No comparison between Rubio and Obama. Rubio actually worked for a living and acheived his success on his own, not through affirmative action programs.

i can’t wait to see what he brings. good for him!

I thought it was Sarah Palin.

He is affable and polished. He has a professional attitude and demeanor. I can understand the appeal.

I think Rubio is going to be needed by the Republicans. Ayn Rand Paul is going to be darting in front of every camera he can find now, a latter day John Cornyn, as it were. When it comes to camera presence and charisma, however, Paul is the polar absence of Rubio. When he is speaking Paul tends to remind me of Huey Long with a high, shrill raspy voice and a fondness for misplaced intonation and inflection and run-on sentences which seem to end without warning at odd places. Moreover, Paul has an odd and unappealing, Boys from Brazil-like physical appearance. At some point, Rubio is going to have to become the voice and the presence of the Republicans, and Paul is going to have to be relegated to the cloakroom.

Que suave ese chico.

I like him. He not only defeated Crist, but the Dem contender.

@timzank , sorry to bust your bubble, but affirmative actions were targeted at minorities and women. The last time I checked Rubio is a minority. Unless you are just blatantly biased against Obama, even if the face proves otherwise. Then your opinion is irrelevant, capiche?

timzank said:
No comparison between Rubio and Obama. Rubio actually worked for a living and acheived his success on his own, not through affirmative action programs.

In candor and fairness, Tim Z. Angst, we need to remember that the US has rained many gifts on the Cuban community, with preferential immigration policies and many affirmative action programs. Cuban Americans have used these gifts very effectively, to their own advantage and to the advantage of their communities and our nation. I begrudge them nothing and commend them for their wise use of these gifts and their hard work. We ought to take that as proof of what an enlightened immigration policy can do and uphold the Cuban Americans as a model. It does a great disservice to them and their hard work and dedication to use them as a means of pointing out what you perceive to be the shortcomings in others.

skyfet said:
@timzank , sorry to bust your bubble, but affirmative actions were targeted at minorities and women. The last time I checked Rubio is a minority. Unless you are just blatantly biased against Obama, even if the face proves otherwise. Then your opinion is irrelevant, capiche?

Cubans are not like other minorities, the majority of Cuban-Americans, in the early days, were overwhelmingly Conservative, and very hard working and business oriented.

I’ll bet if ya did some digging, Marco probably paid for his schooling and worked all through college, while Teh One probably subsisted on grants , and spent his down time twistin’ fatties and chasing chicks.

i just saw that allen west won his race. nice!

@ Latin2

Most Cubans I know are lazy deadbeats who refuse to pay their bills. So you are right…they’re not like other minorities. All they do is complain about Castro.

@timzank

You probably like him less now that you realized he’s not white.

emiwar said:
@ Latin2

Most Cubans I know are lazy deadbeats who refuse to pay their bills. So you are right…they’re not like other minorities. All they do is complain about Castro.

@timzank

You probably like him less now that you realized he’s not white.

Actually the hero of the Left in American Fidel Castro DUMPED OUT his prisons of criminals and insane asylums into large boats some twenty years ago, and those people were added into the mix, and those Cubans tend to vote Liberal, while those who escaped years before from Castro tend to be Conservative.

timzank said:
I’ll bet if ya did some digging, Marco probably paid for his schooling and worked all through college, while Teh One probably subsisted on grants , and spent his down time twistin’ fatties and chasing chicks.

Don’t get me wrong, I take nothing away from him. Affirmative action is a two way street. It works only if you work. And, work very hard. We have a large African-American middle class and upper middle class in America now. All affirmative action did for them was to level the playing field, to allow them to have their personal efforts meet some chance of success.

skyfet said:
@timzank , sorry to bust your bubble, but affirmative actions were targeted at minorities and women. The last time I checked Rubio is a minority. Unless you are just blatantly biased against Obama, even if the face proves otherwise. Then your opinion is irrelevant, capiche?

Tatally agree with this.

Latin2 said:
Actually the hero of the Left in American Fidel Castro DUMPED OUT his prisons of criminals and insane asylums into large boats some twenty years ago, and those people were added into the mix, and those Cubans tend to vote Liberal, while those who escaped years before from Castro tend to be Conservative.

A bit simplistic, Latin2. The children and grandchildren of Cuban immigrants have become assimilated very effectively. Castro is not the dominant feature in their lives. Cuba is not and will never be home to them. There is far more diversity in that community than you seem willing to recognize.

