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Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, a rising star in the Republican Party and a favorite among conservatives to round out the party's ticket this fall, endorsed Mitt Romney for president on Wednesday evening.
Rubio's endorsement is a marker of support that many candidates had sought. It comes at a point in the campaign at which Romney has sought to coalesce Republicans behind his candidacy.
"I don't have a problem with primaries, but I think we're at a stage now where at least two of the candidates have admitted that the only way to get the nomination is to have a floor fight at the convention," Rubio said before announcing his support for Romney on Fox News.
"It’s increasingly clear that Mitt Romney’s going to be the Republican nominee,” Rubio said, adding: “We’ve got to come together behind who I think has earned this nomination and that’s Mitt Romney.”
Romney has spoken highly of Rubio in the past, describing him most recently as an example of "the American Dream" in an appearance Tuesday on Jay Leno's "Tonight Show."
Rubio has been a favorite among conservatives since his Senate bid in 2010, in which he managed to best moderate Florida Gov. Charlie Crist in the Republican primary, and eventually, in the general election (in which Crist ran as an independent).
Since his election, Rubio has been cautious on national issues. He waited months before delivering his maiden speech in the chamber, and had generally demurred on questions of national politics, instead emphasizing his focus on Florida issues.
But there has been undeniable hype surrounding his potential selection as a running mate to the eventual Republican nominee.
"It's not going to happen," the Florida senator said Wednesday on MSNBC. "I'm obviously flattered that people think about me that way. There are some things I'd like to get done here in the United States Senate. I'm enjoying the role that we have here."
Although Pope Benedict has called for more religious freedom, he's chosen to meet with Fidel Castro and not political dissidents during his trip to Cuba. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., discusses.
Rubio additionally said on Wednesday evening that while he has spoken with Romney throughout the primary, the topic of the vice presidency never came up as a topic.
To that end, Rubio pushed up the release date of an autobiography to early this summer (a less favorable biography by a reporter is expected later this summer). His campaign finance reports also showed he had hired a firm to conduct opposition research on his past — mirroring the kind of vetting process a potential vice presidential candidate might face.
The potential of having Rubio on the ticket has stoked Republican optimism that the party's nominee might fare better among Latino voters; the GOP has lagged among this key voting bloc in several recent national polls. A Fox News Latino poll released earlier this month found that 24 percent of Latino voters would be more likely to support the Republican ticket if Rubio were the vice presidential nominee; 51 percent said it would make no difference, and 14 percent said they would be less likely to vote for a ticket on which Rubio served as the vice presidential pick.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who endorsed Romney for president, told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review last week that Romney should pick Rubio as his running mate.
"He is the best orator of American politics today, a good family man. He is not only a consistent conservative, but he has managed to find a way to communicate a conservative message full of hope and optimism," he said.
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Good news! We can only hope he accepts a significant position in the new administration! Good bye BO and Sleepy Joe!
Romney/Rubio rolls of the tongue nicely.... a breath of fresh air after the BO of the current administration.
After obamacare goes down in flames, a new administration can focus on economic growth... seeminly foreign words to the Solyndra/Volt guy!
Jeb Bush, another rich spoiled brat.
News is breaking over @ DailyKos that the other spoiled brat - Willard - nixed his car elevator. Good to see him make such an important annoucement at such a time.
When is Mitt going to explain what happens to a 45 yr old who has no insurance and needs it because of a medical condition?
These rich kids are useless. Get them the hell out of politics.
And what exactly has Rubio done to make him a rising star? The fact that his parents escaped from Cuba/Castro? Oh wait, that's false. They left Cuba before Castro's regime.
You're right about those rich kids, Pat. I'm sure you always voted against Ted Kennedy, right?
Let's see Rubio's long form birth certificate. Many questions about his and his parent's Cuban connections and timing. Works both ways folks!
We can only hope he accepts a significant position in the new administration!
I watched the endorsement and he said that he plans to continue representing Florida in the Senate. While I believe he is sincere, there will be immense pressure on him to take the VP spot on the Romney ticket. Me? I hope he yields to the pressure.
SI
ctviking, go and compare what Ted stood for and what Mitt stands for.
Rusty, it's not going to fly. Birth certificates only apply to African American Democratic Presidents. It's racism. But only if you're a democrat. Republicans can lie. It's expected from their supporters.
Rustyboy-FL - Do you really want to put yourself in the same category as those still claiming Obama isn't a US citizen?
Rusty, to heck with Rubio's, I wanna see Malibu Mitt's. His Father was Born in Mexico & moved to America when he was 6 years old. So Not Only do I wanna see when his Father actually became a US Citizen, but the Circumstances surrounding it, if Indeed, Malibu Mitts Dad actually is(was) a US Citizen!
As for Rubio, send his A$$ back to Cuba, i'm Sick & Tired of hearing his Self-Rightous A$$ say anything. He's just another Money Grubbing RightWingBibleThumpmer, makeing his way thru Life, on the backs of American Taxpayers.
You Betcha!
Occupy SoggyBottom!
Skup,
Absolutely! Too much fun and sarcasm here to leave alone. Rock the Caz bah!
Excellent point Rick!
I never got past McCain born in Panama. The apple falls at where the hand that threw it landed.
