Rubio?

[underpants]

Understanding Republicans is hard I know but....

I simply don't get it.

Look, he is clearly their establishments' only hope (thanks to their leadership losing control to their own PR machine) but what chance does he really have in the general election?
From their point of view all their rabid base will be completely pissed off.
I'm not a "looks Presidential" type but he looks like a kid. To me. And I'm only a few years older than him.
He's shaky, at best, in public speaking. No, this isn't about the "water bottle" thing. He just is erratic.

I don't get it.


He's young and Hispanic and from Florida - is that it? They think they can just check off demographic blocks and everything will take care of itself?

[onehandle]

1. The GOP is terrified that Trump could pull this off.

Rubio is their best chance to not win the White House, but to keep the status quo downticket.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

2. They've always thought 'checking off demographic boxes' would carry the day.

They assumed the reason Obama won was because he 'checked off a demographic box'.

They simply don't understand that the candidate himself or herself is far less important than the policies that come along with that candidate.

[OhZone]

3. Yeah ^this! nt

[yardwork]

10. I disagree. Most people ignore the policies. It really is the candidate.

[Jim Beard]

4. I guess they figure if he can be elected US Senator

President shouldn't be much more difficult.

[djean111]

5. I live in Florida. Rubio is sort of doughy and featureless as a politician.

I think that is his strength. I can't imagine him having the intellect to be president, but then I thought - hell, they ran Sarah Palin.
Plus, GOP voters just really don't care about any illegalities or transgressions.

They think they can just check off demographic blocks and everything will take care of itself?

Isn't that what Hillary's campaign is doing? All day long we hear about the Latinos, the POC, the female vote, etc. I just laughed at an OP that opined that boomers - like myself - just don't get Bernie. Um, yes, I do, that's why I support him. But it illustrates how some folks are fixated on strict demographic divisions, for better or for worse.

[OhZone]

6. Oh, btw - have some Rubio fun~!

even more repetitive than Trump! ha

[flamingdem]

15. lollll!

[clarice]

7. I suspect that the RW base will coalesce and vote as a block, no matter who the candidate is. IMHO. n

[Stargleamer]

8. George W. Bush was quite incoherent at times but still got installed as President

so don't be thinking he has to be all that good at public speaking. He just has to say all the stuff they want him to say, although it would help his cause if he wasn't so robotic in this regard. The Republicans will hope their vicious and vile attack ads will carry him into the White House.

[Liberal_in_LA]

9. they talk about him as if he is another Obama.

[Jim__]

11. Christy destroyed him.

I don't see how he can recover from that.

[MisterP]

12. yeah, got a lot of Westworld vibes out of that

[Bucky]

13. I think they see him as a young Reagan

[flamingdem]

14. Well at least he concedes that "Obama knows exactly what he's doing"

[flamingdem]

16. ... and all that matters is that he's a puppet

He can do that very, very well.

[joshcryer]

17. Rubio speaks very good Spanish.

That's about all they have.