could bow-out of the last two years of his second term as a Senator and run in 2020 after President Palin finishes out her second term. ;-) Hmm, he could probably toss his hat in the primary ring in 2016 just to keep President Palin honest, and get his name out there for 2020.

You know, 8 years of President Palin followed by 8 years of President Rubio...we might even be able to un-do the damage {expletive} hussein obama is doing in 4...

8 posted on 03/17/2011 5:09:53 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Stop obama now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: Old Teufel Hunden
-"If we supported Rubio, we would be advocating the same thing that we were lambasting Obama for 2 years ago. That is the experience factor. I like Marco Rubio, don’t get me wrong. But he simply does not have enough political/life experiences yet to become President IMO. He’s not even 40 years old yet and barely qualifies for the office!"

The ship is burning, going down fast, no leaders around, and you're worried about what????

9 posted on 03/17/2011 5:10:59 AM PDT by LibFreeUSA (Show me what Obama brought that was new and there you will find things only radical and destructive.)
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

I would put Rubio’s understanding of Marxism v freedom up against Obama’s ANY day. I also believe that Rubio is intelligent enough to choose a cabinet of advisers who KNOW how to get things done.

As for age...it’s a number. I’m betting that Rubio has more wisdom and common sense per year than Obama.


10 posted on 03/17/2011 5:11:04 AM PDT by SumProVita (Cogito, ergo...Sum Pro Vita. (Modified Decartes))
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To: mosaicwolf

rubio parents are cuban exiles. Rubio should come clear as to whether his parents became US citizens.


11 posted on 03/17/2011 5:11:54 AM PDT by biggredd1
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To: SumProVita

Rubio is NOT running. He may be on Palin’s ticket though !


12 posted on 03/17/2011 5:12:40 AM PDT by Reagan69 (I went to a shooting-victims' memorial service and all I got was a lousy T-shirt !)
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

We need ‘bigger than the media’ leadership right now. A giant personality in the Senate would be huge for our movement right now. We are not going to get it from the House leadership, it is becoming clear. Demint is another, but he does not have the potential star power that Rubio does.


13 posted on 03/17/2011 5:14:48 AM PDT by ilgipper
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To: mosaicwolf

As I understand it, he was born in the U.S.


14 posted on 03/17/2011 5:15:23 AM PDT by SumProVita (Cogito, ergo...Sum Pro Vita. (Modified Decartes))
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To: StarFan

“If there’s any question that experience should be a qualifier, we merely have to look at the present occupier of the WH floundering without a clue!”

I used to think the same, but I have changed my mind and I think desperate times call for bolder options. I have listened carefully to Rubio....and he is NOTHING like Obama. If anything, he is the anti-Obama.


15 posted on 03/17/2011 5:18:59 AM PDT by SumProVita (Cogito, ergo...Sum Pro Vita. (Modified Decartes))
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I could support Rubio with energy and enthusiasm.

DITTO !!

16 posted on 03/17/2011 5:20:43 AM PDT by Ouderkirk (Democrats...the party of Slavery, Segregation, Sodomy, and Sedition)
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“We need ‘bigger than the media’ leadership right now. A giant personality in the Senate would be huge for our movement right now. We are not going to get it from the House leadership, it is becoming clear.”

This is EXACTLY why I think Rubio would be good. I know he has stated that he’s not running.....but that may change.


17 posted on 03/17/2011 5:21:34 AM PDT by SumProVita (Cogito, ergo...Sum Pro Vita. (Modified Decartes))
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To: SumProVita

West & Rubio are both from Florida. If you choose Rubio, then you can’t have West.

Let’s give as much effort (or more) to finding good delegates to the national conventions - GOP & Dem.

Let the Delegates make the final decisions on nominees!

In the primary, I want to vote for delegate(s), not some candidate.


18 posted on 03/17/2011 5:23:19 AM PDT by Golden Gate
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Rubio is very clear that he’s NOT seeking higher office. It would make him ineffective as a Senator, as his motives for any action or speech would be questioned or dismissed.

Absolutely. I think very highly of Rubio, even higher because he has firmly said that he is not a candidate for either President or Vice President {and I believe him}.

19 posted on 03/17/2011 5:24:17 AM PDT by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorist savages, in honor of Standing Wolf.)
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

Experience doesn’t necessarily need to be political. But in any case, he was previously the Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives - no small feat. He has held political office more than a decade.


20 posted on 03/17/2011 5:25:09 AM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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