Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio may be leading all of the 2016 presidential primary polls if it wasn’t for the self-inflicted and quite possibly political career-ending immigration reform wound he caused himself.
Before Rubio cosponsored the Obama-backed, or as Donald Trump calls it, the “Schumer-Rubio” immigration bill, the native Floridian was seen as the future of the GOP, and was thought of by many as being a shoe in to be the next Republican presidential nominee.That was 2013, this is 2015.
Rubio is struggling to break away from the middle of the pack of 17 presidential candidates, but that could be by design, as his campaign is saying that he is laying low, for now.
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Laying low, really?
Rubio’s lack of judgment on the illegal immigration reform issue in 2013 has come back to haunt him.
If Rubio would have taken the advice of Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), and not the bad advice given to him by his questionable ring of advisors, who advised him to take the lead on the disastrous Senate “Gang of Eight” immigration reform bill, there may not be as many GOP presidential candidates in the 2016 race.Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) has said that he tried to talk sense into Rubio when he pushed his bill, but added that Rubio would not listen, and continued on with his push for a pathway to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants.
Rubio also ignored close friends and conservative grassroots activists who forewarned him about backing any form of pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants.
Rubio would have pretty much cleared the field, leaving perhaps a handful of candidates, possibly keeping current frontrunner Donald Trump out of the race, who according to the latest Quinnipiac poll, leads both Rubio and Jeb Bush in their home state of Florida.
Trump has sucked the oxygen out of the room, leaving Rubio and the others floundering around to find any traction for their respective campaigns. The one candidate that seems to be suffering the most due to Trump’s rise in the polls is Texas Senator Ted Cruz.
Cruz recently reminded Americans that his friend Marco Rubio supported amnesty for illegal immigrants“The Trumpies” who are all on board for Trump, seem to also support Ted Cruz, at least that is the perception I have.
So, what if Trump drops in the polls, or even drops out of the race, who would his supporters flock to?
Cruz.
Look, the race is still to early to call for Trump, or anyone for that matter. If the eccentric in-your-face billionaire continues wowing Americans leading up to the Iowa caucuses, it could spell “lights out” for Rubio and the other GOP presidential hopefuls.Regardless of whether Rubio wins or loses the 2016 GOP presidential primary race, his legacy of being the Pied Piper of the illegal immigration reform movement has already been solidified.
Rubio has been, and will continue to be called the “Amnesty Amigo,” or “Amnesty King.”