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Florida Sen. Marco Rubio will deliver Republicans' response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday, GOP leaders announced Wednesday.
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., selected Rubio -- an influential Latino conservative who was first elected in 2010 -- to speak for Republicans in their official response to the president's speech.
The State of the Union response slot is often seen as a potential launching platform for politicians who harbor national ambitions; fittingly, Rubio is one of the most-hyped figures in the GOP, and is thought to have designs on the party's presidential nomination in 2016. The honor carries a degree of risk, however: many past figures to deliver their party's response have been panned for their performance.
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Republican Sen. from Florida Marco Rubio speaks at the BuzzFeed Brews newsmaker event in Washington on February 5, 2013.
“I’m honored to have this opportunity to discuss how limited government and free enterprise have helped make my family’s dreams come true in America,” the Florida senator said in a statement. “Limited government and free enterprise are the very foundation of what makes America special and separates us from the world, particularly through our strong middle class. I look forward to laying out the Republican case of how our ideas can help people close the gap between their dreams and the opportunities to realize them.”
Rubio has also helped take the lead recently in working with a bipartisan group of senators to craft a comprehensive immigration reform bill that allows a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. Rubio has worked to sell that legislation to conservatives, just as immigration is sure to figure prominently in Obama's yearly address on Tuesday.
"His speech will focus on the Republican Party's agenda to grow the middle class," a Rubio aide said. "Immigration will likely be mentioned as one way to grow the economy, but the speech really is about the Republican Party's commitment to limited government as the best way to help the middle class, and how it differs from the President's plans for bigger government."
"Marco Rubio is one of our party’s most dynamic and inspiring leaders. He carries our party’s banner of freedom, opportunity and prosperity in a way few others can. His family’s story is a testament to the promise and greatness of America,” Boehner said in a statement.
Added McConnell: "Marco Rubio embodies the optimism that lies at the heart of the Republican vision for America. On Tuesday, he will contrast the Republican approach to the challenges we face with President Obama’s vision of an ever-bigger government and the higher taxes that would be needed to pay for it."
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Will Mitt Romney's 5 grandmothers vote for Rubio?
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Common, see, more of that childish rant caused by your brain disorder. It must suck to be so pathetic.
He's certainly lacking "common sense" but isn't that the liberal way? Try to be something you aren't and work hard to convince people it's really you? Common sense eludes this nutcase, maybe we should put him on some sort of "watch list".
luke, not a joke, read some of this tards postssssss. I already reminded him the the last three shooters came from liberal families. It's the brain disorder that all these delusional libs suffer from.
joe
And you post anything?
Hahhahahahha
Dude, you are a tool, you know it and we all know it.
If you don't have Rush's johnson in your mouth you have Hannity's in your back side.
The day you can think for yourself is the day fox news decides to become fair and balanced.
Oh yeah.....they lie to you
hahahhahahahahhahahaha
Common, it must be sad to have to look in the mirror and see yourself knowing that your just a loser.
Nosense will your two daddy"s vote for him?
Why is all of the Fox neonuts still posting here? I thought they lost the election, the argument, the rants, the intelligent debates..oh wait there are no intelligent debates ...just wikipedia cut and paste jobs. It's really sad to see the dumbing down of the Republicans. But hey it's better for Democrats and Liberals LMMAO
EXIT STAGE LEFT! The Democratic Party of the Working Man has now switched to the radicals that helped run it into the ground in the 60's & 70's! WOW! We spent so much money, and plenty of our people's blood on defeating the very same ideology that YOUR President, and many brainwashed people are expousing now! You bought into it, and NOW we working folks are going to pay for it! Clinton will definitely be the last Democrat I will ever vote for, because while he saved the Party, and brought it back to it's greatness, now you have an EXTREMIST that is hell bent on "Fundamentally" Changing it into something that was never intendted! And those on this thread buy into this @!$%#! It's just amazing as a Father and a Husband! Your PARTY are the Extremists, not the others!
