The Tea Party surely has had its bad moments (the shutdown is one of them), but it has also developed a sizable group that works and plays well with others, and it is to these that the party should look. They are young, and make Hillary Clinton look tired.
They come from humble sometimes immigrant, backgrounds, and make her look overly rich and entitled. Their diversity makes her look whiter than ever. None has a relative who has ever been president, but one has a mentor who is the son and the brother of presidents, and a Cuban last name: Marco Rubio.
Rubio looks like a Bush, likes the Bush issues, has an eloquence equaled by none in his party, and has been called both a Tea Party and an Establishment figure, sometimes on the same day.
The last three Democrats to be president won as outsiders, running against older, long-time insiders, who themselves came from rich and establishment families. Jeb Bush should call it a day, and become the godfather of the first Hispanic president, who, with Kelly Ayotte on his ticket, will fight Hillary to a race/gender draw.
I'm good with Marco Rubio. He's made some missteps, but I'm just fine with him. I've been in his camp since 2009.
Maybe if Marco runs we'll even rev up Not One Red Cent again!
And if you've forgotten how eloquent Marco can be, watch this one more time:
Honestly, I think it's too early for Ted Cruz, Romney says no more, Jeb Bush loves Common Core so he's not for me (though I'm really not a single issue kind of girl), Rick Perry has shot his wad, and as much as I'd love someone like Allen West, I don't think, at this point, he would garner the votes, although I'd love to see him in a primary. Rand Paul? Primary. Get a good strong primary crew and duke it out.
But I like Marco.
On the record.
April 17, 2014.
The Republicans can not take the White House in 2016 unless they come up with an effective strategy to win more of the hispanic/latino vote. Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush are two potential candidates who might be able to accomplish this. Republicans should "write-off" the black vote - it's a waste of time and money for the Republican party to try and attract more black voters. Where the hispanic/latino vote goes will be key to winning the White House in 2016.
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