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bobbyw24
04-27-2011, 06:29 PM
The same tea party wave swept them into the Senate last year, but freshman phenoms Rand Paul and Marco Rubio couldn’t be more different in how they’ve approached their anti-spending mandate in Washington.

Paul, a Kentucky Republican, is blazing an outsider’s path, ruffling Senate traditions and proposing hopeless bills and resolutions that are ignored by leaders but cheered by his activist followers. Rubio has quickly worked to make himself an establishment favorite, playing the insider’s game while drawing crowds of grass-roots activists back home in Florida.

http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=93AF54DE-937D-49FD-9296-4DCF5A958D96

Sola_Fide
04-27-2011, 06:53 PM
There are leaders...and followers.

bobbyw24
04-27-2011, 07:03 PM
I get Rubio's emails since he is my Senator and they are all fluff and no substance.

sailingaway
04-27-2011, 07:24 PM
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anaconda
04-27-2011, 07:35 PM
This "Matt Kibbe" quoted in the article fails to consider that a "coalition" can be built from a consensus from the voters and also by throwing collaborators like Rubio back into the private sector and replacing them with Rand Pauls. These trolls learned nothing from the November 2010 election.

Anti Federalist
04-27-2011, 07:45 PM
Of course he's on the establishment fast track, he plays their game:

http://talesfromatribble.blogspot.com/2011/04/senator-marco-rubio-r-fl-stands-tall.html

This from the Washington Independent in November 2010: Marco Rubio heads to Israel after winning senate race

Right after winning his senate election race, the first place Marco Rubio traveled to was Israel;
Senator-elect Marco Rubio (R) will head to Israel on Sunday, reports Israeli news site Ynetnews:

With victory in the congressional elections less than a day old, Florida Senator Marco Rubio (Rep.) who considers himself a ‘Tea Party’ member, is set to arrive in Israel on Sunday. Rubio’s visit so soon after the election win is a move that strengthens assessments that the congress in its current form will continue where it left off – at least where Israel is concerned.

Rubio gave a speech on Israel in June to the Republican Jewish Coalition “about the need for the United States to stand with Israel without equivocation or hesitation,” criticizing the Obama administration’s handling of the U.S.-Israel relationship.

He also called on the U.S. to move its embassy to Jerusalem and said that the administration should not push Israel to a settlement freeze before negotiations.

Like America, he said, Israel is an “exceptional” nation.

Jennifer Rubin of Commentary called it the best speech on Israel “since George W. Bush went to the Knesset.”

His belief that the U.S. should support Israel unequivocally jibes well with the Republican Party’s foreign-policy thinking on Israel.

Matt Collins
04-27-2011, 08:00 PM
Yeah, Rubio is the one being marginalized by the establishment. He should sit through some Rothfeld classes heh heh heh.


Oh, and look up Rubio's connection to Aspen Institute, and then look at who funds the Aspen Institute. Oh, and then look at Rubio's voting record in FL. How did this guy ever get elected, and why does the TP associate themselves with him? He brought cap and trade to FL.