I wish for a moment that "crusty redhead" would stick around for some debate. The slimy sleaze always gets the first word, which is usually filled with some cute but ignorant phrases and then she fades into the darkness where she came from.
As for Rubio, he's a shining light for the Republican party. He wants to reach out (isn't that what Democrats want?), he's smart and understands the dire straits we are in. I don't understand why anyone on the left would attack him unless they have specific grievances (which they never unveil). It sounds more like a black guy in the 40's being "lynched" because someone "thought" he did something wrong. Give the guy a chance, after all, we've given Democrats since 2006 to solve our problems and they keep getting worse.
Oh, and if you are wondering who lynched the black guy, it was Democrats. They started the Civil War to keep their slaves and when they got beat, they created the KKK. Check my facts if you don't believe me. Just goes to show that brainwashing is the only "service" offered by the left.
Luke, it's like trying to get a response from a liberal when you bring up the fact that every major city has been run by Democrats since their beginnings and yet , they are all broke, infested with crime and gangs and generations of welfare recipients. How's that working.
"As for Rubio, he's a shining light"... No, nurse! I asked for a BUTT Light!
nashville is broke? Austin is broke? Dallas is broke? all 3 democrat run for the last 20 years, all heavily in the black.
I personally will not watch Chairman Mao, or whatever you want to call him! He's not a LEADER which is the main problem with this White House! They just want to promote their agenda, regardless of the fact that nearly half the country doesn't like what he is doing! He won't reach out to us! He just demonizes the oppostion! This is TRULY UNPRESCEDENTED in our History! Most REAL leaders reach out to the minority Party! Not this GUY! GEE! Thanks for your Patriotism and Dependence on Government! 11/6/2012, a Day that will Live in Infamy! Why? Not America's Best Day my friends!
WOW! Flashback to 2004!
Dow up again today?
Forgot.
But 8000 points since Obama started fixing the GOP bush disaster.
$trillions in wealth.
Real Americans love wealth.
Anti-Americans hate what Obama has done to get us back on track.
Obama truly believes he has more of a King status. King Obama, the great divider.
joe thinks he's the great ass clown
And he's correct.
Likely the king of all anti-American ass clowns
Common, everytime you open your mouth you make a bigger fool out of yourself. What you forgot to mention is, economy has only grown 2.2% but trendinding down the past two years, 20 million went to 48 million people on food stamps, unemployment was 7.8% when he took office is back to 7.9% actually a lot higher), has added over 6 trillion to the debt but hey, that's what you libs call moving "Forward"
Common, there you go again with the childish behavior. Mommy's going to take away your computer dingdong
joe-2849984 20 million went to 48 million people on food stamps.
That would mean that 20 million people each got .41 million dollars Jack A$$
joe, and where are your oligarch businessmen? they're being treasonous money whores running off to china and destroying the consumer market they intend to sell back to. Big businessmen leaving the U.S. now are begging for their own downfalls. When the U.S. consumer market collapses, china will crack under its artificially deflated yuan, india will break like water on a rock, the E.U. will crumble, and japan will as well. If the U.S. economy hits a major failure, so does the world, and that's a fact only increased hiring will fix. If you want a good economy, you hog tie business owners and force them to hire for 1 year (those employees who don't do their job can become slave labor for construction like we used to have with chain gangs. that threat works so much better than cushy jail). The middle class springs back in an instant, demand rises to meet increased production due to stronger middle class spending, no more welfare spending, no more foodstamp spending, increased tax revenue, and the deficit is GONE!
Yes it would be like a dictatorship for 1 year, but the problem would be solved.
I would respond to all you idiot libs but am afraid that under the white house new drone rules they might consider me an enemy combatant and kill me.
I thought you were dead, Jimmy Lee!
Gary, nice one!!! I liked it.
They call it the Bush disaster! WOW! Totally uninformed on why the Housing Bubble burst! It was Liberal theology that has taken a once great Democratic Party down to it's knees! Yup, Bush could have been more forceful on idiots on the Left, but he was a Compassionate Conservative! Now we need a Real Conservative that will take OUT the idiocey of the current administration! Maybe Rubio is the ticket!
