Marco
Peter Robinson ·
February 13, 2013 at 5:52am
Below, in case you missed it live, Sen. Marco Rubio's reply to President Obama's State of the Union Address. (The tape runs about 14 minutes.)
Well? What think? How'd Marco do?
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Some may criticize the move to do this in Spanish as well, but on Spanish language radio today it's ALL they were talking about. He had some supporters and some haters, but he was the ENTIRE conversation. He's on the average Spanish speaker's radar in a new way now.
Re: Marco
Bueno!
Nov '12
Re: Marco
Muy bueno!
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He just put this photo up on Twitter:
Re: Marco
Considering all Huffpo can talk about is Rubio actually drinking water, I'd say it was a success.
Sep '12
Re: Marco
He is at once eloquent and sensible, an intellectual with the common touch. Bravissimo!
Sep '12
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Know what would have been great? If Dr. Ben Carson had handed him the water.
Oct '11
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Marco Rubio was a solid warm-up act - decent, but left you wanting more so that the main attraction blew the Marshalls out. Rand Paul 2016!
Nov '10
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Mostly good content, mostly good delivery. He was sweating and fidgeting, a bit, and of course there's the water thing. Would have been better if, before reaching for it he had said, "excuse me for a moment, it's very hot under these lights" and then gone for the water. For some reason people giving speeches feel the need to be artificial to the breaking point. See: Obama's overwrought "CITIZENS!!!" line.Steve Jobs was the only guy I can think of who could deliver a speech naturally.
Jan '11
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I woulda said with a wink "solamente agua....."
May '10
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The water bottle grab was a little awkward, but I liked that it was awkward. I had an idea of what he was gonna say, but there was a sense of immediacy and unpolished enthusiasm in his tone and body language. I like that. He's rough around the edges, but he's fired up! That's what we need. Though he was obviously nervous, I think there was a humanness there that will resonate with people.
Oct '11
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Talking Head 1: This was a huge gaffe on Rubio's part. Poland Springs is owned by Nestle, a Swiss company. This reminds middle class voters of one thing: Swiss bank accounts. Count on an apology sometime next week.
Talking Head 2: Actually, this could signal a change in the political winds. Nestle USA contributed 56% of its political contributions to Democrats in 2008, versus 44% for Republicans. Voters are interested to see who business is getting behind, and it's looking like Rubio.
Talking Head 3: No-one's really talking about the environmental angle here, which the electorate cares deeply about. The small bottles have a much higher plastic-to-water ratio, and you're getting a cap no matter what size you buy. It may seem silly, but these small subliminal messages add up, and the GOP will need every vote it can get.
Talking Head 4: I disagree. Drinking water reminded on-the-fence voters that he's human. It was a spontaneous moment that no speech prep could plan for. I'll be looking forward to the focus group results on this one.
Feb '11
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"We agree with our president" about corporate tax rates. WRONG WRONG WRONG!
He has to say "I am glad that our president agrees with us..."
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I'd have died of sheer joy.
Apr '11
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I enjoyed his speech and the authenticity of actually needing water when your dry and a little amped and nervous perhaps.
I didn't like the continued use of the term "middle class". It was used it so often in his speech we could create a new drinking game using it.
I wish he could have used the phrase american people or the like. You can't speak of someone striving freely toward the American dream and say the sky's the limit and then limit that someone to the middle class. Why couldn't he say we want a country where all can strive to be rich and hated by the president.
Now that would be my American dream.
Oct '10
Re: Marco
During Obama's SOTU I was thinking that Dr. Ben Carson should have been tapped to give the GOP response. Better yet, maybe they could have just played the video of his speech at the National Prayer Breakfast as the response.
May '12
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I think if the some of the best things we can say is that he didn't fail then it is hard to call the speech a success. That isn't Senator Rubio's fault. I don't think anyone hits a home run doing these rebuttals.
Dec '12
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I liked his point that poor immigrants come to the U.S. because the opportunities in their own country have been killed by the government there being too big and bureaucratic (my paraphrase). This is a very short (and maybe simple to understand) bullet point that Republicans could repeat and repeat and repeat and it might get through.
Jul '11
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KeystoneStater: Why couldn't he say we want a country where all can strive to be rich and hated by the president.
Now that would be my American dream. · 4 hours ago
This is my new favorite saying. "Let's all strive to be rich and hated by the President."
The corollary being "Let's all strive to be poor and loved by the President".
If you get to pick either of those two lives, which one would you pick?
Aug '10
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I like the idea of having a non-politician deliver the SOTU response. Why the heck not? The GOP could have capitalized on the sudden notoriety of Dr. Carson. It would have the added benefit of not putting an actual officeholder at risk for ridicule, as the GOP is now amassing a track record of awkwardness in the rebuttal.