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Whit Ayres: the GOP pollster trying to weaken Mitt Romney on immigration (Hispanic Leadership Network) - 04/27/12

... a suggestion that he support Marco Rubio's version of the DREAM Act or some form of comprehensive immigration reform, and so on. Are there any circumstances in which you can see the media offering good advice to Mitt Romney? Of course not: the media continues to be what it was four and more years ago: a virtual extension of the Obama campaign. Those media sources offering such articles are what...

Carl Cannon's corrupt, misleading pitch for Marco Rubio (Real Clear Politics Washington Editor) - 04/01/12

... nominate the weak-on-immigration Marco Rubio as his running mate. A previous installment - which is similar to the current in many ways - was offered by Marc Thiessen of the Washington Post less than a week ago. How the current version misleads will be presented below. Consider this excerpt: Although it’s axiomatic that Hispanics are the fastest-growing demographic group in this country, there...

GOP Sens. Marco Rubio, Jon Kyl, Kay Bailey Hutchison crafting own DREAM Act bills - 03/27/12

From this: Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.), the only Senate Republican of Hispanic heritage and a possible vice presidential pick, is working on an alternative version of the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, which would grant legal status to illegal immigrants who came to the country at a young age and serve in the military or attend college... "I don't have any specifics...

Questions for Marc Thiessen about Marco Rubio (Washington Post, American Enterprise Institute) - 03/26/12

... supposed whispering campaign against Marco Rubio. In the column he says the following; questions based on this are below: Rubio could help deliver the key swing state of Florida, and as the first Hispanic vice presidential nominee he would give the (Mitt Romney) team a fighting chance with Latino voters. His humble roots and compelling personal narrative could help blunt the class warfare...

Sens. Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio help deprive Third World of an honor student (also: Frederica Wilson, David Rivera, Ros Lehtinen, Napolitano, Reid) - 03/08/12

... young women also met with Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Rep. David Rivera, R-Fla., whose office took the lead working with federal immigration officials on her behalf. Rep. Ileana Ros Lehtinen, R-Miami, who wrote letters to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on their behalf, planned to meet with Pelaez and her sister on Thursday. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, asked the...

Marco Rubio promotes immigration policy that's bad for everyone (Michael Scherer, Time) - 02/24/12

Senator Marco Rubio recently supported very bad immigration policy in an interview with Michael Scherer of Time Magazine (link). Per Rubio: I'm always trying to remind my colleagues that if they lived in Mexico or anywhere in Latin America and their kids were hungry - every night went to sleep hungry - and your country provided no opportunity for you to feed them, you’re telling me that there’s...

Presente's racial campaign against Marco Rubio (No Somos Rubios) - 01/27/12

... isn't even based in reality: Marco Rubio is no Tom Tancredo on immigration, and the Tea Parties are led by loose borders leaders like Dick Armey of FreedomWorks and the Koch family (which funds loose borders groups and whose David Koch donated to the American Civil Liberties Union). Because of such leaders, the Teapartiers have largely ignored immigration since they started. UPDATE: Rubio's just...

Marco Rubio changes position on Arizona immigration law, again - 05/17/10

On May 7th, Marco Rubio was asked by Jason Mattera whether he would have voted for Arizona's new immigration law. He stated (humanevents.com/article.php?id=36858): "The second one that passed hit the right note. Yes." Now, he's changed his tune and on Spanish-language TV (link): "The law, how it is now, do you support it, yes or no?" Maria Elvira Salazar asked on Mega TV's Maria Elvira Live. "I...

David Brooks: this is the Tea Party Decade (the Idiocracy is nigh) - 01/05/10

... and polished politicians, like Marco Rubio of Florida and Gary Johnson of New Mexico, are unofficially competing to become its de facto leader. If they succeed, their movement is likely to outgrow its crude beginnings and become a major force in American politics. After all, it represents arguments that are deeply rooted in American history. Please compare that with our tea parties summary....

Marco Rubio supports attrition, seems to actually oppose amnesty (but: probably still supports massive immigration) - 11/17/09

... today, Florida Senate candidate Marco Rubio supported attrition (enforcing our immigration laws in order to encourage illegal aliens to leave on their own) and made statements that seemed to indicate that he opposes amnesty (aka comprehensive immigration reform). That's definitely a far better position than that of those in his general network, such as Karl Rove and Jeb Bush. And, it makes more...

Karl Rove donates to Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush neutral. Does that confirm my hunch? - 10/05/09

... challenge by ex-state House Speaker Marco Rubio. While Crist has financially overwhelmed Rubio to date, there are many Republicans -- particularly those in Flordia that are close to former GOP Gov. Jeb Bush -- who have publicly become more comfortable airing their skepticism about Crist in public. One of those Republicans with close ties to the Bush family, Karl Rove, has signaled his...

Marco Rubio: illegal immigration amnesty supporter, or not? - 05/13/09

Marco Rubio is the Republican former Speaker of the Florida Assembly who - together with fellow Republican Charlie Crist - will be running for Senate; Rubio is running as a conservative against the more RINO Crist. Rubio's immigration stance isn't entirely clear; some have claimed that he helped block some anti-illegal immigration bills in Florida. See the statement from Floridians for...

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