That being said, the American sheeple have been dumbed down to the point where a white male would be unelectable against the latest group novelty. It is all about identity politics now.
Marco Rubio has that, but so does Ted Cruz. Plus Cruz has some GOPe credentials (Harvard graduate, looks presidential, very intelligent and well spoken) that the GOPe could swallow hard and get used to him a lot easier than we could to a squish like Rubio.
What you said is true. But until and unless he's captured the nomination, I'll be working my tail off for Cruz 2016.