Take that, Newton!!
Well , one thing for sure ....
"Community Organizers" , don't make good presidents ....
And , who else was Rubio going to endorse .... Newt .... ??
Funshine2011 - lol
Lolz.....The Republicans have become a bunch of clowns.........and I mean that........
Obama vs. Romney
Harvard lawyer A vs. Harvard lawyer B
Some choice.
I hope that Marco will accept a position with the new administration if offered one. He could do a lot to re-unite this country instead of dividing this country like the present administration is doing.
"United we stand, divided we fall". Our president and administration are seeing this first hand.
For the delusional counting on more Obama dollars - the experiment is over come November 2nd:
Let's see -
Gas is over 100% higher from the day Odumbo took office
He negotiates with the Vice-President of Russia without letting the American people know he's making post election deals
Millions of jobs have been wiped of the books, never to come back
Unemployment is still nationally over 8% and much higher in lots of areas of the country
We are more divided as a country than we have been in 50 years because of his economic, racial and social divisive policies, practices and crap that comes out of his mouth
His baby, his pride and joy, his hope for the promised land of socialized medicine is going to blow up in his anti-American face
I'm pretty sure this would only leave the bottom of the barrel to vote for him.
Leiya123, I don't know where you've been the last 15-20 Years, but from where I sit, this Country has been Divided, since the RightWingBibleThumpers tried to Impeach President Bill Clinton over a Freakin BLOWJOB!
Praise the Lord & Pass the Plate says the GOP, because they aint getting enough from the American Taxpayer, they wanna steal it on Sundays also!
Tell St. Peter IF ya get the Chance!
Hopefull American, 1st Educate yourself, Vice President of Russia, ManOMan, thats a good 1.
Kiss My Grits!
Occupy SoggyBottom!
Leiya123 Marco can do a lot to reunite this country? LOL, I don't like Rubio and I'm Cuban
Leiya123: You are joking right? The GOP undertook as their only policy for the last three years to take the opposite position of President Obama on every single issue no matter how reasonable. You and the rest of you morons who try to turn reality on its ear are unpatriotic. Do us and yourself a favor and move somewhere else far, far, far away from this wonderful Nation. Push, pull or get out of the way. Don't stonewall ever reasonable effort then claim the current administration is divisive. Ever heard of the Infrastructure job bank? stonewalled by the GOP. Heard of the NEXGEN air traffic control system? Blocked funding by the GOP. Heard of the Federal Highway Bill? Never voted on by the GOP in the House. You bigots are so scared that the recovery is gaining more and more steam and you wish the election was tomorrow so you could cut short the recovery. The idiots in the GOP brought us Two Great Depressions with their/your failed policies and then the GOP blocked every stimulus package put forward to stimulate the economy. I know the GOP doesn't know what stimulate means or how to do it but that's because you all are uptight pricks. What is the GOP voting on next week stripping women of their right to vote? Are they trying to figure out how birth control works? It's obvious the GOP almost never has sex because they all have so few children and they don't know how birth control works! Rush, you better pop a birthie in your dates drink so she doesn't get pregnant.
romilio said
"I don't like Rubio and I'm Cuban"
What does ethnicity have to do with it?
Who cares? Romney is only a lap dog for the Pentagon and Federal Reserve, just as the rest, including Obama. These people are the best America has to offer as President at every election cycle? Or are they just PLACED, while STUPID, dumbed down America continues its left-right argument of which side is fcking them harder?
G-9
If name calling is your main strength, I'd hate to see what your weakness's are.
Rick,Ky;
Oh, who gives a sh** what you call it? Russia the Soviet Union? That's all you got?
Now go back to your cousin/sister girlfriend, soggy bottom.
Just calling a spade a spade. What color is the sky in your world? It was the GOP who blocked every stimulus and any other measure except stripping women's birth control and you say the President is divisive. LOL.Surely you will remember, it was the GOP who set as their #1 goal making President Obama a one term President. Not creating jobs. Not upholding the Constitution. Not repairing the mess that happened under their watch. Not trying to move the Nation forward but rather trying with all you and their might to prevent any improvement whatsoever. You guys didn't like President Obama from the beginning of his administration before even the first piece of legislation was proposed and choose to block every measure based not on policy of which they have put forth none (except to strip birth control). if a bunch of bigots hate the President and divide themselves from the work of repairing the mess the GOP caused then it isn't the Presidents fault the Nation is divided its the bigots fault. I know many poorer, whiter, uneducated people like to consider in their own minds that somehow they are "taking back" their Country. If I had to guess you have uttered that phrase? So who is divisive again? The people who feel a need to "take back" their country or the guy trying to fix the historic mess with which your guy left him and us.
Rubio has proven himself to be yet another faux Tea Partier. Just another neocon snake. Ron Paul was with the Tea Party from the begining, long before the neocons attempted to hijack to movement.
Its good to know the Iranian party is rallying around a candidate.
That way they can try to contest the Chinese party in November.
Will they use suicide vests to do it? We shall see.
the dems.and the reps. are destroying this country...hope there's a third party...with a brain to get us out of this mess...
DunkinH
Rubio has proven himself to be yet another faux Tea Partier. Just another neocon snake. Ron Paul was with the Tea Party from the begining, long before the neocons attempted to hijack to movement.
