Rubio is more conservative than moderate on abortion, government size, taxes, business regulations, etc. You can call him RINO only on one issue...illegal immigrants.
Remember what Ronald Reagan said? He will will vote for the most conservative who is electable. According to Reagan electability was paramount over purity. Rubio IMO is quite electable based on his win in Florida and his favorability ratings, not to mention his unmatched eloquence in speech delivery. My choice preference for 2016 in order is Paul, Rubio and Cruz.
So Rubio wins the election, caves in on illegal immigration, the illegals get the right to vote at some point, and then we kiss the Republic good bye because they’ll never vote for a non-socialist.
Ra! Ra! Rubio! If Obama can’t kill the country, Pandering Conservatives sure can! Goooooooo Rubio!
Rubio has never had a real job, has never been in academia and has never served in the military. He ran against Crist in a strong year where he got 49%. He’s also shorter than Jimmy Carter and every other recent president. Rubio has even said illegals come to America because they are starving while Mexico has an obesity crisis.
Allen West has a military career, Rand Paul was a doctor, Mike Lee clerked for Alito and Cruz is a great lawyer.
Rubio is also going against the most popular senators right now which are Vitter and Sessions. The GOP is trying to pick up seats in Montana (80% for LR121) and the south.
They talk about Rubio being a smart guy when he went to a local college. Vitter was a Rhodes Scholar. The GOP needs to be the party of the immigration enforcement with Vitter, Sessions and Boozman leading the charge in the south in 2014.