@ Latin2

Latin culture of anykind is detrimental and allows little room for a future. I’m of Hispanic origin but I do not consider myself Latino. I’m sorry I chose to be successful and not be part of a useless culture. Cubans are at the bottom of the Latino barrel.

Well not that Rubio has been crowned “the GOP’s next great hope” it won’t be too soon that the majority MSM come out full force to dig up dirt, attack him, belittle him, and trash him.

emiwar said:
@ Latin2

Latin culture of anykind is detrimental and allows little room for a future. I’m of Hispanic origin but I do not consider myself Latino. I’m sorry I chose to be successful and not be part of a useless culture. Cubans are at the bottom of the Latino barrel.

lol…you’re Latino and you think Cuban’s are the bottom of the barrel? lol

Cuban-Americans are some of the most successful Latino groups in America compared to other Latino groups…name me which large Latino groups are more successful than Cuban-Americans as a whole in education, business and livelihood.

timzank said:
No comparison between Rubio and Obama. Rubio actually worked for a living and acheived his success on his own, not through affirmative action programs.

Yeah, president Obama never worked or endured challenges. Just lost his father at a young age, watched his mother struggle to provide for him while surviving through cancer, pulled himself up by his own bootstraps to get int college, WORKED as a professor, president of the harvard law review, worked to gain a seat in the us senate, and convinced the majority of the United States to vote for him as president of the united states. No working involved there at all.

timzank said:
I’ll bet if ya did some digging, Marco probably paid for his schooling and worked all through college, while Teh One probably subsisted on grants , and spent his down time twistin’ fatties and chasing chicks.

Actually he had a number of scholarships, you know those things you only GET through hard work. And through all those “twistin fatties and chasing chicks” he still had time to graduate with honors.

On a side note, looks like the Repubs have found their candidate for president in 2012.

@ Latin2…umm….Spanish? The bottom line is that Latino culture in general is silly. It’s better to assimilate and be a real American. I have an American mentality and work very hard. I paid myself through school. Your problem is that you feel obligated to be part of a group. By the way…Cuban Spanish is horrible. It would help if they’d close their mouths after every word….better yet they should keep their mouths shut.

Latin culures that have a heavy European influence are much better.

emiwar said:
@ Latin2…umm….Spanish? The bottom line is that Latino culture in general is silly. It’s better to assimilate and be a real American. I have an American mentality and work very hard. I paid myself through school. Your problem is that you feel obligated to be part of a group. By the way…Cuban Spanish is horrible. It would help if they’d close their mouths after every word….better yet they should keep their mouths shut.

Latin culures that have a heavy European influence are much better.

Okay, I’m going to have to ask you to posting, you’re making yourself look terribly bad and bigoted. I know many cubans who have made their way in life while retaining their culture, I know many puerto ricans who’ve made theiir way in life while retaining their culture. Being a “real american” doesn’t mean selling out your culture. Contrary it means embracing it and your new culture.

emiwar said:
@ Latin2…umm….Spanish? The bottom line is that Latino culture in general is silly. It’s better to assimilate and be a real American. I have an American mentality and work very hard. I paid myself through school. Your problem is that you feel obligated to be part of a group. By the way…Cuban Spanish is horrible. It would help if they’d close their mouths after every word….better yet they should keep their mouths shut.

Latin culures that have a heavy European influence are much better.

How utterly despicable you are! To be sure, as a Texan, I am part of that unique cultural experience that often mixes Mexican and Norte Americano characteristics into a seamless whole, but I am far, far richer for it.

The_Reasonable_Lib said:
Okay, I’m going to have to ask you to posting, you’re making yourself look terribly bad and bigoted. I know many cubans who have made their way in life while retaining their culture, I know many puerto ricans who’ve made theiir way in life while retaining their culture. Being a “real american” doesn’t mean selling out your culture. Contrary it means embracing it and your new culture.

I think this is one of those blog frauds we’re dealing with here who means nothing he or she says. A pox on him or her.

It will be interesting to see in the months ahead how new Senators like Rubio and Paul play with others.
I tend to agree with Daniel Ellsburg , that Washington is designed to corrupt people, or to discourage those who resist corruption.

The_Reasonable_Lib said:
…Being a “real American” doesn’t mean selling out your culture. Contrary it means embracing it and your new culture.

Amen! We may disagree on a lot of things but I’m in complete agreement with you on this one.