He is a real tea bagger. He even lied about being a Cuban exile. How can anyone trust this snake?
Romney cannot beat OBAMA. The only GOP candidate who could have beaten this impostor was Rick Perry and he got bounced out. Romney has too much baggage - religious, wealth, family, Los colonias Romneys in Mejico, and his support for socialized medicine. He cannot win and it is too late to cultivate another GOP candidate. I was hoping beyond hope that there would be no more OBAMANATION, but it is not meant to be. By the time this guy does another 4 years, we won't even recognize America, if it is still around.
Sorry Repubs,
You guys ain't winning this one unless you rig the voting machines, and have the Supremes appoint the President again. That's the only way you can win them now.
Better start planning for 2016. It's gonna be a loooooooong 4 more years for you. :o)
OBAMA/BIDEN 2012
Marco Rubio had some pretty serious ethics issues during his time in the Florida Legislature. It doesn't take much research to discover that he's pretty much a crook. I know that's a GOP/tp favorite trait in their politicians but it's not what this country needs.
Quick overview and quite sad.
http://www.wrongwayrubio.com/
Rubio, Jeb Bush --- it doesn't matter who endorses Romney because he's NOT gong to win in November. Like most Republicans, the only solutions he has are more tax cuts for the richest of the rich and more deregulation --- the very same policies that caused this economic mess in the first place.
Facts Republicans Hate:
Job losses per month in January 2008: 700,000
Job gains last month: 227,000
24 straight months of private sector gob growth
GDP growth in 2008: negative 6%
GDP growth last year 2.9%
Dow Jones Average in January 2008: Under 8000
Dow Jones Average today: 13,000+
Record domestic oil production
GMC – all time record profits
Near record corporate profits across the board
Osama Bin Laden --- dead
Iraq war --- over
Rubio is a spoiled wienie. How do I know this? Unfortunately he is a senator from my state.
Pat lets see....... Romney had his hunting dog crated on his car roof and Ted had a dead girl in his front seat under water for 4 hours. Yep I see what you mean vastly different.
@jolly.....Romneys faux pas with the dog was deliberate abuse...Kennedy's accident was just that, an accident! the former provable, the latter, not substantiated! we're back to vastly different! take a hike & remember to vote in November for your favorite candidate, "more positions than a porn queen", Romney & his could be picked only to garner the Latino vote Marco Rubicon.
You tell em JOS1 !!!!......By he way....yesterday............"Vice President Biden once again proved that he's America's goofy uncle when he mistakenly referred to Scott Community College President Dr. Theresa Paper as "Dr Pepper.".................Now if we could only get Joe Biden to keep a low profile........and all the time! How about on 11/6/12?
Rustyboy said -
"Let's see Rubio's long form birth certificate. Many questions about his and his parent's Cuban connections and timing. Works both ways folks!"
Absolutely. In fact lets see everyone's documentation when they run for office. Transparency. There should be a specifically outlined procedure where the candidates (for all government office state and federal) lay out their proof of eligibility to serve. I am one of those that assumed there was a clear cut process of verification of things like citizenship, age, etc... as outlined in the definitions of ability to serve. President Obama, therefore must be a citizen and eligible to serve. At a bare minimum, I would have believed that the FBI, CIA, Homeland Security and someone from the electoral process verfies anyone who becomes a clear candidate for POTUS. Of course, each organization may have assumed someone else was performing those checks since there is no clear cut 'public and transparent' process established.
The fact that the question could be, and was raised indicates a failure in government transparency. The fact that the administration delayed in producing a public document gave the accusation creedence. The fact that other commonly available documents concerning the President are still unavailable suggests there may be something there to see, even if it was just 'gaming the system to get better tuition rates' in college. (who really cares)
Barack Obama IS the President of the United States, so all of the above doesn't really matter. But going forward, lets have transparency in the process and an official presentation of the documents of eligibility for all those vying for political office. Then the question can no longer be raised.
Pat Boston MA said,
"ctviking, go and compare what Ted stood for and what Mitt stands for"
Let's ask Mary Jo's comment on Ted Kennedy... oh wait
Rich people getting away with murder!! That's what Ted Kennedy stood for!!
It is pathetic when all you have is on Biden's mispronounciation of a little know figure. How about Rubio the Cuban political refugee.....nah that was a lie he broadcast to the world on his web page, or Romney the etch a Sketch candiddate. LOL. Thats some real red meat!
Rubio's parents came to the US. They decided to go back to Cuba. With Castro in power, they escaped to the US. Now, where's the lie? I know initially he was off a year or two (how many people get the family stories right 100% all the time; believe me not much, I'm a genealogist) but it doesn't change the fact that his parents fled from Castro.
Rubio and Romney..what a pair that would make..problem is...neither are very honest...not that we have many honest politicans in office today...congress is full of those that accept money from lobbyist...can anyone define "conflict of interest "? If this is the best this country has to offer for a republican running for any office,,,we are in for a lot worse than what Bush left us all with.
@Dirt
You're just another apologist for these clowns. You and your type keep giving them a pass but then turn around and accuse others of being the same way. You are out of favor and out of step dirt.
