Rubio Remains Man in the Middle in Florida Primary
January 28, 2012
The Republican presidential candidates are belittling each other and airing nasty attack ads as they battle in Florida.
But Marco Rubio doesn’t seem worried that damage inflicted now will carry into November. When the GOP nominee is eventually chosen, Florida’s junior senator and Republican wunderkind predicts the party will come together and defeat Democratic President Obama.
“I don’t think it’s any different than you’ve seen in other campaigns,” Rubio said, mentioning the drawn-out 2008 fight for the Democratic nomination between Obama and Hillary Clinton. “I think these races get like that. They get heated. These are highly competitive individuals. There’s a lot at stake.”
In a wide-ranging interview in his Capitol Hill office decorated with palm trees, Rubio said Thursday he’s not planning to endorse a candidate before Tuesday’s primary, explained why he thinks the improving-but-still-sluggish economy will cost the president a second term, and encouraged Republicans to do a better job of wooing Latino voters.
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It’s interesting that Gingrich dropped Marc Rubio’s name during last Thursday’s CNN Debate, as a possible vice presidnintal selection. Quite frankly, I think it was purely to score points. Although Marco Rubio has refused to openly support a candidate, several weeks ago it was reported that Romney, Christie and Rubio had a “secret meeting,” and the specualtion of Rubio being Romney’s running mate was enhanced.
Gingrich MUST win Flordia if he has a chance at winning the nomination. He absolutely must win. Romney can lose Florida and still win the nomination…though it will be a very expensive battle down to the wire. Romney will take Nevada and maine, which are the next primaries. If Romney win Flordia, and there is a good chance he will, it’s over for the rest of the candidates.
Romney dropped Rubio’s name in that debate as well. And before Gingrich.
Maine Governor may endorse Ron Paul.
where was rubio when all this crap started with mitt..the angry mad man????? why didn’t he stop it!!!!!!!
I HAVE LOST RESPECT FOR RUBIO….HE COULD HAVE STOPPED ALL THIS DEBATE CRAZYINESS…AND HE DIDN’T …MITT SHOULD BE KICK OUT….JUST LIKE THEY DID TO HOWARD DEAN….KICK MITT OUT!!!!!!!
Hi, Capt… I am hoping for Newt. I feel that Romney is not what we need .Rubio is a good man and has a lot to offer our country.He would be an asset to anyone who would choose him. I can’t understand why the media and the GOP are so keen on Romney, when he lost to McCain last time. It looks like we are being set up for failure. Our primary will be Tue. andI am praying for Newt.
i completely agree that Newt is the one we need now in America. We need someone to clean up the mess in Washington and Newt can and will do it. Why do you think the establishment and Washington want Romney so bad. They are scared to death to have Newt in the government. They are all happy with the control now over the American people. none of them have a desire to change anything and Newt would shake things up.
Romney is not the man. He is “old guard, GOP establishment”. Florida, don’t fall for the establishment candidate again. McCain couldn’t beat Obumnutz and neither will Romnutz. Newt will buck the establishment and with the right VP and cabinet and a cleansing of more dems and rino’s out of congress we can turn this thing around.
David you are dead on target,Hope Florida voters can see through the money smoke, Do not let big money buy you out/ You may not have Another chance too salvage your inveatments
Hello Ann. If I had to predict who’ll win Flordia, I’d have to say Romney. My candidate is out already so I am just waiting to see what develops.
I won’t be voting in Florida but, I too hope that Newt wins. Romney is too much like obummer and why did he lose to McCain? I doubt that Romeny would do anything to get rid of obummercare. I wish Michelle Bachmann would have stayed in but not to be!
your right…mitt will do nothing but sit in the office like opbama…they are the same….newt will get the work done!!!!! mitt is a dirty mad dog…hate what he has done to the debates…all because he lost iowa…shame on him…what a rotten loser…we do not need a mad man in the white house…isn’t that why they hit howard dean out of the debates???? lets kick mitt out!!!!!!!!
Romney lost to McCain because Huckabee drew away the evangelical votes in the South and then he and McCain tag-teamed Romney after the South was no longer in play. And, Obama waltzed into the White House.
The same kind of thing is being considered for this campaign. Not that much wrong with the tactic — unless you’re going to want to whine about things when Obama is re-elected in November.
Rubio is a good man but he has the same problem as Obama. he is not a “natural born”
His father was not a citizen when Marco was born.
The Dem have already started a suit in Ill questioning Romney’s background.
Ann sure would be nice if Rubio would speak up,I heard he has already been in a private meeting with Romney.he might be going for the money
Why are you praying for NEWT?. Are you a Christian or a conservative or both? Have you forgotten your family values? NEWT is an adulterer and a liar. Newt cannot be an adulterer without lying. He committed adultery twice. Once on his first wife, then again on the second wife. There was no repentance, because he did it again. No repentance, no forgiveness. Calista his present wife was his mistress for 3 years while he was married to the second wife. Do you think Newt did not lie? while carrying on an affair? Congress impeached Clinton. Herman Cain got out of the race, because of the sex scandal.
