And Rubio Makes Three; Florida Senator To Run In 2016

[Webster]

...the GOP field is getting a little crowded, ain't it?
Excerpt...

(Reuters) U.S. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida plans to enter the 2016 race for the White House by urging voters to make a "generational choice" for leadership that takes the country in new directions, according to excerpts of his announcement speech.

"Before us now is the opportunity to author the greatest chapter yet in the amazing story of America. We can’t do that by going back to the leaders and ideas of the past," Rubio, 43, says in the excerpts released before his formal announcement. "We must change the decisions we are making by changing the people who are making them," he says. "This election is not just about what laws we will pass. It is a generational choice about what kind of country we will be."

Rubio, a son of Cuban immigrants who rode the anti-establishment Tea Party wave of 2010 to national prominence, will announce his presidential bid later on Monday with a speech at Miami's Freedom Tower. That is where thousands of Cuban exiles fleeing the communist-run island in the 1960s were first registered by U.S. authorities.

Earlier in the day, Rubio told top donors on a conference call he was "uniquely qualified" to represent the Republican Party in the 2016 race and criticized Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton as a leader from yesterday, a source familiar with the call said.

Rubio's relative youth contrasts with Clinton, who is 67 and has been on the national political scene for more than 20 years, initially as first lady and later as a U.S. senator and then secretary of state.

Rubio's call for new leadership also could be seen as an attempt to step out of the shadows of his political mentor, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush. Rubio likely will compete for donors and endorsements with Bush, who has been lining up support for a White House bid but has not yet formally entered the race.

Here's Google News's realtime news feed of the announcement...thoughts on Rubio's entrance in the presidential campaign?

 

[mrldii]

...the GOP field is getting a little crowded, ain't it?

Not yet. There's 9 more to go.

 

[Webster]

Not yet. There's 9 more to go.

FWIW, I'm still waiting for Scott Walker to throw his name in the ring before I commit to any candidate...

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

I want to like to Rubio but just do not trust that one after his sudden reversal of immigration when people like me turned on him. It is not that I do not believe people can change and have a new outlook on things it is just I am not sure I believe his coming to Jesus moment if you will. Have already decided this time around if they don't fit my values I will not compromise with the likes of a Jeb Bush and will sit it out like the 5 million republicans did and the several million libertarians did in the last election. So far it is Cruz, Rand and Scott.

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

After hearing his tax policies he would like to implement on the radio yesterday no way in hell would I vote for him. If he had his choice he would raise my taxes from 25% to 35% rate. Once that gets out among the public he is done and gone before he starts. What in the hell is he thinking going after the middle class!?!?!?!