Hey fellow seniors and baby-boomers,
Check out Romney's promise for deep cuts to Social Security/Medicare should he be elected: www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-marans/gop-social-security-medicare_b_1280257.html
Remember that come election time!
2 X 0 = 0
Romney/Rubio are both zeros.
Rubios Family traces itself back to Communist Cuba... The Blunt-Rubio Amendment would have allowed Satanists to control birth control at work.
Obama / Biden 2012
Well Florida Senator Marco Rubio follows in the "brave" footsteps of former Florida Govenor Jeb Bush and endorses Romney, AFTER THE RACE IS ALL-BUT-OVER, how very brave and kiss AZZ!
R-money/R-unethical, great ticket - for me to poop on.
It takes one empty suit to know another.
As the Lord made them, he matched them
RUBIO - An AUTOBIOGRAHY TOO?
It was reported that "Rubio pushed up the release date of an autobiography to early this summer (a less favorable biography by a reporter is expected later this summer). His campaign finance reports also showed he had hired a firm to conduct opposition research on his past — mirroring the kind of vetting process a potential vice presidential candidate might face".
Now, I have never heard of Rubio ere now, and to think this man is getting ready to write his own autobiography? We are becoming a nation of authors, except none of them would have literary excellence. I just think it is a bit presumptuous for Rubio to think about publishing his auto biography when he is just wading into the waters...
Oh well...hype and self advertisement are the norm these days. What ever happened to the Quiet America?
Signed,
A true Conservative (not a fake/charlatan like Rush Limbaugh) Victor
I have already said it -
Romney / Rubio 2012
Let's Roll Baby!
funny thing. the repubelcans are having the convention in tampa..and are making it a gun free zone? I thought they loved their guns? now they wanna talk mine? they are so stupid, I'm still talking about repubelcans. hypocrites
President Obama up on Romney by 5%, Up on Santorum by 8%, up on Newt by 13%. President Obama leading in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/president_obama_vs_republican_candidates.html
Me too Michael and starting early last year already!.........Get ready for another "Great Shellacking" on 11/6/12!!!
Yeah, roll right off the edge of the cliff! Both are proven liars, so they are a matched set of 1%er GOPTPers. Most Hispanics other than Cuban do not like him so he is not going to help GOP much with that vote. A party with no long term furure because it has responded negatively to the challenge of responding to the future demographics that will shape elections.
Since white males are becoming a minor minority, females are leaving their party in significant numbers and TP has a negative rating with general american public, the GOP will not win any national elections and loose their power in House and Senate in long and short haul.
Rubio endorses Romney huh? Now, ain't that special? Well, most often the pile emits the smell. Romney though, is a very weak pile, and therefore the smells will all have to go to the pile. Since todays crop of republicans are all alike, we'll never be able to determine the stench of Rubio from any of the others.
Hispanics are 5:1 for Obama. Rubio won't make a difference in the Romney campaign.
Waiting for the other shoe to drop. When is Bush Jr. going to endorse Willard?
R-money/R-unethical, great ticket - for me to poop on.
So sorry, but it's 4 more years of Obama. Silly cons. Caps won't save your @!$%# party, JusBidenMyTime.
Rubio's to smart to join a losing team...
Maybe in 2016
Is that to say that Biden is too stupid staying with a losing team?
Romney/Rubio is supposed to be some sort of dream team? For republicans it probably is. They're not too bright in that party. Romney/Rubio. Unbelievable.
Michael - Mittens will make it to the nomination, but you can stick a fork in him come November....
Obama/ Biden 2012
Is that to say that Biden is too stupid staying with a losing team?
Michael:
Biden is on the winning team. Thats why they call him VP.....
Hey Mike, when you find me a poll that doesn't show Romney getting crushed in the election, then maybe I'll question Biden's judgment.
Nobody likes Romney.
Latino/as hate Republicans by a 3:1 margin, and Rubio won't change that.
Wake me up when this race is actually a contest.
Are you smart enough to know the difference between TOO and TO?
ROMNEY/Anyone 2012!
BYE BYE BARAK! Time to write your book and buy that Volt!
Rubio won't touch that clown car with a ten foot etch-a-sketch.
A winning team? Boy, you have low expectations! Let's see -
Gas is over 100% higher from the day Odumbo took office
He negotiates with the Vice-President of Russia without letting the American people know he's making post election deals
Millions of jobs have been wiped of the books, never to come back
Unemployment is still nationally over 8% and much higher in lots of areas of the country
We are more divided as a country than we have been in 50 years because of his economic, racial and social divisive policies, practices and crap that comes out of his mouth
His baby, his pride and joy, his hope for the promised land of socialized medicine is going to blow up in his anti-American face
You must be one of the "takers"!!
..and which policies would those be?
*crickets*
thought so..
I became so irritated reading that guy aboves me, hopeful american, comment.......When Bush took office and then left office the price almost tripled....Republicans....Do you want the President to make the free market change....in your non regulated everybody for themselves free market? You guys talk and then talk over yourselves every time....Stop with the gas garbage cause it just shows that you understand nothing about how that industry works and how we arrive at our retail gas prices.....The Republican concept of good business is to eat their own young....You guys are a bunch of clowns and you have no clue as to what you are speaking of.........We have job growth and we are moving forward from that very bad 08' financial crisis that was created by your lovely deregulation of the banking system....Amazing...are you that dumb?
