Posted on 03/28/2012 8:43:56 PM PDT by TJA
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., endorsed Mitt Romney for president Wednesday night on Fox News' "Hannity," saying Romney offers "a very clear alternative" to President Obama's vision for the future of the country.
Rubio, a young, first-termer who has been discussed as a possible vice presidential candidate, criticized talk of a fight for the Republican nomination on the convention floor, a possibility that is keeping alive the campaigns of Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich.
"I think that's a recipe for delivering four more years of Barack Obama," Rubio told Fox News' Sean Hannity.
Romney has "earned this nomination," Rubio said, though he again shot down questions about whether he would accept any offers of a spot on the ticket.
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Since the Supreme Court is going to strike down Obama Care, Romney Care might not be an issue. It looks like Romney is the guy and I am trying to see a bright spot (it is hard).
I'm not!
No Romney...ever!
Rick Santorum’s main line of attack has been that Romney is the worst choice to run against Obama because Romney Care became Obama Care. But if Obama Care is shot down, this will no longer be a big issue to the voters.
One reason why I never liked Rubio, he was the pragmatic conservative choice in FL against the RINO Crist though,
is that I always knew he’d be an establishment RINO just less openly rino (than Crist).
I don’t want him as V.P. and never bought into the whole conservative fauning over him.
Now I know that he’s shown his true colors (half the GOP Primary electorat hasn’t even had their say in this election yet-myself included Indiana votes May 8th) And yet this should end?
It really goes to show what the D.C. establishment crowd thinks of our individual votes!
-Stuff it, Rubio!
He didn’t earn the nomination. He earned enough money to buy it.
I`m amazed at how many prominent people will connect themselves to a candidate because of perceived “electability,” when that candidate in reality has absolutely no chance of being elected.
Ah, well...
Earned it? You mean BOUGHT it.
GAG.
Rubio’s VP nomination has now been bought and paid for.
obumber care is not dead. No one knows how the USSC is going to rule and what will be carved out. I’ve said in the past that romney is a better candidate then santorum because santorum is weak and easily manipulated. But there is no reason to give it to romney now. I say let’s go to the convention, repubs may still wise-up and see that Newt is the best candidate. Or maybe we will get someone even better out of the convention. It would be hard to do worse then santorum or romney, short of obumber.
Guy for what? The MSM is spinning as hard as they can that the economy is peachy now. The only thing Milt had to sell himself on was that he could fix it. What else does this stiff bring to the table beyond that?
The supremes wont vote till june.
A lot could happen between now and them.
Stay vigilant!
Rubio would be the smartest choice to get the hispanic vote, Santorum cant win against Obama as he put too much emphasis on his religios views. Lets face it, A vote for romney is a better vote than one for Obama
Romney hasn’t earned a thing from me except ridicule.
So, Rubio goes to VP, and then Crist comes back out of the woodwork, wins a special election, and goes on to pollute our coming majority in the Senate?
Romney has earned something from me as well: disdain
What are you talking about? I just said that just becuase Crist is an ultra-RINO doesn’t mean that Rubio isn’t also an establishment Republican RINO.
Holy cr@p, Rubio!
No idea why you would ask such an irrelevant question, but here's the real question--Is he too young to realize that a few fleeting moments of media warmth may cost him a career?
Or is he really just another immature sellout? Time will tell won't it...
While I sometimes think that, Romney has consistently done the best in polls against Obama.
WHO hasn’t known this was coming since he dissed Gingrich and defended romney before the FLA primary?
Rubio was (is?) a Mormon, so what would you expect.
Rubio is (was always?) a RINO.
Rubio wants the VP spot.
Rubio will not be VP, Romney will not get the nomination, and both will be footnotes in the RINO hall of fame history.
Exactly...on to convention! .....That will be where the rubber hits the road...
Hey Joe....Just heard a pundit saying that Newt's been down twice now and gotten back up, always when everybody thinks he's done with his staff and out of money. They said not a good idea to think Newt's done.....or underestimate him....with Newt things are not always what they might appear! The word is "Watch" do not assume he's done because the media etc. are saying so.....they said so before..twice no less.......I Agree!
