…..there’s many a slip between the cup and the lip, but yesterday Tubio looked like a man who could rub the country. Articulate, very detailed, educated, tough minded….funny. The reporters were clearly enjoying the exchange of views and there was a sense neither Rubio who was clearly enjoying himself or his audience seemed to want the session to end.
Add to that the undoubted benefit of a person with Latin American roots who could switch smoothly into Spanish and you have a strong candidate. The effect of all that immigration the Dems have enabled could be partly undone by a Rubio candidacy. And the man is miles ahead of the Dem candidates in terms of global experience.
Here’s a brief excerpt:
Reporters without assigned seats packed the side aisles of the briefing room hours before the briefing began to secure a prime spot. Rubio appeared to choose reporters at random, mentioning what color they were wearing.
“I need a laser pointer!” he said when he pointed at a reporter and a different one would jump in with a question.
As he did in his days on Capitol Hill, Rubio repeatedly reached for popular, if dated, rap lyrics. He called the leaders of Iran “insane in the brain,” a reference to a Cypress Hill hip-hop song, and later said Tehran needs to “check themselves before they wreck themselves,” referencing Ice Cube.