RTypo:
How about "I could picture him being my son." Would that be because he's black Mr President? Doesn't really matter to you what the facts of the case are, does it. You've gone down that path before. Hell, thousands of kids are murdered each year, and I don't see you up there at the podium spilling your bullsh** for your own agenda. But this one was just such good timing (politically and racially) wasn't it Mr. President?
Or, the police officer (white) was totally out of line and did something idiotic.
Or, the wealthy (those over $200,000 a year - which isn't a lot for families in the big cities of America) should be paying fair share. Like they aren't already? 49% of Americans don't pay one cent in federal income taxes.
The list could go on and on. This man is the epitome of a progressive-liberal community organizer and nothing else! Hell, a lot of his home city of Chicago is still a shi*-hole. Good job Mr. Community Organizer. Stick with the progressive-liberal mo and keep people dependent and needy, because you are the savior. How pathetic!!
You are a clown......You have an 08' comment you have posted that saays how Palin would be a good vice president.......LOLZ....lolz
Peter:
How about the President NOT blocking every avenue for us to utilize what is under our own feet? His policies are driving the gas prices! It is absolutely ridiculous that we, the greenie's of the globe, are good with oil being produced in countries that have no care about the environment, that are our enemies, and are robbing us blind! God forbid we take oil out of the ground right here were we own it and can do it safely.
You are the dumb one to think that those of us with some money will continue to give it to you loser takers! This is why your guy is going back home to the sh**-hole of Chicago. Oh, that's right, he'll be going home of a beautiful house in a lovely neighborhood (probably white), with a life-long pension and life-long benefits for 4 years of sh** work. Good gig if you can get it!!
P.S. You're right - I'm a clown. I'm laughing at you, those like you, and your President. You are all going to be sh** out of luck come November.
Peter Arsuaga...If you call 08 a "bad financial crisis." WHAT do you call it NOW? Is there even a bad ENOUGH word to lable it now? The price of gas isn't Obama's fault? How then was it Bush's "fault" when it went up to a whopping $1.89 a gal.? You have a short and very selective memory there Pete. The bank deregulation was the creation of a DEMOCRATIC Congress. "Republicans "eat their young"..? The Democrats want to eat everyone's young. Or should I say, everyone else's young.
That's pretty weak dude.. and you know it. He's not allowed to console a grieving mother in a case that has brought hundreds of people to the streets? $200,000 + / per year paying a bit more isn't outrageous as we need to get this debt under control. Then we can go to a flatter tax.
The Americans that don't pay tax don't pay for a reason, they're at or below the poverty line and scraping by.
I agree that both political parties spend too much money and bow to their respectivte lobbyists but your rhetoric is over the top.
Your screen name is "Hopeful American" but all I see is you and your ilk pedaling fear.
You live in a fantasy land Aggie........and Hopeful meds bro meds....
RTypo:
No, I'm hopeful. I'm hopeful America gets back to being America. To manufacture, to encourage business, to get people off the dole.
Americans that don't pay tax should be looking in the mirror. People need to get some pride, dignity and honor back. There is nothing honorable about living off others.
And it wasn't weak. Again, there are a lot of grieving mothers every day. This was nothing more than a political stunt. Very sad and very pathetic. If you see it as anything other than that, you are kidding yourself.
And no meds Peter. I get up and go to work each day - unlike a lot of people sitting around on the dole doing their meds of choice!
Stock market is doing well.. Check.
GM is turning record profits.. Check.
Jobs are steadily increasing (albeit a bit slower than I'd like) Check.
you honestly believe people like living off others? That if they didn't have opportunity they wouldn't jump on it? The gap between the wealthy and the poor is ever widening and it's because of corporate greed and you know it. Everything is geared toward the wealthy, too big to fail "job creators". Trickle on us economics doesn't work. Pull your head out of the Fox (news) hole once in a while and look around for a change.
btw google "Highest profits in history" and maybe you'll start to see some light on what is really going on..
RTypo:
I disagree. I do think a lot of people like living on the dole. If you don't get that, you aren't being honest about people.
And I'll keep watching FOX. Just like you'll keep watching CNN (Commie News Network), MSNBC, CBS, NBC and ABC. I know we just have the one little network, but it does seem to scare the lefties a lot. And I don't get it - you have everything else on your side. Yet the President has, is and will fail in November. I was to young to really understand the horrendous Jimmy Carter, but mom says she'd take him over Obama, and nobody thought anyone could be worse than that little peanut farmer!
To Peter Arsuaga: I quit asking myself a long, long, long time ago if they are truly that stupid. I didn't have to ask anymore because the answer was and is always a resounding YES they are that stupid. They caused the economic mess of historic proportions. Then in the minority they use procedural tricks to block any stimulus or job creation bills like the Annual Highway Bill, the NEXGEN Air Traffic control system or the Infrastructure/Job Bank to name a few of the Job creation Bills the GOP unpatriotically crushed at all our expense so they can achieve their #1 goal of making the President a one term President. Every time I read , write or hear that #1 goal it makes my blood boil! Unpatriotic rats! They put forth no new ideas and they sit back and blame everyone else for their mess but selfishly they never look in the mirror to see where all the problems begin. Push, pull or get out of the way. We don't need anymore stonewalling GOP unpatriotic rats.
