2016 Postmortem

DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Fri May 16, 2014, 09:37 AM May 2014

Forget the White House, Marco Rubio Might Be Lucky Just to Be Reelected

Myra Adams

He still makes the presidential wannabee lists, but Rubio might be lucky in 2016 just to hold his Senate seat.

orida Senator Marco Rubio made news on Sunday’s This Week when asked by Jonathan Karl if he considered himself ready to be president:

“I do … but I think that’s true for multiple other people that would want to run … I mean, I’ll be 43 this month, but the other thing that perhaps people don’t realize, I’ve served now in public office for the better part of 14 years,” said Rubio.

Do the math. Rubio has held public office since age 29. His Wikipedia profile states “politician” as his profession. Given that most Americans believe that “politician” is not exactly a highly respected career path, Rubio may at least want to change his Wiki profile to read “public servant.”

In fact, he may be forced into a career change. Why? Because Senator Rubio is up for a difficult reelection in November 2016, and he told Jonathan Karl that if he runs for president he would not simultaneously run for the Senate.

This could be construed as a jab at Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, who is actively considering both. But Rubio does not have a choice because Florida law prevents ambitious politicians from having their names appear twice on the ballot for different offices, as does Kentucky. And Paul has more in-state political clout and is engaged in changing the law in Kentucky, while Rubio has accepted the Sunshine State status quo.

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