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UCmeNdc

(9,600 posts)
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 12:40 PM Jun 2015

Walker - Rubio 2016?

Even though Scott Walker hasn't officially announced that he is running for president*, he is making overtures about teaming up with Marco Rubio as a ticket:

Already, there's murmuring: What about a Walker-Rubio ticket? Or a Rubio-Walker one?

“I've actually had quite a few people -- grassroots supporters, donors and others -- who have made that suggestion,” Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) said in an interview with Bloomberg Politics on Thursday, when asked if he would be at all interested in partnering with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.).

Granted, it's early -- Walker has not even announced if he will run or not, saying that he wants to wait until after his state's two-year budget is completed in early July -- but speculative political matchmaking has already begun. And these two have a lot in common: They are both 40-somethings with kids who talk up their humble roots and rank as some of the least wealthy potential presidential contenders.

http://crooksandliars.com/2015/06/walker-rubio-2016

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Walker - Rubio 2016? (Original Post) UCmeNdc Jun 2015 OP
Maybe leftofcool Jun 2015 #1
A good way to lose katmondoo Jun 2015 #2
Sounds like the Romney-Ryan B team DFW Jun 2015 #3
Shudder. n/t MBS Jun 2015 #4
The hardest campaigners... sofa king Jun 2015 #5
Rubio is a top pick for any of them - TBF Jun 2015 #6

katmondoo

(6,457 posts)
2. A good way to lose
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 02:41 PM
Jun 2015

Rubio has some unwanted baggage that has come out but not everyone is paying attention

DFW

(54,396 posts)
3. Sounds like the Romney-Ryan B team
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 04:42 PM
Jun 2015

Should inspire the country about as much abolishing fireworks on the Fourth of July.

sofa king

(10,857 posts)
5. The hardest campaigners...
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 07:29 PM
Jun 2015

...are going to be the ones running to escape federal prosecution.

Walker surely will run hard, but he's up against two criminal Texans, one from Florida. So he and Rubio don't really have a chance.

TBF

(32,062 posts)
6. Rubio is a top pick for any of them -
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 10:55 PM
Jun 2015

because Castro is the equivalent for the dems. This isn't surprising. Heaven help us if Walker if the candidate ...

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