Osama Bin Laden is DEAD & General motors is Alive!
Nuff said!
Hopefull American, who is the Vice President of Russia?
Occupy SoggyBottom!
Hopeful American--I take it you get paid ten cents for every post on blogs/newsites. I've seen that job on eLance--didn't look all that attractive to me.
You don't like Americans who don't pay taxes--well, by golly, I guess all those three-year-olds in Pull-ups had better start pulling themselves up by their shoelaces . . . ummmm, Velcro sneaker straps!
You do know that the bogus percentage of "Americans who don't pay taxes" includes all children who have no jobs, all the retired elderly who have no jobs, and all the unemployed who . . . have no jobs. One has to have a job before one pays federal income tax. I really don't think that three-year-olds have a choice about depending on others.
As far as America improving, even Boehner is admitting that America is doing better. As far as people being "on the dole"--we did away with that back during the Clinton era. We have so many homeless people because we don't really have a "dole" any more. One can get some help--but not really enough to subsist on for more than a year or so.
A lot of people who are in serious need of a reality check get up and "go to work"--working does not mean you aren't in need of some meds. Though, personally, it is really more critical thinking skills that you need to work on.
Here's something that should scare you--I don't really care if Romney wins in November because Romney isn't a dope. Remember that he's the one who signed "Romneycare" into law. Remember that he was pro-choice before he started pretending to be anti-abortion. Remember that he is from one of the most liberal states in the country. There's not a lot of distinction between Romney and Obama--despite Romney's two-faced lies to his "right wing base." He hasn't got a single intention of living up to any of the things he's said to them.
His campaign wasn't kidding--they will erase everything he's been saying for the last year and replace it with more middle-of-the-road things such as Obama says. And, anyone who thinks that Obama is far-left has really lost grip of reality. The far left dislikes Obama because he is an "Uncle Tom." Romney and Obama are center-right and center-left. I really don't get that animated about the choice between them because I'm not dumb enough to think that there is an "America" that needs to "get back to being America."
The US is pretty much the same as it was before--only we have one fewer war, no one playing games of "Starve the Beast," a better international reputation, a recovering economy, and politics that the majority of the people (obviously not you) have been returning to the center so that we can try to fix things.
The Trayvon Martin thing is sad--I doubt that the murderer can be brought to justice because of the silly, partisan law that was enacted in Florida. Hopefully--especially since both the white people and the black people in the community where Martin was murdered are horrified, equally horrified, that it happened--that law will be changed so that the Zimmermans who think they can hide behind it, can't. It's just a bad law that needs changing--and the parents have no investment in politics. They just wanted some justice--and since they won't get it through the criminal justice system, I hope it comes through civil court, because some laws only change when they hit people in the pocketbook.
By the by--name all those major policy changes under GW Bush that favored the fundamentalist evangelical Christians rather than those nasty liberals. Remember that the Federal Defense of Marriage Act was done under Clinton. Bush never passed that anti-gay marriage law. He never got a substantial anti-abortion law. His staff made fun of the evangelicals who came to chat with Bush at the White House the minute their backs were turned. Bush tried to pass an amnesty bill for "illegals." He did help pass TARP I. Bush dramatically increased the size of the federal government (remember Homeland Security--that's not exactly a small agency), and so on, and so forth.
It would be nice if when you got up each day, you'd spend a little time in documentable reality rather than in that fantasy world. Have a great one.
Those hopeful of Romney winning are in denial if he gets the nomination. Did you forget the occupy movements. Sure they were against every politician, but I think it is safe to say they were more anti-Republican than Democrat. Then you forget all the teachers now know better not to vote for Republican or they will all loose their jobs. Most of the young voters also love Obama. Those who lost their jobs in 2007 will also vote Obama over Romney. Those who lost their jobs due to Bain Capital would also vote Obama over Romney. The list goes on. Although,taken out of context, Santorum did say one thing right: "Romney is the worst Republican candidate to go against Obama."
"Gas is over 100% higher from the day Odumbo took office"
The President doesn't control gas prices. Gas prices were this high under Bush during the summer of '08.
"He negotiates with the Vice-President of Russia without letting the American people know he's making post election deals"
The President isn't obligated to let the American people know about any in advance, just like Republican Presidents like Bush who planned to go into Iraq early in his administration. A compromise with the Russians on missile defense would benefit both sides.
"Millions of jobs have been wiped of the books, never to come bac"
That was Bush's doing. Stopping the avalanche of job loss was impossible. We got into this mess from the starving the beast policies of Republicans. Cut revenues, go into deficit spending, all to have an excuse to cut entitlements.
"Unemployment is still nationally over 8% and much higher in lots of areas of the country"
By the time the election is here unemployment will be below when Obama took office. Too bad for Republicans.
"We are more divided as a country than we have been in 50 years because of his economic, racial and social divisive policies, practices and crap that comes out of his mouth"
Blame Republicans, who made it clear once Obama was elected that it was their number one objective to make Obama a one term President. Then blocking, stalling, and obstructing everything Obama wanted including things they would normally support.