Bush had 6 years of complete control of all THREE branches of government!............. He didn't fix squat...... (Except feeding the starving billionaires!)
um, 74% republican congress deregulated the banks and removed glass steagal. Now who's uninformed? less than 50 democrat votes between both chambers. How's that for the truth?
Bush was a conservative???!!! Lincoln and reagan are rolling over in their graves!!!
caarpenter7 I just looked it up Rubio was born in Miami you dumb sh!t. The last American has yet to bring back the USA flag so Miami is still American.
Bwahahaha!!! So is Hawaii!
When all the money is gone, and everybodys' fingers have fallen off from pointing out blame, at least conservatives will still have whats left of them to grow crops and hunt meat, and liberals will just have what's left of their hands to use for handouts.
Ummm... billy bobby ray bob,.. where is all the money going to go... specifically???
I just know you have a well reasoned answer to this rather pressing question.....
jlm.
Doubt it...I'll bet the Conservatives will be shooting the Liberals to gain access to their electricity from our Windmills and Solar Panels; because either the Conservatives are too stupid to understand how to construct them or they just don't believe in them.
Either way you may be in for a battle because just because we are liberal doesn't mean we do not have ways to protect whats ours.
Roadkill..... Wow at least you acknowledge the fact that everything changed in 2006! That's a Start! Barney Frank, Chris Dodd!, and 60's style "Anti War" Liberalism took over the the DNC! GREAT! Thanks for you Post! PATHETIC!
Record number of veto's 2006-2008. Nuff said. (Actually Jan. 2007- Jan. 2009)
Rubio- Yes lets see how you are the "new face" of the republicant's, too bad you don't have any new ideas!
Hey Rubio lets hear more about how your family fled Cuba again, who were they fleeing from? LOL
"Republicans can no longer be the stupid party" WE ARE STILL WAITING!
This is the epitomy of the GOP hypocricy!! Rubio has been pushed to change his views about immigration reform, which he avoided consistently before by saying to many other Cubans and other Republicans that it is not of their interest as Cubans are allowed to come in our country by just "touching" our territory, which is not a problem for them. Now, after the Hispanics voted overwhelmingly for Obama, the GOP has "instructed" "Rubio the puppet" that to get the Latino votes they have to change their views about immigration reform, and he should be the "latino" to pretend that they support it. Also, Rubio's family has been found to be involved in drug trafficking, which is not much of a qualification to be a congressman, much less to reply to Obama's state of the union.
I could give the SOTU address in two words......
Stagnant Economy
Wow! The takeover has occurred my friends! These people are OFF the charts! We MUST vote them out in 2014!! They won't have their MSM Brand of a White House running for office! So SAD that the Democratic Party will SUFFER utter DEFEAT! Folks, even many on the Left, will see the mess for what it is!
Didn't you claim utter defeat for the Democratic Party in 2012 as well? That's what you get when you receive your talking points from Dick Morris.
"His speech will focus on the Republican Party's agenda to grow the middle class," a Rubio aide said. This is funny, the republican party has been the driving force behind crushing the middle class. Driving health care costs up to the point where companies are being forced to drop them altogether or reduce them to the point where its irrelevant. Starting with Reagan they drove up massive deficits and started the whole corporate welfare culture. These people are scoundrels that care only for the rich and well connected. Question is, have we finally had enough as a country?
andrew wait until the full force of ACA kicks in you will be real happy it will be affordable for the employee but the depentant side will get the real raise . let me know how that will work for you then.
A third year sp1c GOP senator,,lmao
Won't work,Latinos won't buy his repuke lies
funny thing about hispanic people ...one thet are not lazy ..two they are not stupid...and three most important they are not looking forhandouts and are hard working and family oriented. to you libs it doesnt matter who is out there hispanics have not picked a rep. in last 7 elections. but when they can finally be here without looking over thier shoulder and worrying about thier families being disrupted . dont be surprised when they are not in your statusquo of seeking handouts.
