Rubio for vice president

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Maybe he knows Romney will select the Fat Man? 

Sen. Rubio: I Will Not Be VP Candidate
Friday, 23 Dec 2011
By Hiram Reisner

Sen. Marco Rubio says no matter who the Republicans choose for their 2012 presidential nominee he is ruling out any chance of taking the second spot on a GOP ticket. The Florida Republican also told Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly in an interview that aired Thursday he has not chosen his preferred candidate to challenge President Barack Obama.
 
Noting that Florida and the Hispanic vote were important to the GOP, O’Reilly pressed Rubio several times on whether his decision was final and asked if he got a call from the eventual nominee saying: “I would like you, Senator Rubio, to consider being vice president,” would Rubio reply: “Absolutely not — I’m not going to do it?”

Rubio said that no is his final answer.

“Yes, I’m going to say: I have been here in the United States Senate for about a year — there are some things I want to finish doing here,” Rubio said, adding that as a conservative Republican there is much he can do in the Democratic-controlled Senate. “But I really, really want to accomplish some things.

“There’s a lot of important public policy that’s come out of Senate — the Senate is an important place,” he said. “We can do a lot of good from there if we focus on it — I believe I can do just as much good in the United States Senate.”

O’Reilly asked Rubio if he was ready to endorse any of the Republican hopefuls or if he had a preferred candidate. The senator replied he agrees with different candidates on parts of their platforms, but was not ready to commit to any specific contender.

“I think on the foreign policy realm, I think [Mitt] Romney is probably closer right now,” Rubio said. “Gingrich who I think is, you know, deeply invested in public policy — I have known him for a long time.”

http://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/rubio-vice-president/2011/12/23/id/421946

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No way Romney picks Christie.  Two NE liberal repubs is a no go. 

He is going to pick Susana Martinez, watch. 

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No way Romney picks Christie.  Two NE liberal repubs is a no go. 

He is going to pick Susana Martinez, watch. 

Christie is a fiscal conservative and the economy is the most important issue for the foreseeable future.  He would probably create more buzz than the typical VP choice. 

Don't have an opinion about Martinez yet.  I like her background, but need to learn more about her and hear what she has to say. 

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Christie is a fiscal conservative and the economy is the most important issue for the foreseeable future.  He would probably create more buzz than the typical VP choice. 

Don't have an opinion about Martinez yet.  I like her background, but need to learn more about her and hear what she has to say. 

Its all about pandering.  The GOP to Hispander to latinos in order to win.   

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Its all about pandering.  The GOP to Hispander to latinos in order to win.   

Meh.  I don't think any ethnic-based vote is all that important.  It's independents and crossover Democrats who will decide the election.

Also, the VP choice is usually window dressing, because people typically vote the top of the ticket.   

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nicky haley wants the gig bad.  but really, he'll roll with a safer choice.  someone with at least a decade of experience, maybe some military.  someone with right-wing cred would be nice. 

Christie wants the gig bad, but he's a bomb thrower too.  He'll use the c-word to describe a reporter at some point. 

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nicky haley wants the gig bad.  but really, he'll roll with a safer choice.  someone with at least a decade of experience, maybe some military.  someone with right-wing cred would be nice. 

Christie wants the gig bad, but he's a bomb thrower too.  He'll use the c-word to describe a reporter at some point. 

Good - we need a few more new kunts to be called out and body splashed.   

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Good - we need a few more new kunts to be called out and body splashed.   

doesnt play well with female swing voters

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doesnt play well with female swing voters

There are a lot of chubby chasers too w women.  BTW - I do agree with calling women the C word left and right when they deserve it.   

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Still a favorite.  First time I've really heard Condi Rice's name.   

GOP Likes Thune, Rubio, Rice as Mitt Romney VP
January 3, 2012

Hours before the Republicans begin the first-in-the-nation voting for their 2012 presidential nominee, many in the GOP brain trust are already looking to potential vice presidential candidates to help push the expected winner, Mitt Romney, over the finish line in November.

A Washington Whispers survey of top GOP strategists finds that two surrogates for Romney and the Senate's most famous Hispanic top a long list of vice presidential picks Romney should consider if he wins the GOP nomination as expected.

While over a dozen names were suggested by the strategists, some with the campaigns, four top the list: South Dakota Sen. John Thune and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, both surrogates for Romney, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, the most talked-about Hispanic in Washington, and former Secretary of State Condi Rice.

