It looks like Marco Rubio is preparing to do the unthinkable, and challenge the Crown Prince and the Bush machine for the 2016 Republican nomination. While it is true there is no way JEB! would pick him to be his running mate, whether he runs or not (since both are from the same state, and JEB! thinks he can be a "Hispanic" nominee), what is Rubio nonetheless thinking? That it's now or never for him? He will find out it's never after daring to cross a Bush. So why do it? JEB! is certain to lose the general election if he manages to buy the nomination, and Rubio could just run in 2020 and probably win the nomination. But not if he runs now...or is this a trick? Is the Crown Prince going to drop out at some point in the future, knowing he can't win in November anyway, and then endorse his protege Rubio, and dump his PAC in his lap? Ah the drama!
Hot Air: Rubio privately telling donors: I’m running for president
Salon: Marco Rubio’s massive ’16 risk: Putting all his chips on a wildly uncertain WH run Rubio is apparently telling donors he'll run for president, not Senate. That's risky, for himself -- and the GOP
National Review: How Big Is Marco Rubio’s ‘Jeb Problem’?
Washington Post: Amid talk of Bush, Rubio says he can be the leader who can ‘turn the page on yesterday.’
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