We sure have a bunch of knuckle draggers here who think Obummer and fat butt Moochelle are doing a great job. Lets see: The economy is in the dumps, unemployment at 7.9%, queers marrying queers, he lied about bringing the troops home and out of those two hell holes, racial tensions are higher than ever, more people on welfare and food stamps, debt going thru the roof, T-bills sales are barely 50% but printing presses going full blast, and the topper of all is that he is cutting the military. Quote from Obama, "if there is a dispute between the West and Islam, I will take the Muslim side". That should scare the living hell out of all Americans.
Liberals are going to have to suck it up when we have another recession. Won't be able to blame that on Bush. I don't have much faith in any Repub. including Rubio but at least they love the USA. Something that can not be said about O and fat butt M.
Y'all have a good day now since you have enlightened!
Yeah! I'm sure every time Barrack and Michelle get on Air Force One they're thinking to themselves I hate America. Maybe if you weren't so busy being such a jerk you would have something intelligent to contribute to the conversation.
like thier aspirations of coming here to be free . they do see a light and they knowwhere they came from and see where they can go maybe we will all learn not to take so much for granted..they obviously know something we dont to persevere in such great numbers to come here..
You weren't born in America, were you tom? Are you an American citizen yet?
They come here to mooch because castro got it right. Work for your keep, and contribute to the collective to receive your benefits.
Looking forward to hearing Ruberto's massage next week...
Total Chaos and Liberalism will destroy them! Without the BRAND that is Obama, we'll take back a Party that was once American! Please pray that 2014 will totally make the Media Brand helpless!
snk.. YOU are an Idoit that believes in this MSM MORON "Branded" President! We will NOT put up with this crap any longer! The adminstration that you voted to reelect will forever make life more difficult for our kids!!
theeightiesruled1
Have you been drinking?
theeightiesruled1: Whereas the "conservatives" who deny climate change, ignore environmental devastation, wish to suck up every drop of petroleum as fast as possible, and have no interest in funding infrastructure repair and upgrades have the interest of "our kids" at heart? Mmm-hmmm.
Here is the next Star the Republican Party/Tea plans to push for President. As Lawrence O'Donnell aptly put it the next person to give a Presidential Rebuttal who will never be President. Marco Rubio is such a LIGHTWEIGHT, the only way I see a path forward for him to Remove his Clown Status is to completely be DEPROGRAMMED of Republican/Tea Talking Points, and trying to give the illusion that he is the best Spokesperson in the Party for Hispanic Votes.
Sorry, Marco, you are now competing with Ted Cruz, who also needs to be DE-PROGRAMED when it comes to speaking for Ethnic Groups.
I will say it again, Minorities in the Republican Party are used for "Staging" at their Conventions and Conferences. If Republicans really cared about Minorities, why would they continue VOTER SUPPRESSION TACTICS, Call the first African American President everything DISRESPECTFUL NAME but a Mother's Son and the total DISRESPECT for the Office of the Presidency, along with their Head, Rush and Fox News.
They only care now about Hispanics because they have been Taking a Bath in Elections. Now Mario and Ted are riding in to Save the Party. Wow, I am impressed.
I will say it AGAIN, the Republicans STILL DO NOT HAVE A BENCH.
Since ANY black republican is an Uncle Thomas, then ANY Hispanic republican is an Uncle Tomas.
The Republiclown answer to everything is good ol' voodoo economics. AKA, the famous Reagan "trickle-down" economics. The well worn, worn-out theory that if America enables the wealthy to amass money, they'll trickle some down. Newsflash for the GOP, the rich didn't get rich, or richer, by trickling it down. There's always a yacht, or real estate, or gold, or diamonds for the bimbo, to spend it on. In other countries. Plus, just like the Mitthead, they can stash their cash in foreign accounts and pay no taxes. Same old, same old. And the sheep just follow along.
Yawn...round what is it 8 or 9? Geez these Republican idiots never stop with the baseless posts.