Others receiving multiple votes were Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum.

"Romney is likely to have to go right," said one former Bush aide. "He'll need somebody to generate enthusiasm from the base. Rubio fits the bill."

Some suggested that while most of the top picks appear easy and safe candidates, it is not out of the question that Romney would choose a surprise. The reason: Romney himself is the safest of the GOP candidates and might need some spice to rev up the Republican base. But it won't be Sarah Palin. Not one of our experts mentioned her, though former McCain adviser and former Hewlett-Packard executive Carly Fiorina got a vote.

Of special concern is how Romney can woo southerners, Tea Party candidates, and evangelicals. Here, the strategists said that he could try to get Rick Santorum or Texas Gov. Rick Perry to campaign for him. Others even suggested that Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, candidate Ron Paul's son, be enlisted.

And some said that Romney should consider breaking with tradition and choosing his running mate well before the Republican National Convention set for August 27-30 in Tampa, Fla. "No matter what, I think that Romney has to pick as soon as possible, hopefully before June," said one strategist.

Below is the list of most-favored Romney running mates from the strategists Whispers polled.

•First place: Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, former Secretary of State Condi Rice, South Dakota Sen. John Thune.
•Second: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie
•Third: Ohio Sen. Rob Portman.
•Fourth: Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum.
•Fifth: Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell.
Those receiving one vote: Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, former California Senate candidate and ex-Hewlett-Packard executive Carly Fiorina, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett, and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal.

http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2012/01/03/gop-likes-thune-rubio-rice-as-mitt-romney-vp

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insane that anyone would beleive rubio is more qualified than everyone else. 

he's one of those guys - the more you learned about him, the more you'd realize others were way more prepared for VP slot.

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insane that anyone would beleive rubio is more qualified than everyone else. 

he's one of those guys - the more you learned about him, the more you'd realize others were way more prepared for VP slot.

Rubio has more qualifications than Obama did at this point.   

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Rubio has more qualifications than Obama did at this point.   

what are they?  1 year in national senate?  at state level, he was small time and worked for some time as a lobyist.

What are rubio's credentials that you feel are greater than obama's 7 years in Illinois state senate?  list them, good sir.

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what are they?  1 year in national senate?  at state level, he was small time and worked for some time as a lobyist.

What are rubio's credentials that you feel are greater than obama's 7 years in Illinois state senate?  list them, good sir.

LOL!   Exactly - yet you supported obama anyway correct? 

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LOL!   Exactly - yet you supported obama anyway correct? 

you made a statement and now you aren't backing it up.

I contend obama, as unprepared as he was, still had more experience than Rubio. 

You agree then, huh?  super duper.

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you made a statement and now you aren't backing it up.

I contend obama, as unprepared as he was, still had more experience than Rubio. 

You agree then, huh?  super duper.

no i dont agree.  Obama did nothing as a state senator.   He voted present all the time remember?

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no i dont agree.  Obama did nothing as a state senator.   He voted present all the time remember?

I see.   I guess you can list the stellar achievements that Rubio made at the state level?  Or you don't know, but assume it's gonna beat obama, right?

He's been at the nat'l level for a year.  Rubio ain't ready, and would be a liability at veep, a ploy to suck up to hispanic voters and win fla.

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I see.   I guess you can list the stellar achievements that Rubio made at the state level?  Or you don't know, but assume it's gonna beat obama, right?

He's been at the nat'l level for a year.  Rubio ain't ready, and would be a liability at veep, a ploy to suck up to hispanic voters and win fla.

LOL!!!!   you have got to be kidding.   

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LOL!!!!   you have got to be kidding.   

90% of the people in that list would be fine vp or prez.   condi would be very ready, as would jeb, santorum, ryan, mcdonnel, thune.

Now, christie and rubio - the most exciting ones the repubs are drooling over - far less experience and vetting there.

IMO, you roll with proven candidates - not question marks who haven't yet spent 500 days in public office.

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90% of the people in that list would be fine vp or prez.   condi would be very ready, as would jeb, santorum, ryan, mcdonnel, thune.

Now, christie and rubio - the most exciting ones the repubs are drooling over - far less experience and vetting there.

IMO, you roll with proven candidates - not question marks who haven't yet spent 500 days in public office.

Rubio has been in state office for how long again?   