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Will be interesting to see how Rubio evolves (influence,power) in the Senate and how he handles the spotlight. He’s as good if not best chance at this point to be America’s 1st Hispanic/Latino POTUS.

That reason alone is why Rubio will be both hearlded and scrutinized by the political parties from here on out.

RazorsEdge said:
Will be interesting to see how Rubio evolves (influence,power) in the Senate and how he handles the spotlight. He’s as good if not best chance at this point to be America’s 1st Hispanic/Latino POTUS. That reason alone is why Rubio will be both hearlded and scrutinized by the political parties from here on out.

The dems will begin their assault this morning, i.e. “he’s not a real hispanic”, just like they do with blacks that exhibit common sense, they are “toms”….
Happens every time, this should be no different.

S.O.P.

@ Royal King

I hav ethe fortunate position to aid Hispanics and do so every day. I am professional enough to keep my personal feelings aside. Hispanics for the most part are very hard working. My frustration stems from them selling themselves short. I greatly admire them for that but the culture is silly.

@ reasonable lib

we all are bigots…so full of hatred…we release our poison…like styrofoam.

Think outside of the box and let go and handle your emotions.

I would also like to submit a suggestion box request to Colby/Rachel. How about a story that outlines the number of NEW minority congress member were elected yesterday? I’m not sure there was a net plus overall, but I’m pretty sure there is a net plus for at least one political party.

I couldn’t find any record of Marco Rubio working for any commercial companies, he apparently has worked for legislators in government jobs his whole career. He is a Republican “free trader” so he will be willing to vote for more “Free Trade” agreements exporting American jobs to Central America:

http://patriotsforamerica.ning.com/profiles/blogs/unemployment-blues?xg_source=activity

RazorsEdge said:
I would also like to submit a suggestion box request to Colby/Rachel. How about a story that outlines the number of NEW minority congress member were elected yesterday? I’m not sure there was a net plus overall, but I’m pretty sure there is a net plus for at least one political party.

They (the winners of color on the right) are not gonna get ANY coverage in the media. They are a non story to the MSM, just “toms” and “kooks”…

redwriteblue said:
I couldn’t find any record of Marco Rubio working for any commercial companies, he apparently has worked for legislators in government jobs his whole career. He is a Republican “free trader” so he will be willing to vote for more “Free Trade” agreements exporting American jobs to Central America: http://patriotsforamerica.ning.com/profiles/blogs/unemployment-blues?xg_source=activity

You are terribly ill informed or terribly stupid. When placing the blame for the loss of jobs to other countries you have TWO entities to thank. Union Labor and Federal Regulation. Period.

So because he is a young, good looking, energetic guy he can say EXACTLY what the TEA Party folks have been saying all along and NOT be called a “teabagger”? Huh, go figure!

Latin culture of anykind is detrimental and allows little room for a future.

Good grief, emiwar. You keep that up, and you’ll be as bad as the King stereotyping all people who live in trailers.

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Rubio will definitely be on the Republican ticket in 2012. The only question is which spot on the ticket. This guy ran against a Democrat AND against a powerful establishment Republican in a battleground state where conservatives never have an easy time….and he still picked up more than half of the votes. And the Democrats (and some country club Republicans) threw every obstacle in his way that they could muster. Through it all, Rubio ran a smart, classy campaign that showed a maturity beyond his years.

What the hell happened? Rachel was on the bus on the weekend going to see the “Rally to ensure that we all know how cool Liberals are” and bashing every damn thing that the Tea party stood for along with PALIN AND Beck as leaders of said Tea party.

THEN INCREDIBLY, here we have this overview of a true tea party candidate that won big and he is drowning in her praises. Is he untouchable due to his heritage? Rachel, you despise everything he believes in and said as much just a few days ago. Please explain this incredible about face. Is it because Mr. Rubio delivers it on the street as opposed to on Fox. No, that couldn’t be it, could it? The not so subtle Palin digs were still there, so I know it still stings a bit huh.

Don’t get me wrong, I support the guy and like him, but this seems a strange change of editorial direction here.

Either that or a power shift, changes more than seats in a house, it changes core editorial direction in about 4 days.

The_Reasonable_Lib said:
Yeah, president Obama never worked or endured challenges. Just lost his father at a young age, watched his mother struggle to provide for him while surviving through cancer, pulled himself up by his own bootstraps to get int college, WORKED as a professor, president of the harvard law review, worked to gain a seat in the us senate, and convinced the majority of the United States to vote for him as president of the united states. No working involved there at all.

