hmmm...looks like Romney is floating Rubio as VP

[CosmicCowboy]

Could get interesting.

Rubio definitely > Biden

younger, more attractive, hispanic, ( I know I know Mexicans are supposed to resent cubans) charismatic...

The VP debate could be really fun to watch.

[rjv]

Could get interesting.

Rubio definitely > Biden

younger, more attractive, hispanic, ( I know I know Mexicans are supposed to resent cubans) charismatic...

The VP debate could be really fun to watch.


and why are {mexicans} supposed to 'resent' {cubans} ?

[ChumpDumper]

Biden should really step aside for Hillary Clinton.

This is my opinion.

[Thompson]

I think Rubio has some skeletons in his closet to some degree (money troubles).

I also don't like the fact that he hasn't even completed his first term as a senator; at least it's better to have him in the VP slot than as President, though.

[CosmicCowboy]

and why are {mexicans} supposed to 'resent' {cubans} ?

I'm sorry, but that case has been presented multiple times in this forum by blue team members. I just can't specifically remember who and have no intention of researching it. You might want to search "rubio" or some other search terms if you are interested in putting forum names to negative Rubio opinions.

[Trainwreck2100]

and why are {mexicans} supposed to 'resent' {cubans} ?

cause mexicans aren't black we don't side with people just cause they are the same color. And we trust whites more than we trust cubans. Belee that

[boutons_deux]

browns voting for Rubio/Gecko because he's brown of course is totally legit compared with blacks voting for Barry because he's black :lol

[Wild Cobra]

Biden should really step aside for Hillary Clinton.

This is my opinion.
Cool...

An opinion. Thanks for stepping up.

I don't think Hillary wants the job. I think she like the job she has.

Just my opinion however. No more important to anyone as yours is.

[Wild Cobra]

I think Rubio has some skeletons in his closet to some degree (money troubles).

He can't possibly have as many as I do. And I don't have very many.

[Wild Cobra]

I also don't like the fact that he hasn't even completed his first term as a senator; at least it's better to have him in the VP slot than as President, though.
I personally don't like the idea that any politician can campaign while being paid.

I think all politicians should resign any current government position they have if the are are going to campaign for another.

How many people who hold real jobs can take that much time off work to campaign for an elected position? Will civilian firms pay them while they are away from work?

[Alex Haley]

Don't count Condi Rice out. She has more VP and POTUS potential than Rubio will ever have.

[boutons_deux]

Cunti is shit-stained with her failures at NatSec in 2001.

And she lied the US into Iraq as much as any of them, as well as defending that national disaster.

NOBODY from dubya/dickhead's reign of error has any future in national politics, no matter how hard the Repugs push them.

That's the reason there's is not any mention by the Repugs of the dubya disaster period 2001-2008.

They won't even lie about it they way they lie about St Ronnie.

[Sportcamper]

Biden should really step aside for Hillary Clinton.

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/3977/joebidenicecreamtruck.jpg

[Winehole23]

:lol

[coyotes_geek]

Don't count Condi Rice out. She has more VP and POTUS potential than Rubio will ever have.

Rubio's popularity in a crucial swing state is far more important than Rice's experience/potential.

[JoeChalupa]

I don't see Rubio getting the VP nod at this time.

[Winehole23]

a mildly attractive, mildly intelligent and mildly truthful Florida Senator. what could go wrong?

[Winehole23]

Rubio's popularity in a crucial swing state is far more important than Rice's experience/potential.
Rubio is not an overwhelmingly popular figure in Florida with 43% of voters approving of him to 41% who disapprove. http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2012/04/obama-doing-well-in-florida.html

[Nbadan]

Biden should really step aside for Hillary Clinton.

This is my opinion.

If he had to I think he would, but Obama has enough swing states to win the election with Biden as his choice.

[boutons_deux]

John Boehner: '1 In 3 Chance' Republicans Lose Control Of House

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) admitted there's a "1 in 3" chance that the Republicans will lose their majority in the House of Representatives in an interview Tuesday on Fox News' "America’s Newsroom."

"I would say that there is a 2 in 3 chance that we win control of the House again. But there’s a 1 in 3 chance that we could lose. And I’m being myself, frank, we’ve got a big challenge and we’ve got work to do," he said to Fox News' Bill Hemmer.

Expanding on tough races, Boehner said, "We have 50 of our members in tough races; 89 freshmen running for their first re-elections. And we have 32 districts that are in states where there is no presidential campaign going to be run, no big Senate race and we call these orphan districts."

He went on, "You take 18 of them -- California, Illinois and New York, where you know we’re not likely to do well at the top of the ticket -- and those districts are frankly pretty vulnerable."