I guess Rick that means your done for the day..........Priceless.
LOLZ....Why are people calling it worse? I thought it was better....Did I miss something?...or did YOU?
Marco...Rubio. Marco...Rubio. Marco...Rubio. Fish out of water!
Yesterday............"Vice President Biden once again proved that he's America's goofy uncle when he mistakenly referred to Scott Community College President Dr. Theresa Paper as "Dr Pepper.".................Now if we could only get Joe Biden to keep a low profile........and all the time! How about on 11/6/12?
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Great news! Romney/Rubio 2012!
Good news for the 400,000 1%ers, the rest of us would be screwed.
Romney/Rubio will rule on 11/6/12! Have a nice "Hate Free" Day!
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I officially endorse --- whoever runs against Obama.
Agreed.
Because that's really just what it boils down to for you, eh? Figures.
Many have said the same about the GOP.
All except those that participated in "THE GREAT SHELLACKING" on 11/2/10!
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Romney - The liberals' favorite GOP Candidate. Don't vote for Romney.
Please tell all your friends to vote, we need a big turnout.These are a few reasons why Romney is considered liberal:
1) Romney created RomneyCare which ObamaCare is based on. Kennedy
helped develop RomneyCare. Romney said he would repeal ObamaCare. Why
would he if he supports RomneyCare, he is not telling the truth.
2) Most decisions Romney made as Govenor was liberal, not
conservative. So, what make you think he will be conservative all of a
sudden?
3) Romney lost to McCain by a landslide last GOP Primary, and McCain
lost to Obama by a landslide. So, how is Romney going to win this
time?
4) When Obama wishes Romney well in the election and name calls and
villianizes the other candidates, beware!
5) Have you noticed the mass press and critics have shredded apart
every GOP candidate except Romney? That is because they know Romney
fits their agenda.
Please, if you love the USA, vote for any GOP but Romney.
Let me guess. You're a Democrat who signed up with another account a few days ago to try anyone you can away from the one candidate who can beat Obama.
Skup, Why does he have to be a Democrat to not want Romney? That is like calling someone a racist for not wanting Obama a 2nd term.
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But i tell you rubio has too many kids. Like most catholics. They should be allowed and told to wear condoms. If everybody in the world averaged 4 kids like rubio, the world's population would double every 20 years. 110B people in 2090. Too fast. Even at the current rate of 350% every 80 years we will have 25B in 2090, up from only 2B in 1930.
A lot of minorities, African Americans in particular must be Catholic then.
They already tried that one on us marshall. In the 60's they told us to quit having so many kids or we were going to overpopulate the U. S. We did. And, what happened? Half of Mexico and Central America and Viet Nam and God only knows where else came over and filled the space we left by not having American kids.
It's time for Americans to go back to having 4 to 6 kids. Catholic or not.
charles--If African Americans were having 4 kids and European Americans were having less than 2 (and each group only married the other), then African Americans would have doubled their part of the population by now. They haven't.
African Americans have slightly more children than European Americans--mostly because they have less access to birth control. Hispanic Americans have about 2.5 children per female. Hispanic Americans are the group that is increasing the most quickly--yes, because they are Catholic.
TexasGramou812--there are only about 12 million illegal immigrants. We do not have half of Mexico, Central America, and Vietnam (Vietnamese immigrants were allies of the US--you do know that, right? They emigrated because otherwise they would have been killed).
We do not have that many immigrants here. It is around 10-15% of the population--far lower than it was in the 1800s, when we had lots and lots and lots of immigrants. Even though the number is higher now, we have more people overall, and so the percent is lower.
Wouldn't it be nice if people would stick to documentable reality? Oh, and guys, African Americans and Hispanic Americans are, you know, Americans. Just in passing.
There is a reason why minorities are called minorities.
What is a minority: not the continent of Africa, or the Middle East or Latin America, certain not Communist China nor any Asian nation: a las the USA...
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A Cuban anchor baby for VP? LOL!
Elaborate a little please. Give us a biography of Obama and Rubio while your at it and start with birth on up.
Well Obama was born to a single mother in Hawaii, raised by his grandparents, went to Colombia, then Harvard Law, worked as a lawyer, became a senator and now is our president. Your turn.
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Mitt Romney & Marco Rubio would be a formidable team. I hope Rubio is on Romney's short list ;-D
I agree. Formidable. It scares the bejeezsus out of me just to think of it.
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The "best orator in American politics today"???
You're high,.. right..?? Willard has all the charisma of a used kleenex.. There's a reason voting numbers are DOWN, across the board in the republican primaries. And it's NOT because willard is a gifted "orator"
Orifice?? Yes. Orator??. Not so much...
""Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush........."He is the best orator of American politics today, a good family man.""
I think Obama has laid to rest the notion of a good orator translating into a good president. Obama has to be one of the best smooth talkers of all time. Who else could campaign their way to a Nobel Peace prize.
Learn to read. Bush was talking about Rubio being a great orator, not Romney.
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Most already knew who the VP candidate was going to be. Florida is a must win state for the Republicans and Democrats alike. Not only will Romney be able to expose Obama's record and failures as president, but he will also have a leg up on him in taking Florida once Rubio joins the ticket.