Come on, Obama hasn’t really worked. Did you see all of the results of his years as a Community Organizer? Neither did I. It’s because there were no results. Actually, his efforts kept the poor people poor, dependent and angry – which is actually the goal of Community Organizers.

On the other hand, i’d say Obama has Liberal Courage. Liberal Courage is knowing doing the wrong thing. See, it takes a certain courage to keep hurting people with liberal ideas. Heck, the Left has been doing it for 50 years in the inner cities – that’s Liberal Courage!

Yes, lazy shiftless Obama never had a job in his life and his PhD anthropology mommy sheltered him and then his white grandparents sent him to the best schools in Hawaii after two husbands rejected the manic mommy. Or whatever disease somebody is suffering from if they are photographed naked under an Xmas tree back in the ’60s.

Rubio is the real deal, not a confection like the French pastry that Obama presents—plenty of calories, but no nutrition. Rubio is a rough and tough insider pol, who made it to Speaker of the House in the State House of Florida through lots of backing and hauling—-not the swarthy affirmative action figure who was the President of the Harvard Law Review who never wrote an article—I wonder who ghosted his two autobiographies…?

Rubio can go from backroom to the podium without missing a beat, and actually worked hard for his education without being a spoiled Mamma’s Boy. I’d put him up as the Presidential Candidate in 2012 and he’d blow Obama away with no problem at all—like puffing on a dandelion seedpod and watching the light little seedlings drift away in the breeze.

My next door neighbor served four [4] terms with Rubio in the FL State House and caucused with him as part of the Republican House leadership—he says Rubio plays politics as tough as any Chicago pol—Frat Boy Obama should be a powderpuff opposition to this tough young Cubano who was REALLY “born in the USA..!” just like the Springsteen song says.

“watched his mother struggle to provide for him while surviving through cancer, pulled himself up by his own bootstraps to get int college, WORKED as a professor, president of the harvard law review, worked to gain a seat in the us senate, ”

Ha ha ha… lots of Kool Aid chugged by this naive ingenuous observer—Obama was raised by grandparents and his mom and he were estranged so badly that he skipped a visit to Hawaii for her deathbed goodbye because of “schedule conflicts.” All his records at Columbia, where he got an affirmative action scholarship, have “disappeared,” including his GPA and his grad paper on US-USSR nuke disarmament, which somehow also hit Orwell’s “memory hole” His election as “president” of Harvard Law was merely a formal position with no work duties, unlike that of the editor with a huge workload along with his staff. Barry Soetero was well-liked, so the affirmative action stuff just “materialized,” as though he were a Manchurian Candidate or something. He never “WORKED” as a professor, but was given a no-show job as an adjunct professor [I was one at Florida International University & it's the lowest job on the faculty, paying almost nothing] against the STRONG OBJECTIONS of real law professors who complained he was COMPLETELY UNQUALIFIED, despite the pretty-boy degree from Harvard Law—seems they got to see his grades and work output and were UNIMPRESSED.
Unlike the American voter, who remains in the dark about his background. He was drafted for a State Senate seat where he avoided voting as much as possible, voicing “present” on all thorny issues, and his run for the Senate happened fortuitously without much “HARD WORK” at all. All his records on campaign funding as State Senator have disappeared—-while he whines about the GOP getting money from “anonymous” sources.

Obama is really a showhorse and not a workhorse—that’s in sum the biographical record of this out-of-nowhere Wunderkind.

Marco Rubio is the Republican Party’s newest ROCK STAR. I think he will be our first Hispanic President one day and I can’t wait.

We know you will do this country proud, Senator-Elect Rubio. Congratulations and WELCOME!

I thought it was McCain? Or Jindal?

His policies won’t help Floridians, he’ll make predictable gaffes, and be annihilated by Obama like all others in 2012. Let’s just be honest.

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All for naught. Rubio cannot be V.P.. He was born in Cuba and is not a naturalized  citizen. Here are the facts and there is no way around it. http://cdrkerchner.wordpress.com/2011/05/27/senator-marco-rubios-lack-of-natural-born-citizenship-update-27-may-2011-see-pdf-copy-of-the-sep-1975-petition-for-naturalization-for-mario-rubio-father-of-senator-marco-rubio-who-was-born-in-may/