Boehner also dismissed top Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod's comment on Sunday that House Republicans are under a "reign of terror" brought about by the far right of their party. "That that is just outrageous talk," Boehner said. "They’re trying to make this election, as I said earlier, about anything other than the president’s failed economic policies. And so they’re going to look for every boogeyman known to man," he said.

"Listen, if Republicans were walking in lockstep, my job would be a whole lot easier," he added.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/23/john-boehner-house-majority_n_1446992.html?view=print

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Boner must be referring to Repug voters not in lock-step, since all Repug politicians fall in line and in lock step, intimidated or not.

[boutons_deux]

Stewart: Being Romney’s VP is ‘a dare no one wants to take’

Jon Stewart discussed Monday evening the job that no one currently desires to have in the Republican Party: Mitt Romney’s vice presidential running mate.

The Comedy Central host played a montage of different figures in the party, from Tim Pawlenty to Sarah Palin, who have immediately declined being the former Massachusetts governor’s running mate. Even the suppose frontrunners for the spot, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) publicly recommended someone else instead.

“Why does being Romney’s vice president now seem like a dare no one wants to take?” Stewart asked. “‘Eat a plate of my own shit. No no no, you eat it.’”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/04/24/stewart-being-romneys-vp-is-a-dare-no-one-wants-to-take/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story% 29&utm_content=Google+Reader

[Th'Pusher]

Could get interesting.

Rubio definitely > Biden

younger, more attractive, hispanic, ( I know I know Mexicans are supposed to resent cubans) charismatic...

The VP debate could be really fun to watch.

Just heard Rubio give a foreign policy speech on Sirius/XM POTUS. I was wildly underwhelmed. He sounded like a high-school student reading a speech. He actually lost the last page and had to stop and ask an assistant for it. :lol

That said, people don't vote for VP's.

[Nbadan]

Rubio campaign fined for improper contributions
The Associated Press
Published: Friday, April 27, 2012 at 9:40 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, April 27, 2012 at 9:40 p.m.


The Senate campaign of Florida Republican Marco Rubio has agreed to pay an $8,000 fine for accepting slightly more than $210,000 in improper contributions.

Considered a top candidate for the vice presidential spot on the Republican ticket this fall, Rubio won his Senate seat from Florida in 2010 in a race against independent candidate Charlie Crist and Democrat Kendrick Meek.

In a settlement with the Federal Election Commission, the Rubio campaign acknowledged receiving the improper contributions and paying a civil penalty of $8,000. The FEC describes the $210,000 as "prohibited, excessive and other impermissible contributions."

The FEC and the Rubio campaign reached the agreement in March. The release of the information on the FEC website was first reported Friday by Politico.

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20120427/APW/1204271074

[Nbadan]

Marco Rubio and Amber Stoner: GOP-funded booty call?

I received a fascinating e-mail last night. It’s from a political insider who asked to remain anonymous. This person had a few questions for candidate for U.S. Senate, Marco Rubio, and his aide (and lobbyist) Amber Stoner.


I have previously posted about the investigations of Marco Rubio. All our Rubio posts can be found here.

Now, per another source who lives in Florida, there are ethics rules that cover lobbyists who work for candidates. She says they shouldn’t. But that wasn’t what this e-mail was about:

Who IS this Amber Stoner? Why would Rubio have a healthcare lobbyist’s travel on his credit charges? And why do the two of them seem to show up in the same place (some resort towns) the same day or within a day or two of each other? Can Rubio explain why she travels for him? with him? There are 17 trips by this Amber Stoner on Rubio’s credit charges within this database which is not complete, and to get ALL his credit card records would require a court order but I’ll bet if someone got that court order they would find more entries of Ms. Stoner’s travels. Just what is going on here between Rubio and Stoner? Is this appropriate for the “Family Values” Tea Party candidate?


http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/2010/09/30/just-what-is-going-on-here-between-marco-rubio-healthcare-lobbyist-amber-stoner/

[Wild Cobra Kai]

Could get interesting.

Rubio definitely > Biden

younger, more attractive, hispanic, ( I know I know Mexicans are supposed to resent cubans) charismatic...

The VP debate could be really fun to watch.

HATE Cubans is more like it. Can you blame them? If a Cuban makes it ashore, they are on an automatic path to citizenship. PLEASE let this happen.

[Wild Cobra Kai]

Wet feet Dry feet policy explained (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/27/AR2007072701493.html)

[Winehole23]

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/29/2774368/case-against-rubio-for-vp-grows.html

[Winehole23]

and only mildly honest too, it would appear

[Winehole23]

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/04/marco-rubio-fined-over-campaign-contributions.html

[Winehole23]

http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/national/marco-rubios-lavish-rise-to-the-top/1079473

[Winehole23]

But about two-thirds of the money went to Republican political consultants, records show, including $91,000 to Bridgett Gregory Nocco, a fundraiser from New Port Richey, and $113,000 to Richard Corcoran, a Republican strategist who went on to oversee House campaigns and serve as Rubio's chief of staff.