Liars, adulterous people are NOT to be trusted. NEWT is one of them.
So you prefer an adulterer and a liar like NEWT over MITT ROMNEY? What kind of Christian are you or even a conservative. A(CINO) (Christian in Name Only) or a religious bigot?
Alice… Maybe we should pray for you,too..Stop and think about exactly who is the BIGOT!! Could it be YOU????
Ann, you’re quick to infer that Alice might have a sordid background just because she believes that a man’s claim of repentence is not always what it is purported to be.
On every thread we hear people saying that this or that politician has changed his position just to get people to vote for him. How would this be any different? Do you not suppose it is just as likely that a man will claim repentence for the same reason?
God knows whether a man has repented, of course: And to forgive is admirable; but, to vote for a man just because he tells you that he repented might not measure up to the kind of vetting many posters here, including you, seem to demand.
Ann, I too wonder why everyone seems to be hell bent on Romney! Romney is just another slick snake oil salesman. Would not trust him as President.
I think Marco Rubio is like the FL.GOV.both of em are fence straddlers, neither one of em will make a commitment,they are holding back to see what they can get out of it, to heck with the people in Florida.
I do not very often disagree with you captain but this time I think your wrong. It is not over for at least two of the candidates Romney and Gingrich. It may be for Santorum and Paul, that remains to be seen. I have said in the past and I will say again any of the current candidates would be a much better president then obama. And any may be able to beat obama but it will depend on the tenacity of the candidate selected to be obama’s opponent.
However, I do need to explain my reason for not thinking it’s over. If we were to add the santorum and Paul support to Newt he would defeat Romney easily, because most if not all of the two’s supporters will definitely not move to Romney. And in a heads up situation they move to Gingrich. Furthermore, of the two Gingrich will have the easiest time defeating obama. Now don’t take that wrong, neither will be easy but of the two Romney will have a much harder time of it.
This is only my opinion and I do not claim to be an expert just a very interested bystander. Who, by the way, sees the destruction of our nation immanent if obama is reelected.
You may not have been paying much attention. You will never be able to add Paul’s support to Gingrich or Romney because Paul supporters think those two are pretty similar and would carry on the policies of Bush/Obama. In other words they would take orders from the powers that be.
Romney will have to beat Ron Paul in Maine and Nevada. Maine caucuses have already begun and Ron Paul is leading there. He also has been running TV ads and has had offices open in Nevada for several months.
Ron Paul 2012!!! We would be in the situation we find ourselfs in today if everyone voted per Constitution like Dr. Ron Paul does.
Newt, Willard, and Rick had their chances and they have failed. It is time we have a President that takes his Oath to protect and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foriegn and domestic, seriously and there is only one guy that has the record to prove he is the right man for the job and that is Dr. Ron Paul.
Ron Paul 2012!!! Vote “Right”.
Wrong!
Real difference between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich
Mitt Romney: Establishmentarian loyal to the establishment. A good ole boy who does what he is told. Perhaps he means well, but he has a checkered past on the issues, and is dead wrong on many things. Unwitting progressive wrapped up in sincerely moderate rhetoric.
Newt Gingrich: Establishmentarian not always loyal to the establishment. Loyal only to himself, except where his personal benefit coincides with that of others. Where he disagrees with the establishment it is usually not that he has better ideas, but, frankly, much worse. Establishment hates him not because he is not one of their own, but because he has stabbed even them, his former friends, in the back. Has a checkered past in regards not just to the issues, but also his personal life and his character. Proud progressive cloaked in conservative rhetoric at the right moments.
Hank the Skank… I see that you are still singing Dr Dementia’s praises. What is wrong with you? Anyhow, if I recall some other posts, you are a young idealogue and you will get over this as time passes. Billings, Mont.is it??? Did PETA ever get with you about the bob cat hides you are poaching?? Grow up, Skank and be somebody. Love, Ann
please take me out of moderation… Hank is waiting to hear from me.
Old idealist here and I agree with Hank. Newt and Mitt would take marching orders from the powers that be.
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Marco Rubio is no more qualified to be president then is obama. Furthermore, those who are espousing Romney is not qualified because his father was born in Mexico are incorrect. The fact is, according to a decision made by the supreme court in 1875, if Romney’s father was born to two (2) parents who were both citizens of the United States it makes no difference in what country he was born. However, do not mistake my statement as a supporter of Romney, I am absolutely not! But after all we are a country of laws, or at least supposed to be.
Ron Paul ? Is that the transvestite on TV ? Oh that’s Ru Paul – sorry !
PYTHON….. Ru PaUL– RON PAUL the same.
And you, Ann, are incorrect. What made you such a venomous person?
You are correct.
I sure hope Rubio is right.
I think Rubio would be pretty good also but is he legal?if he’s not proven absolutely legal the dems aren’t going to be happy until obama has had more time to bankrupt the country.
No, Rubio is not legal. He is not a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN.
