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Marco Rubio's Florida hopes sour with Jeb Bush tensions, endorsement failure
The Washington Times ^ | March 14, 2016 | Kelly Riddell

Posted on 03/15/2016 11:53:10 AM PDT by kevcol

One Florida political operative said Mr. Rubio had a "snowball's chance in hell," of getting Mr. Bush's backing after his "ultimate betrayal" of entering the 2016 race. Mr. Rubio also probably didn’t have it in him to beg Mr. Bush, given he’d outlasted the former governor in the presidential race, the operative said.
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"The governor decided he wasn't going to endorse anyone. He made up his mind that was the case and that's what he’s done," said Al Cardenas

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 2016election; jeb; littlemarco; rubio
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1 posted on 03/15/2016 11:53:10 AM PDT by kevcol
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To: kevcol

Hmm....

I thought dodging Jeb’s endorsement was a success?


2 posted on 03/15/2016 11:54:09 AM PDT by G Larry (ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS impose SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL Immigrants.)
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3 posted on 03/15/2016 11:56:30 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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To: kevcol; G Larry
A great profile of Rubio-explaining the failure of his campaign-which was posted on FR a few days ago:

Rise and Stall.

4 posted on 03/15/2016 11:56:43 AM PDT by OddLane
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To: G Larry

Did Rubio at least dangle the VP slot in front of Jeb?


5 posted on 03/15/2016 11:57:12 AM PDT by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: kevcol

I guess they didn’t speak to each other at the meeting.

They’re just alike. Rubio wears high heels to look taller. Bush stands on his toes.


6 posted on 03/15/2016 11:59:28 AM PDT by VerySadAmerican (Cruz voters: Wake up! Trump is our only chance of stopping the gopE. If not now, never!)
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To: kevcol
That's hilarious. So because Jeb's feelings got hurt, he'd prefer to let a guy he thinks is horribly unsuited to be President rather than endorse the guy who "betrayed" him?

Regardless of how you feel about Rubio or Trump, Jeb clearly believes that Trump is unsuited to be President. For him to put his butthurt before the good of the country (from his perspective), is just another reason why he did not deserve to be President.

7 posted on 03/15/2016 12:00:42 PM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: kevcol

Yeb! had too much butthurt towards Rubio to endorse him.

Not that it would have helped Amnesty Boy much.


8 posted on 03/15/2016 12:01:08 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: kevcol

Rubio is a flop and a failure. Hopes should sour.


10 posted on 03/15/2016 12:06:51 PM PDT by mulligan (I)
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To: mulligan

Rubio is a RINO and Florida knows it

He has no future here

Might as well go NYC or DC for a job


11 posted on 03/15/2016 12:16:27 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: kevcol

In any number of ways, Marco Rubio demonstrated for all to see why he shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near the levers of power in this country. He’s very much a clone of Barak Obama in that he’s a excellent orator who doesn’t even need a teleprompter to speak, and he’s lazy. When he said that “he was tired of the US Senate” after not even completing one term, he told us all that he’d be a golf course president if elected. And sadly, Cruz is too much from the same mold. When both of them put on their track shoes, they were finished.


12 posted on 03/15/2016 12:28:19 PM PDT by vette6387 (Obama can go to hell!)
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To: kevcol

A Jeb! endorsement would have killed Jeb!’s brand.
This is not the year for establishment.


13 posted on 03/15/2016 12:36:05 PM PDT by mabelkitty (Trump 2016! Mabelkitty - Unengaged and Low Information Voter since 2000!)
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin

I remember last summer Trump said Jeb was a phony for saying Rubio was his “good friend”, and that he didn’t believe Jeb wasn’t really ticked off at his betrayal. Boy did he have him pegged.


14 posted on 03/15/2016 1:17:17 PM PDT by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: Hugin

Others have also noted this. Also the Bushes felt betrayed when the devious Nikki Haley endorsed Robot Rubio.


15 posted on 03/15/2016 1:20:18 PM PDT by apocalypto
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To: kevcol

Jeb has a record of ignoring people in need.


16 posted on 03/15/2016 1:42:27 PM PDT by FrankR (You're only enslaved to the extent of the charity that you receive!)
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin

The anti-Hamilton.


17 posted on 03/15/2016 2:50:29 PM PDT by OddLane
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