They call Marco Rubio the rising star? Honey, let me introduce you to this mayor

[jillan]

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Julian Castro is the rising star in the Latino community!!!
You can keep your negative, whining Marco Rubio - he ain't nada!!

[Javaman]

1. Hopefully the next Gov of Texas. :) nt

[northoftheborder]

4. YES

[FarPoint]

8. He could save Texas.

Dynamic man ....Powerful speech, I listened to every word with full attention .

[blueknight]

2. first time i ever heard him

what a great speaker!

[jillan]

3. Same here! I am a fan!

[avebury]

6. Totally agree! nt

[Politicub]

11. Me three

And I'm so glad I did.

[LynneSin]

5. America is ready for a Latino president

[Lone_Star_Dem]

10. And I have a feeling I just watched the first Latino president deliver on hell of a speech!

The party has big plans for our Julian Castro.

[Politicub]

13. Obama-Castro 2016!

Michelle that is .

And I would be just as happy with the reverse.

[LynneSin]

14. The toughest issue I have with Castro as president is getting him enough experience to be viable.

Sure he is governor of the 7th largest city in the USA, a state that is larger than several states. But it would really help if he had some statewide service such as Governor or Senator. Or at least US Representative. But in Texas I doubt he can win a statewide race and he'd have to move to a district where his brother isn't already serving as US Representative.

HOWEVER.....

I think he would make a good Vice President, which would give him the experience needed to be President.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

16. Texas isn't done with him yet.

We still need him here too badly to let him go that fast anyway.

I'm seeing it down the road for him though, and there's a really good chance well lose him to a VP appointment before we'd like to.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

7. He was hotter on Twitter than Mitt Romney's RNC speech!

“@gov: With his Tweets per minute peak at 11,503, @JulianCastro drove more conversation than any #GOP2012 speaker than @MittRomney.”

I knew they were going to love him too, but DAMN!

[freshwest]

9. Been waiting for him since it was announced he'd be there. He was better than I hoped! Great speech!

[Robbins]

12. Tonight

We may have seen the first Hispanic president or vice president of the United States.

[Odin2005]

15. Warren-Castro 2016!!!

[Retrograde]

17. Castro? Isn't that a Commie name?

(Various Castros were also very important in the history of the SF Bay Area - they owned a large land grant just south of me)

[ellisonz]

18. The Castro brothers were excellent.

Marco Rubio should be fed to the sharks.

[lpbk2713]

19. Rubio is a Jeb Bush camp follower

The sooner the Florida voters see through his bullshit the better off they'll be.