Marco Rubio on national ticket could be risky bet for Republican Party

[onehandle]

Source: Washington Post

Republicans who are eager to repair the party’s battered image among Hispanic voters and unseat President Obama next year have long promoted a single-barrel solution to their two-pronged problem: putting Sen. Marco Rubio on the national ticket.

The charismatic Cuban American lawmaker from Florida, the theory goes, could prompt Hispanics to consider supporting the GOP ticket — even after a primary contest in which dust-ups over illegal immigration have left some conservative Hispanics uneasy.

But Rubio’s role in recent controversies, including a dispute with the country’s biggest Spanish-language television network and new revelations that he had mischaracterized his family’s immigrant story, shows that any GOP bet on his national appeal could be risky.

Democrats had already questioned whether a Cuban American who has voiced conservative views on immigration and opposed the historic Supreme Court nomination of Sonia Sotomayor, the first Latina justice, could appeal to a national Hispanic electorate of which Cubans are just a tiny fraction but have special immigration status. And Rubio’s support in Florida among non-Cuban Hispanics has been far less pronounced than among his fellow Cubans.


Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rubio-on-national-ticket-could-be-risky-bet-for-gop/2011/10/26/gIQAp9vuJM_story.html?hpid=z2

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I was 100% sure that Rubio would be Mitten's running mate. They would lose and Rubio would go on to become President in 2016.

Now I have substantial doubts.

[dipsydoodle]

1. "charismatic Cuban American" aka "the liar"

who suffered a convenient memory loss when it came to when and why his parents left Cuba.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=405x55921

[Firebrand Gary]

2. The flip flopper and the liar.

I fear for my country.

[JCMach1]

3. Rubio is not ready for primetime... but when did that ever stop Repugs....

[Evasporque]

4. mischaracterized = lied

gotta love the media and how they spin sleaze..

[Hawaii Hiker]

5. And Rubio has NOTHING in common w/about 98%

of Hispanic voters....Rubio is a very, very far right guy who appeals to very few people....

[Joe Bacon]

6. Just wait for the Koch Brothers to pour in 100 million and POOF

Thanks to the Citizens United Decision from our corrupted Whore Court, The Kochs and their fellow Whore Street Pimps will pour a billion dollars into Republican pockets and they'll cover up for their little rubber stamp Marco!

[florida08]

7. as the largest recipient of Koch money

that alone raises a big red flag

[zonkers]

8. IMHO, Rubio cannot be sold to Latinos, especially Mexican Americans who's B.S. detectors

are finally tuned from years of experience.

[peace frog]

9. He would take the Cuban vote but otherwise

I think Latinos can easily tell that Rubio is a frontman for Big Money and vote accordingly.

[AlinPA]

10. If he were on their ticket the media would go berserk. 24 x 7, pictures of him and his wife.

They would sell him to the gullible Americans.

[southernyankeebelle]

11. Once his closet is open I doubt he'll be elected dog catcher.

[No Elephants]

12. Are you saying he is gay?