Note to GOP Nominee: Choose Marco as Your Running Mate
I'd heard that Marco Rubio was a good speaker. I wasn't prepared for how good. From my notes:
When they came to this country from Cuba, my dad worked as a bartender and my mom got a job as a maid. All four of their children got college educations and one of them serves in the United States Senate. There's not another country on earth in which that could have happened. Not one. I thank God every day that Cuba was 90 miles from the shore of the United States and not some other country.
The whole world is moving in our direction. Every time China opens itself just a little bit more to free markets, millions of people are lifted out of poverty. It's the same in Brazil. Why would we ever want to move in their direction? Why would we ever want to pursue policies that people get on boats to escape?
Every generation of Americans has confronted significant challenges. Every one. And every single generation of Americans has left the country better off. We're in danger of becoming the first generation that fails to do so.
Note to whoever wins the GOP presidential nomination next year: If you don't choose Marco Rubio as your running mate, you're nuts.
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Jul '10
Re: Note to GOP Nominee: Choose Marco as Your Running Mate
"Why would we ever want to pursue policies that people get on boats to escape?"
I think the day Our government secures Our Southern border will be the day Our government has to keep Us Here.
May '10
Re: Note to GOP Nominee: Choose Marco as Your Running Mate
The VP choice this go 'round is so important because our "young bench"--Rubio, Christie, Jindal, Ryan, Rob Portman of OH, and many more--is so deep, and this choice will set one above the rest. In effect, we could be crowning a future president.
Better make the right choice.
Oct '10
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"Rubio, Christie, Jindal, Ryan, Rob Portman of OH, and many more"
An embarrassment of riches. If only we had a comparable group of exciting front-runners to fill the top slot. Despite his relative youth, I can't help but hope that Paul Ryan takes the plunge. Obama would look tired and gray next to him.
Jun '10
Re: Note to GOP Nominee: Choose Marco as Your Running Mate
Ryan-Rubio would be fun to watch. The mismatch in character and intelligence would be glaring in the debates: Ryan vs. Obama and Rubio vs. Biden. HA HA!!!
I want a ringside seat.
There is an embarrassment or riches for the VP slot, however. I'd like to see more of Rubio before ruling out anyone else.
Jun '10
Re: Note to GOP Nominee: Choose Marco as Your Running Mate
It's possible that American Hispanics would abandon the Democratic party on the basis of ethnic solidarity. If so, this would be a shrewd move by the Republican nominee for president.
On the other hand, putting Rudi on the ticket would force Dems to pour money into New York, a state that should be otherwise safe. I'm not in favor of rushing our bench into the majors, but I'll allow that circumstances might demand it.
Sep '10
Re: Note to GOP Nominee: Choose Marco as Your Running Mate
I really, really like Rubio. How 'bout Cain-Rubio? Too sexist, though, I suppose...
StickerShock: Ryan-Rubio would be fun to watch. The mismatch in character and intelligence would be glaring in the debates: Ryan vs. Obama and Rubio vs. Biden. HA HA!!!
I want a ringside seat.· Mar 5 at 5:45am
Good one.
Aug '10
Re: Note to GOP Nominee: Choose Marco as Your Running Mate
Concur on Cain-Rubio - that would be AWESOME!
Re: Note to GOP Nominee: Choose Marco as Your Running Mate
Very clever, Peter, very clever, indeed -- and, I suspect, absolutely devastating for the Dems.
Re: Note to GOP Nominee: Choose Marco as Your Running Mate
I feel the same way but for a different reason. I grew up in South Florida and went to school with the children of Cuban exiles who fled the nearby socialist utopia on rafts and inner tubes. Their stories and appreciation for the United States focused my mind at an early age on the wonder and fragility of individual liberty.
Edited on Mar 5, 2011 at 9:08amNov '10
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Young, energetic, intelligent, articulate, confident, handsome--I look at Marco Rubio and worry that he will be a Petri dish for the E. coli that is Washington. I sincerely hope he survives his first term in the Senate unsullied, because I would like to elect as President the man I see right now.
Jul '10
Re: Note to GOP Nominee: Choose Marco as Your Running Mate
Don't count on wholesale defection of Hispanics to a ticket with Rubio on it. They're not a monolithic bloc; and Cubans are not considered to be in proper political step with their Central and South American brethren.
As I've said before, I don't trust Rubio. Yeah, yeah, Marco, we've heard that tearjerker stuff before; now explain why you felt it expedient to rush to the microphones to denounce Arizona's SB1070....
Re: Note to GOP Nominee: Choose Marco as Your Running Mate
George Savage
I feel the same way but for a different reason. I grew up in South Florida and went to school with the children of Cuban exiles who fled the nearby socialist utopia on rafts and inner tubes. Their stories and appreciation for the United States focused my mind at an early age on the wonder and fragility of individual liberty. · Mar 5 at 8:41am
Edited on Mar 05 at 09:08 am
In all the years we've known each other, George, you've never mentioned this. Wonderful. And another reason to be grateful for Ricochet.
Jun '10
Re: Note to GOP Nominee: Choose Marco as Your Running Mate
Peter, this has been on my mind for a while, but I want to ask this question carefully. Speech writing has been one of your most profound vocations in life. How do you differentiate between a politician's good speech and a politician's ability to achieve real-life, effective governance? I worry that some speech writers get swept away by words rather than actions. Peggy Noonan comes to mind. It seemed that she got completely swept away by Obama and failed to see everything else. Do you have these tendencies or do you have an additional filter that defends against it?
Nov '10
Re: Note to GOP Nominee: Choose Marco as Your Running Mate
Peter,
I had the good fortune to hear Marco Rubio speak in my hometown last year. What a presence! His natural gift for speaking is heavily supplemented by a rare thing in political life - a true belief in the principles he is espousing. Audiences recognize this and respond to it immediately.
Edited on Mar 5, 2011 at 3:09pmNov '10
Re: Note to GOP Nominee: Choose Marco as Your Running Mate
~Paules:
On the other hand, putting Rudi on the ticket would force Dems to pour money into New York, a state that should be otherwise safe.
Good point. I'd make a similar observation about Romney. Based upon his success in Michigan in the 2008 primaries and his personal ties to the state, he would force Dems to spend time and treasure there. And odds are good that Romney could win back this state for the red team.
Jul '10
Re: Note to GOP Nominee: Choose Marco as Your Running Mate
People found Bill Clinton charismatic, too. Not to mention our vacationer-in-Chief.
I'll go with a proven track record of competence.
Jan '11
Re: Note to GOP Nominee: Choose Marco as Your Running Mate
Surely, the Republican party must have someone who's been on the national scene for longer than five minutes to run for VP...
Feb '11
Re: Note to GOP Nominee: Choose Marco as Your Running Mate
For a national ticket, I'd really like to see at least one of the two with executive experience - preferably more than two years before the run. Neither Ryan nor Rubio has that. The problem is, for 2012 that means Barbour or Jindal or Cain or Romney, not the strongest group to choose from. Or Jeb Bush.
Jul '10
Re: Note to GOP Nominee: Choose Marco as Your Running Mate
Yeah, we already had one of those five-minute wonders on the bottom of the ticket.
Jul '10
Re: Note to GOP Nominee: Choose Marco as Your Running Mate
Gary Johnson? Very accomplished two-term Governor in a very problematic state. Plus, he could peel away a significant portion of the youth vote.