Corcoran, now a candidate for a Pasco County state House seat, declined to detail how he earned the $113,000 through 2004, beyond planning and helping implement the 100 Ideas project. Newspaper reports indicate the 100 Ideas project didn't solicit ideas until late 2005.



"I was hired for strategy and the strategy was to have a bold agenda,'' Corcoran said when asked about the committee's spending. "That was my role, and beyond that I cannot address."

[Winehole23]

Rubio's second political committee also paid $3,500 to his mother-in-law's company for rental car services and spent more than $10,000 on "couriers,'' who included Mauricio Giraldo, Jeanette Rubio's cousin; Carlos Fleites, her half-brother; and Orlando Cicilia, Rubio's nephew.



Harris said he did not know why the accountant did not list them as political aides. At 18 and 19 years old, they were unable to rent from a car rental agency, Harris said, so they rented a van from the mother-in-law's freight company to do political work across the state in 2004.



"They were traveling all across Florida going on precinct walks, helping on campaigns and personally delivering checks,'' Harris said, noting that Cicilia is now working as a travel aide on Rubio's Senate campaign.



More than $74,000 in expenses by the committee — about one dollar of every five spent — were never accounted for in papers filed with the IRS. Harris noted these were for expenses under $500 and do not have to be disclosed. He declined to detail them to the Times/Herald.

[Winehole23]

Floridians for Conservative Leadership in Government shut down in 2005 as Rubio gained access to another source of money for political activities: an American Express card backed by the Florida GOP. Rubio's bills included thousands of dollars in personal expenses, which he says he fully repaid, but the Times/Herald found some he did not cover.



"He's playing fast and loose with the rules,'' said Ben Wilcox of Common Cause Florida, a government watchdog group.



Gov. Crist did not have a credit card but has acknowledged former party chairman Jim Greer picked up some of his expenses on his card.



Rubio has already admitted he used the GOP's credit card to double bill the party and state taxpayers in 2007 for flights from South Florida to Tallahassee. He said he would pay the party back about $3,000 for the flights and consult with his accountant about amending his tax return.



During the 2007 and 2008 legislative sessions, records show Speaker Rubio charged more than $3,700 in meals on his party credit card at the same time he was receiving the state's $126 per day "subsistence" to help cover legislators' food and lodging. Harris said the meal charges were for political purposes, though the speaker's successor typically oversees political activities for House Republicans and lawmakers are not allowed to raise money during session.



Rubio received $10,000 for meals and lodging from the state in 2007 and 2008. Still, the credit card records obtained by the Times/Herald showed Rubio regularly dined out at the party's expense — from a $14.24 bill at Andrew's Capital Grill & Bar, to $184.15 at Masa, an upscale "Asian-fusion'' restaurant.



"It would be entirely inappropriate for Marco to use (taxpayer) money to pay for meals that were political in nature,'' Harris said. "As a general rule, the subsistence payments went to subsidize lodging for Marco and any time he spent money for a political meal he made sure that the party paid for it."



For his last year as speaker, Rubio reported a net worth of less than $8,400, despite earning $69,000 from Florida International University, $45,000 from the state and $300,000 from Broad & Cassell. The father of four had more than $900,000 in debts, including two mortgages on properties in Miami and Tallahassee, a home equity loan and a student loan.

[Winehole23]

Rubio's GOP credit card expenses can be found here (http://news.jacksonville.com/db/gopexpenses/index.php?action=details&cid=18&s=50&l=25).

[boutons_deux]

"Rubio reported a net worth of less than $8,400, despite earning $69,000 from Florida International University, $45,000 from the state and $300,000 from Broad & Cassell. The father of four had more than $900,000 in debts, including two mortgages on properties in Miami and Tallahassee, a home equity loan and a student loan."

which is OK with Repug (bogus) deficit-hawk extremists, because Rubio wasn't in debt wasting his money poor people, sick, old, disabled, blacks, but on his own Repug self. That kind of debt is OK with Repugs.

[Th'Pusher]

http://www.thedailyshow.com/

Rubio interview with Jon Stewart. All the good stuff was not aired. Full 3-part interview available. Rubio performed well - the ideological divide is on full display.

[Jacob1983]

His wife is an attractive lady. Nice.

http://guanabee.com/media/gallery/photos/jeanette%20dousdebes%20rubio%20marco%20pictures/cache/Jeanette+Rubio+Senate+Republican+Nominee+Marco+pla R4uuLlscl_display.jpg





http://ultimatecheerleaders.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/rubio.jpg