Hope so.
What's the difference?
I guess he’s not the Conservative that I hoped he was. Good to find out now.
Hopefully, Rep. Allen West will run for Rubio’s Senate seat if Rubio is VP pick.
PS.
Mrs. foxfield and I will be proudly voting for Newt Gingrich next Tuesday. Go Newt!
If Obamacare is thrown out (God willing), we have to support whoever the Republican is or we’re going to be fighting against a revival for four more years. I know people here (not you, from what I can tell) are saying they’ll forget the presidency and concentrate on expanding our House majority and gaining back the Senate, but this guy doesn’t even care about that. He does whatever the hell he wants. I have said since Romney first started his runs for the presidency that I would never vote for him under any circumstance, but here is the circumstance: getting this devil out of the White House and making sure Obamacare doesn’t keep rising from the dead over and over for the next four years.
I actually think all three of these guys are exceptionally poor bearers of the conservative standard, and it’s sad that this is what it came to to go against Obama, but I’m going to vote for whichever it is. If it was Kerry or Gore or Biden, giving up the presidency and dedicating ourselves to blocking would be viable. Not with this guy.
He is another republican go along. Disgusting, Marco.
Exactly. He was part of the very vocal, very visible assassination squad in Florida, doing Jeb's bidding.
Romney contributed to Rubio's campaign when he was just beginning and an unknown. willard has a way of sniffing out the young ones, think Haley.
What is funny, though, even romney endorsers take their cues from Newt. A few days ago, Newt said very straightforwardly, he was taking it to the convention, he would support Romney as soon as he had the delegates needed for the nomination, but romney had to "earn it".
that's what rubio said tonight, romney has "earned" the nomination. These people are pathetic.
On to Tampa!! Stay strong - We can do this!!
“If it was Kerry or Gore or Biden, giving up the presidency and dedicating ourselves to blocking would be viable. Not with this guy.”
You get it. Some don’t.
IBTZ
Rubio just lost some major points in my book.
How much did Romney give to his last campaign. Most of these so called endorsements were bought either directly or indirectly. Follow the money.
“I never got on the Rubio bandwagon.”
Me neither. Right after Scott Brown, everyone of these “new konservatives” are suspect RINOS.
Weather Vane Romney
Sounds like what we have heard before.. “its his turn” like it was Dole and McCain’s turn.. hasn’t really worked too well so far...
As much as I hate to admit it, I think I gave Conservatives too much credit for having more common sense. Instead, all I see is a herd of mindnumbed cats playing with catnip. If we couldn’t defeat romney KNOWING what a shapeshifter he is, or santorum who started out whining which has now turned into prolonged howls of victimhood, even as he moved ahead using the backdoor of romney money and romney’s assassination of Gingrich, without which his candidacy would have been long over, shame on us.
We only have this chance to change anything at all. Never give up and never give in.
Not that I give a smelly Obama what you think, but you’re getting to be a pest. I’ve already told you I support Newt, which you insist on interpreting as being pro-Romney. Please exclude me from any more of your obsessive rants.
Hey Joe....Just heard a pundit saying that Newt's been down twice now and gotten back up, always when everybody thinks he's done with his staff and out of money. They said not a good idea to think Newt's done.....or underestimate him....with Newt things are not always what they might appear! The word is "Watch" do not assume he's done because the media etc. are saying so.....they said so before..twice no less.......I Agree!
RE "Newt's been down twice now and gotten back up..." Yeppers, and remember, the third time's the charm!!!
On to Tampa... hang tight - we can do this!
“Rubio would be the smartest choice to get the hispanic vote”
One name that’s been mentioned in that regard (who may also get the female vote) is Susana Martinez, Governor of New Mexico.
You could start an Ignore List like I have. I have 2 people on my regular ignore, and 1 person on my super ignore. My life here is much happier and more meaningful since my Ignore List.
Romney hasn't earned anything yet although it does appear I'll be voting independent party this year. Rubio and the GOP quite possibly have lost my vote.
As you wish.
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