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Rubio in letter to Obama: You are turning America into a 'deadbeat nation'

by Jason Mattera

01/06/2012


http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=48605



In a scathing letter to sent to Barack Obama this morning, Senator Marco Rubio said that under the President’s first term in office, “more and more people have come to believe that America is becoming a deadbeat nation.”

Rubio went on to pledge that he would challenge any further increase in the debt ceiling, arguing that “we [Congress] need to make it routine to actually spend no more than we take in.” In the letter obtained by HUMAN EVENTS, the Florida Senator said that President Obama’s upcoming request to increase the debt ceiling by a whopping $1.2 trillion will cause the nation’s public debt to surpass the $16 trillion mark.

“I will oppose your request to continue borrowing and spending recklessly.”

President Obama is expected to request the new borrowing power from Congress once the Senate and House return from their holiday recess.

If the President led the charge to reduce the country’s unsustainable debt in mid 2011 rather than punt the enterprise to a “Super Committee,” asserted Rubio, we’d already be on a pathway toward economic growth and prosperity. "Unfortunately, the first three years of your presidency have been a profile in leadership failure."

The letter concludes: “America deserves leaders who will stand front and center, level with the American people about our challenges and offer real solutions to solve them.  Instead of simply asking for another debt ceiling increase, I urge you to come forward with a real plan to tackle our debt in 2012.”

This is the latest salvo in the debt ceiling debate in Washington.

The Florida Republican’s warning letter to Obama can be read in its entirety by clicking the image below.

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what legislation has rubio written, what problems has rubio solved?

the tea partiers have been in power for a year and cut 385 MILLION from the budget, right?  brutal success.

hey rubio, please stop wasting time writing letters to obama whining, and get some shit done man.

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what legislation has rubio written, what problems has rubio solved?

the tea partiers have been in power for a year and cut 385 MILLION from the budget, right?  brutal success.

hey rubio, please stop wasting time writing letters to obama whining, and get some shit done man.

You are really an idiot.  Sorry 240, call it whatever you want, you have gone right back to lying, kneepadding, and bogus crap. 


What can Rubio do in the Senate when you have that pofsa Reid blocking everything and who will not even bring up a budget for a vote?

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so to be clear -

"What can rubio do in the senate" is a great defense for his lack of a resume, beacuse the dems controlled the senate.

But obama's shitty senate record (under a repub majority) is proof that he sucks.

See how that's a little inconsistent?

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Huckabee to Newsmax: Rubio Would Be Good VP Pick
Wednesday, 11 Jan 2012
By John Bachman and Steve Malzberg

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee tells Newsmax that the Republican nomination is Mitt Romney’s to lose and that Florida Sen. Marco Rubio would be a good vice-presidential pick.

“The old cliché of the fat lady singing . . . I’d just say she is warming up right now, but she hasn’t taken the stage,” Huckabee told Newsmax in an exclusive interview.

Huckabee criticized Newt Gingrich’s recent campaign strategy of attacking Romney’s business record. The former House speaker’s campaign released a new film, titled “King of Bain,” Wednesday in South Carolina that depicts Romney as “more ruthless than Wall Street.”

The film also highlights the stories of people who lost their jobs after the companies they worked for were bought by Romney’s private equity firm, Bain Capital.

“Newt may be making a mistake in being so relentless in his attacks on Romney because it seems a lot of voters are more interested in what are you going to do about Obama than what are you going to do about Mitt Romney,” Huckabee said.

Huckabee, who ran for president in 2008 and considered running for the GOP nod this cycle, also told Newsmax that he would suggest Rubio as a good vice-presidential pick for Romney, assuming that Romney wins the nomination.

Pundits and strategists have tossed out several names as potential V.P. picks in addition to Rubio, including Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Huckabee said he also likes Christie, but Rubio would be the strategically superior choice.

“I think Marco Rubio is the much stronger candidate, mainly because Mitt needs to balance himself geographically. Florida is going to be a very key swing state,” said Huckabee, who noted that Romney has not asked for his advice on a running mate.

“If he could get Rubio on the ticket, you’ve got a person with great ties to the Hispanic community, an amazing communicator, a terrific leader, a Floridian and someone who has impeccable values voter credentials with the pro-life and pro-family crowd,” Huckabee said.

http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/Huckabee-Rubio-vice-president/2012/01/11/id/423883