Rubio is finished. Lesson to anyone: if you’re on the same side of an issue as up-Chuck Schumer, that’s not a good thing.The center-right establishment GOP doesn't see it that way. They think he's shrewdly positioned himself to run in 2016.
Immigration Reform, Yes. The Senate Bill, No: 10 Takeaways From The Fiasco
It's all just a game to them.
6. Senator Marco Rubio remains a GOP superstar who will be in much demand on the campaign trail in 2014 and a very serious contender for the GOP presidential nomination if he chooses to be, with –wait for it– a candidacy enhanced by this.Really.
He has marked out his reformist credentials on a key issue and can go as conservative as he wants to on every other issue without ever worrying that MSM can try and paint him as an extremist as it is trying to do to Ted Cruz right now.
Not that the immunization process isn’t painful. It is, but he’s a pretty tough character. Also, the noise from the extreme wing of the anti-immigration reform movement is wildly amplified by the MSM and social media.
Here’s a test: Ask any elected official you know if they’d like to have Senator Rubio headline a fundraiser for them next month. They will all say “Yes!”
Almost everybody in the GOP still loves Rubio, but many disagree with him on a key issue. Big deal.
Recall that W had the same issue with things like the ports deal and immigration reform but never lost the base of the GOP.
