Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich may see himself as a Marco Rubio figure in Florida, but the freshman senator beloved by the tea party isn’t backing him up on that. (more)
An aide to Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio is accused of rolling his wife up in a carpet and beating her. (more)
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – On the same day that thousands of websites including Wikipedia and WordPress have gone dark to protest the Stop Online Privacy Act and Protect IP Act; Florida Senator Marco Rubio announced he was withdrawing his name and support for the bill. (more)
On this weekend’s “Inside Washington,” columnist for the Washington Post Charles Krauthammer said that freshman Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio would be the eventual running mate of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. (more)
1.) Move over Marco — Republican Senate phenom Marco Rubio has barely had the time to prove himself worthy of the hype, but the Washington establishment (whatever that is) may be already moving on to the next best (Hispanic) thing. Her name is Susana Martinez and the recently elected New Mexico governor just might be vice president of these United States come 2013. TheDC’s Will Rahn reports on her attractiveness: “In addition to her popularity, Martinez is also the first Hispanic woman of either party to be elected governor of a state. Come next November, the Latino vote will be heavily contested as the White House seeks to win over enough Hispanics to compensate for President Obama’s low approval ratings among white voters and as the GOP looks to make inroads with America’s fastest growing minority group.” (more)
When John McCain proclaimed in 2008, “Today, we’re all Georgians,” unfortunately he was not talking about the Southern state. No, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee was declaring his — indeed, all of our — support for the nation of Georgia, which that year became involved in a brief military conflict with neighboring Russia over who had claim to the region of South Ossetia. Which country’s soldiers fired first became a matter of international dispute, but the Bush administration made clear that this would not become America’s dispute; there would be no military response by the United States. Defense Secretary Robert Gates stressed that America had successfully avoided a shooting war with Russia during the Cold War and he saw “no reason to change that approach today.” (more)
Marco Rubio knows the value of a good endorsement, but he’s not playing that game yet with the new crop of conservatives running in Republican primaries for the U.S. Senate. (more)
Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio delivered a speech before Senate colleagues Wednesday in defense of the Internet of the future. His speech came during a floor debate on the Republican-led effort to overturn the FCC’s Internet regulation, which is set to take effect November 20. (more)
A GOP presidential candidate can get within spitting distance of 50 percent of Florida’s voters if Sen. Marco Rubio is his or her vice-presidential running mate, according to a new poll from Suffolk University in Boston. (more)
Texas Senate candidate Ted Cruz, currently polling second among Republican primary candidates and rising fast with the assistance of high-profile endorsements, has found himself the subject of a minor controversy. (more)
Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio isn’t taking charges leveled in a recent Washington Post article lightly. The Post suggested that Rubio “embellished” details about his parents being Cuban exiles, something he says is untrue. (more)
Following the death of Col. Moammar Gadhafi, freshman Republican Sen. Marco Rubio said Thursday the French and British deserve credit for carrying “the load” of the mission and criticized President Barack Obama for not acting earlier. Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said he is “hopeful” that Libya’s Transitional National Council will want a “representative government.” (more)
President Obama called the killing of dictator Moammar Gadhafi “a momentous day in the history of Libya,” but warned that there’s “a long and winding road to full democracy.” (more)
Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio says he hasn’t formulated an opinion on Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain’s “9-9-9” tax reform plan, but praised the Georgia businessman for stepping up and offering a specific proposal to reform the tax system. (more)
Any list of possible Republican vice presidential candidates features Florida Republican and tea party favorite Marco Rubio, but a poll released Wednesday by Public Policy Polling found that the senator would not be particularly helpful to a presidential candidate looking to win in his home state of Florida. (more)
Sen. Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican and tea party favorite, has said he will not be the GOP’s nominee for vice president in 2012. (more)
ORLANDO, Fla. – Attention shifted from the Republican presidential candidates at CPAC and the debate in Florida, Friday, when the state’s U.S. Senate candidates took the main stage to introduce themselves to voters. (more)
Marco Rubio should seek the Republican nomination for president of the United States. And the GOP should oblige him and make him its choice to oppose President Obama in 2012. (more)
Florida GOP Sen. Marco Rubio wrote to Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Tuesday, criticizing an Obama administration plan to grant No Child Left Behind waivers to states that adopt national standards backed by the administration.“I am concerned,” Rubio’s letter says, “that the administration’s requirements for granting a waiver from NCLB would entail states having to adopt a federally-approved ‘college and career ready’ curriculum: either the national Common Core standards, or another federally-approved equivalent.” According to Rubio, the practice of granting conditional waivers is “detrimental to our country’s shared goal of educational success for every student.” And, he claims, it’s also against federal law. (more)
Marco Rubio may be the most talked about potential vice presidential candidate for the GOP ticket in 2012, but he’s playing coy about it. (more)






















