The GOP Ticket in 2012: Romney-Rubio (Robert Reich)
The GOP Ticket in 2012: Romney-Rubio
Since my New Years prediction that Obama would select Hillary Clinton for his running mate in 2012 (and Joe Biden would become Secretary of State), Ive been swamped by requests for my GOP prediction. Here goes.
You can forget the caucuses and early primaries. Mitt Romney will be the nominee. Republicans may be stupid but the GOP isnt about to commit suicide....For his running mate, Romney will choose Marco Rubio, the junior senator from Florida. Why do I say this?
First, Romney will need a right-winger to calm and woo the Republican right. Tea Partiers are attracted to Rubio an evangelical Christian committed to reducing taxes and shrinking government. Rubios meteoric rise in the Florida House before coming to Congress was based on a string of conservative stances on state issues.
Rubio is also a proven campaigner, handily winning four House elections starting in 2002, and then beating popular incumbent Republican governor Charlie Crist in the 2010 Republican primary with the help of Tea Partiers.
Moreover, hes only 40, thereby giving the GOP ticket some youthful vigor.
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