He can stay in the Senate or get assigned to a Cabinet position but he could not be POTUS, VPOTUS or Speaker of the House (3rd in line for POTUS).
He could however be appointed to a Cabinet position.
Hmm – why do they cal it a Cabinet anyhow ? I thought a Cabinet is where you keep things.
YES. He wouldn’t be considered if he wasn’t. He was born in the USA…his parents were exiles from Cuba. My parents were exiles from Mussolini’s Fascist Italy. I coulda been president, too…but nobody would vote for me..LOL
Is it just me or do the Mitt Romney ads on this webpage illustrate the slanted coverage we find here?
Rubio is too naive and too blind to make a difference who is a conservative and who is RINO liberal!! He lost an opportunity for his future and he didn’t understand who is the right choice- Tea Party !
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Newt , Mitt and Santorum = NDAA , Patriot Act , Warmongering , Cronyism
Rubio is not a”NATURAL BORN CITIZEN”,Both parents were Cubans when he was born.Romney parents; father Mexican, mother British.
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Guest What difference will it make??? He will never be nominated!!!!
Get over your venting when the GOP person gets the nomination then VOTE FOR THAT PERSON, ALSO SEND IN A CONTRIBUTION. BEAT THAT IMPOSTER IN WASHINGTON.
Whoever picks Rubio will never get elected. He is not a natural born citizens and many will not vote to help shred the Constitution any more than what these globalist neocons have done already.
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Alice Aren’t you the smug, sanctimonious one!!!I believe that is called self-righteosness. Very tacky…
For once I agree with you, Ann. I do however wonder what value Newt’s vows to all us complete strangers would be were he to be president.
The Mormons had multiple wives – all at the SAME TIME. And as many as they could support.
They stopped because the government forced them to.
Newt has had only ONE wife at a time. Yes, he has had 3. I know a lot of people who have had more spouses than that (even within my own family).
Then, there was Liz Taylor – how many husbands did she have ? 6 or 7 , something like that.
Is Rubio just another Mexican “Fraud” Invader??? I heard him talking Spanish
In a Video & I almost signed him up for
A lawn care job!.
Looking at our Invaded border problems
Do we need more illegal Mexican backers
In Government positions???????????????
Hey Vet, he’s not Mexican. Both parents came from Cuba. If you are a veteran he values you. Not saying I’m a Rubio supporter though. I think he’s drunk too much neoconservative Cool Aid.
We need some new blood in the W.H.
Rubio could swing the Hispanic vote, although he will be vilified by the Demos.
Wors is that Ron Paul will stay in race to carry his delegates to try to get his son, Rand, the VP slot. Rand is fresh air, but he looks wierd, and the curly hair must go. That appearance would be a negative.
RUBIO, RUBIO, RUBIO!
I agree. Maybe a bald look for Sen. Paul…
So you judge someone by their appearance.
Ever hear the saying “Don’t judge a book by its cover” ?
It is easy to agree with Mario, and he could possibly be correct. He pointed out the conflict between Hillary and obama. And he is correct in his points, “almost,” and here is why. McCain was obama’s opponent. McCain is and was a passive progressive who would not, for some unknown reason, be critical of or attack obama in any way or on any of the things obama advocated. I know he considers himself a Republican but if he is, he is a far left Republican. I am not sure such an animal exists. So you see there were two mistakes made in 2008, not just the fact obama was elected by a bunch of idiots who didn’t think it made any difference who was elected. Because they have been told and have fallen for the untruth that both parties are the same. They are not! We conservatives presented a candidate who had no chance of winning the election. A turn the other cheek guy if you will. An admitted broken man, broken during his captivity in Viet Nam. I can guarantee you obama will not be so congenial, count on it. He, obama, will at least attempt to literally destroy who ever his opponent is and he will have the liberal media to assist in that attempt along with the money of george soros. Who ever the Republican candidate is he must be extremely strong willed and persistent. Someone who cannot be beaten in a debate or swayed on facts. We are in the fight of our life for our very life and don’t forget it!
AZ Don…. Do you listen to Rush??? He made a lot of sense today(as usual)… He said that even if Romney should get the nomination, he will NOT fight obama like he is attacking Newt. He says that the republican party won’t allow him to go after obama, so that makes me wonder what they (repubs) are up to… Also they are trying to take Allen West’s district from him.. What is your take on this??? looks like the establishment wants to destroy the TEA PARTY….Something smells!!!
Bingo! The GOP establishment marches to the beat of the Council on Foreign Relations just like the Democrat establishment does. They are part of the charade to make us think we have a real choice but notice how both Dems and the GOP pursue the same goals when in power. The tea party threatens to disrupt their conspiracy to subvert America to the New World Order.
Alice-are you a Christian? Christians believe in repentance and forgiveness! Yes, Newt made some terrible mistakes, but he has repented and now has faith in God. To throw his past mistakes into his face is very UN-Christ-like. I have been the victim of cheating and have seen the effects in others. But, if you repent for your sins and ask for forgiveness, you will be forgiven. God has forgiven Newt-why can’t you? Newt in 2012!:-)