8 Reasons Why Marco Rubio Is Not ‘The Republican Savior’

By Igor Volsky

Consequently, the likely 2016 presidential candidate has become a media darling, appearing on conservative talk shows and mainstream outlets to tout his reform principles and convince skeptics of the wisdom of reforming the nation’s broken immigration system. The media idolization reached a zenith on the cover of this week’s issue of TIME magazine. The publication prominently features a picture of a defiant Rubio under the headline, “The Republican Savior: How Marco Rubio became the new voice of the GOP.”

But dig beyond Rubio’s newfound embrace of immigration reform, and you’ll find that the GOP’s future appears stuck in the past, as the great hope of the party still espouses many of the extreme policies of that voters rejected in November:

1. Refused to raise the debt ceiling. <...>

2. Co-sponsored and voted for a Balanced Budget Amendment. <...>

3. Signed the Norquist pledge. <...>

4. Backed Florida’s voter purge. <...>

5. Doesn’t believe in climate change. <...>

6. Opposed federal action to help prevent violence against women. <...>

7. Believes employers should be able to deny birth control to their employees. <...>

8. Recorded robo calls for anti-gay hate group. <...>

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/02/07/1553941/8-reasons-why-rubio-is-not-the-republican-savior/