Romney/Rubio versus Obama/Biden
Rubio respects Romney and his accomplishments and thinks he's the right man for the job.
Biden and Hillary both warned us that Obama was unqualified to be president. We should of listened.
How much Presidential experiance does Willard have? That's right, 0
Only thing Willard is good at is making money and firing people. Get ready to loose your job, and that money is going to his account in the Cayman Islands.
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After four years of Obama/Biden, we need a little R and R!! Romney and Rubio!
So they can put us out of OUR misery once and for all?
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Too bad Rubio has Ethic Violations in FL - "Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) is asking the Florida Commission on Ethics to close a complaint filed against him during his 2010 campaign, which alleges he misused Republican campaign money for personal expenses."
GOP = Goodbye Old Party = Unethical Bureaucrats
What was the personal expense? I usually dismiss these things anymore. First, this is just a complaint. Sarah Palin had a complaint against her for wearing the jacket of her husbands sponsor when she started a snow mobilie race. Sen. Stevens from Alaska got hit with a violation because someone gave him a dog and he didn't report it. The husky was given to him by a friend, but the dog had a potential value of over $400. If it is bad like Charlie Wrangell's, let me know but otherwise, most of this is trumped up political junk.
Not to mention Foreclosure on Rubio's FL property... it goes on & on - face it, he's not electable ethical material.
You guys are jumping the gun a bit. The Article says "Rubio indorses Romney", not "Romney picks Rubio as his running mate"
Romney will pick Doug (I'm so fat I can't wipe my own a$$) Christie.
Independents won't buy it.To much milk on the top lip.
After EIGHT years of Bush/Cheney and now this undignified primary campaign the GOP is running, they need to reinvent themselves into a party and potential leadership of integrity.
They can always cheat at the ballot box again.
At the end of the day,.. who cares who willard picks.. The teapublicans are phoning this one in.. I mean, a brief look at the circus so far should tell you they were just putting up a token effort..
Teapublican party strategists are looking to 2016. They already know who's going to win in 2012.
And it ain't going to be willard... I like grits !!!!
I think their first real shot at it will be 2024, Obama/Biden 2012, Clinton/Warren 2016-2024
I think Warren is bright, personable, and really seems to give a sh*t about the average consumer crowd with respect to financial issues.
But at heart,.. she's not a politician.. Conducting in a national campaign would NOT be her strong suit..
Sec. of the Treasury.... All in.. Time to break the historic Wall St. ties...
Pooch, it's nothing more than cheap entertainment... nothing short of, clowns. They'll be gone soon enough...
I think Romney will literally save our country from financial ruin. He is brilliant when it comes to managing budgets and organizations. He won't shy away from making the tough money decisions. He will trim a bloated government. And he will restore our status in the world.
President Obama has been, in my opinion, too quick to simply throw money at a problem. I think Romney will think things through, come up with a valid game plan, and then spend only the minimum amount of money that is needed to fix our problems.
That is my belief....that is my hope.
Romney: He will give it everything he's got....he will save our country!
Well, the guy we have in there now seems to have no clue on how to help America. His policies seem to be designed to slow down a recovery or make our future worse off. He has yet to propose a policy that makes the US more competitive.
No Put, It's the Teabagger House of Representatives that slowed the recovery, WHERE YOU BEEN?
I've been paying attention to reality instead of just buying into political rhetoric. I bet you can't name 3 things Obama has proposed that would make our country more competitive. Open your eyes and quit being used.
Pay no attention to the obstructionist teabaggers. It is all Obama's fault. Everything was FINE in January of 2009!
And you read and write children's fairytales and books don't you? you little softy! Mitt Romney could use plenty of blind voting gifts horses like you.
Liberals are going to have a hard time getting people to hate Rubio...
But they will try hard now...
Rubio is a right-wing CLOWN, I hope Willard picks Him.
Sure, it was so hard with Bachmann, Cain, Gingrich, Perry, Santorum...........
We don't need to do anything except let them open their mouths.
Well said William, I hate Rubio already.
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Let's see: Romney, the Jedi Master of pandering.
And Rubio, an illegal alien.
Nice!
See how that works, baggers?
Santorum is Count Dooku.
Pretty much.
Where's the endorsement of the most important and influential GOP/TEA/Dumb FUX NEWS party leader of 21st century??? When will the party establishment release his power, his intellect, his wisdom on how to save the peril America is in right now!!!
Where is George W. Bush's endorsement???
I hope He does, the KISS of DEATH
HA! G Dub left this country in such economic and diplomatic shambles. And the GOP expects POTUS to clean it all up in three years? Silence is deafening, huh? I want to know which GOP candidate would even touch that endorsement.
Funny how the GOP wants to continue most of the Bush policies but doesn't want the former President's endorsement.
Candy that's because morons like you believe everything was Bush's fault. The only truely verified fault lies within liberal moron voters like you, who are unable to think for yourselves.
rubob is just another 1% liar just like rommey! wake up america!
the only one going to change anything is ron paul!
but stupid americans will just vote the 1% in and then bitch about them in 6months just like they have always done in the past! Americans are just to dumb to figure that out! because the only thing important to them is how much crap they can buy on their devaluing money!
wake up america!