For those who may not be quite so enthusiastic about the presidential aspirations of Marco Rubio, he seems to be picking up a new nickname this week: quitter. And if voters don’t buy that, Rubio has another explanation: “In the history of presidential politics, people have, when they’ve been running for politics in the Senate, they’ve missed votes”, the senator told CNN.
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“I’m running for president so the votes they take in the Senate are actually meaningful again”.
I agree with Paul, nevertheless, that of Rubio’s several responses to this criticism, the weakest is the one he gave during the second presidential debate-the fact that he is leaving the Senate to go where the real power is, the White House. “They’re not going to pass. And even if they did, the president would veto them”.
“I don’t know that “hate” is the right word”, he told the Post.
“Someone might say you’re not showing up, you’re not doing your job by voting”, Gangel said. His past support for comprehensive immigration reform is a major liability, but Rubio has shown a lot more finesse on that issue than has Jeb, and one liability isn’t usually enough to doom a candidate who otherwise looks like a victor.
GANGEL: Senate votes aren’t important…
Rubio said he isn’t missing any of the intelligence briefings: “I was just there this Tuesday”. I got fully briefed and caught up on everything that’s happening in the world. “We’re still involved in looking out for Florida’s issues”. Rubio said on the Senate floor, “All we’re saying in this bill is, if you work at the VA, and you aren’t doing your job, they get to fire you”.
RUBIO: No, I think we should have a Republican primary.
The Republican presidential hopeful also said he is willing to support whoever wins the party’s nomination, but added that he’s “comfortable that it’s not going to be Donald Trump” and “increasingly confident that it’s going to be me”. When a senator is out of town or misses a vote, the state that he or she works for is not represented fully on that particular issue.
He said lately he’s a fan of electronic dance music, as well as artists who have crossed traditional lines of genre.
Rubio reportedly “hates” life in the Senate.
Conant predicts Rubio will do well in South Carolina – “a state that has been important to Marco for a long time”.
Hillary Clinton has strengthened her position as the Democrat to beat in her quest to become the country’s first woman president.
It’s not just her appeal to Hispanics that he could dent but he offers a generational contrast with a woman who has been in politics for 20 years and who will be 69 come election day.
“I’ve got a lot of really cool things I could do other than sit around, being miserable, listening to people demonize me and me feeling compelled to demonize them”. That’s just campaign talk.
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Last month Rubio told Iowa voters that when he ran for his Senate seat back in 2010 against former Democratic Governor Charlie Crist, the establishment “actively tried to undermine” his candidacy, and they still aren’t backing him now.
