Category Marco Rubio
Zest of the Day: Marco Rubio Defends the 2nd Amendment on TownHall.com
Right-wing news site TownHall.com was one of the original conservative entertainment complex outlets founded in the late 1990s, long before the left got its digital act together. Rarely do elected officials pen columns for the site but today is an exception with Senator Marco Rubio discussing his pro-gun views with readers.
Zest of the Day: Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio Bloomberg Double
I try and read Bloomberg Businessweek on time each week, but I have fallen behind recently. I get the magazine delivered to my Kindle in a timely fashion but am often weeks behind in actually reading the magazine. This morning while kindling (as my office mates call it when I whip out my Kindle and […]
Zest of the Day: The Curious Case of Marco Rubio, Amnesty Flip-Flopper
Excellent read from Mediaite.
PPP Poll Takeaway & Is Jeb Growing Envious of Rubio?
Beating up on Governor Jeb Bush over his failed press tour and his two consecutive 180 degree flips on immigration is too easy, and not worthy of any more column inches. But what is interesting in the recently released PPP poll is that Marco Rubio’s views on immigration are now far clearer and better known […]
Marco Rubio’s Going Back to the Future
Last week Senator Marco Rubio addressed the annual CPAC conference with tired classic GOP rhetoric. My colleague Lauren Schwartz gave an outstanding account of Rubio’s offensive and crass speech on Friday and her analysis opens up more questions about Rubio and where the GOP is headed. In 1996, the Republican nominee for President, Senator Bob […]
CPAC: Rubio Continues To Play Right-Wing Superhero
Oh, CPAC. Where would we be without you? When conservatives lost handily in 2012, most summed it up that the Republican party needs to adapt to keep up with the electorate. But those at CPAC seem to want to beat the notion into a bloody pulp. Take Marco Rubio. He is a generally charismatic politician […]
Zest of the Day: Rubio and Bush Generate Presidential Buzz
The Sun Sentinel previews CPAC.
Red Claude Pepper & Gorgeous George Smathers: a Parable
Once upon a time in Florida, a wealthy well-connected conservative with little grasp of the issues but outsize support from real estate and commercial interests toppled, for the first time in state history, a sitting U.S. Senator — effective legislator, friend of labor and confidante to FDR Claude Pepper — by using a sly combination […]
Right Wing Rubio: Not a Hint of Moderation To Be Found As Iowa Posturing Continues
Republican “savior” Marco Rubio has had the type of week to make conservative salivate. Let’s recap. “Americans for Prosperity” a right-wing, anti-tax, anti-government group has gave Rubio its only A+ score for 2012 in the US Senate Rubio was one of 15 Republican Senators who signed a letter asking the President to withdraw the nomination of […]
Rubio Votes “No” on Cloture for Hagel
Republican “savior” Marco Rubio has voted no on shutting off the filibuster of Senator Chuck Hagel’s nomination for Defense Secretary. However the cloture motion passed 71-27 and Hagel’s nomination should receive final passage later today. Rubio was one of the first Republican Senators to publicly announce opposition to Hagel’s nomination and last week signed a […]
The Florida Squeeze 