What's behind door #3? Well we have......Jeb Bush

[fredsanford]

Originally Posted by MastaG8r

Much as I hate to admit it you are right, the name Bush will rally the opposition more than it will the supporters. Which is sad because I think Jeb would be a great president. He's smarter and more pragmatic than his brother. If it wasn't for the last name a lot of the Libs would find him tolerable due to the fact that he's stopped wearing contacts in favor of that squarish style of eyeglasses they love.

Look at him, he's like a fat Keith Olbermann.

Jeb will be forever unacceptable on every level due to his role with Terry Schiavo.

[brainstorm]

Originally Posted by rivergator

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Rubio isn't Latino. He is Cuban. There is a difference and I think it's one that actually matters.

[MastaG8r]

Originally Posted by brainstorm

Rubio isn't Latino. He is Cuban. There is a difference and I think it's one that actually matters.

In my experience living in Miami, Cubans generally do not object to being called Latino but technically you are right. Latino denotes Latin American origin whereas Cubans are Caribbean. That said, I don't think a prominent Cuban Republican would be too disadvantaged in his potential support among Hispanics relative to, say, a prominent Mexican Republican.

[orangeblueorangeblue]

Originally Posted by Row6

Not yo belabor a minor point with someone who misrepresents what I have already posted several times, but there are no other applicable measuring sticks beyond there careers as elected officials, achievements at the institutions they attended are noticeably different, and my comments were offered to counter someone else who tried to portray them as having reached similar levels of achievements. Obviously they haven't.

This is a totally subjective metric, though. When dealing with things that way it's always easy to skew one way or the other. "Levels of achievements." Come on.

[Row6]

Originally Posted by orangeblueorangeblue

This is a totally subjective metric, though. When dealing with things that way it's always easy to skew one way or the other. "Levels of achievements." Come on.

Sorry, but educational institutions do not rely on "subjective standards" either alone or in the main when accepting applicants or rewarding achievement, though there is a minor component one could call subjective.

[orangeblueorangeblue]

Originally Posted by Row6

Sorry, but educational institutions do not rely on "subjective standards" either alone or in the main when accepting applicants

And this might be a valid point if we knew that Obama and Rubio had applied to the same schools under the same conditions. Otherwise it's entirely meaningless.

[wgbgator]

Yeah, I'm not sure Rubio is the guy that will suddenly lure in "Latino" voters based only in his own identity. He is a guy capable of winning over the various groups already in today's GOP, and maybe peel away enough others to win an election. He can win a primary, please all the factions, is a deft politician and has some outside appeal. I still think he needs a lot of things to go right for him to win in 2016 though, including a still stalled economy & an uninspiring (D) campaign or candidate.

[orangeblueorangeblue]

Originally Posted by wgbgator

Yeah, I'm not sure Rubio is the guy that will suddenly lure in "Latino" voters based only in his own identity. He is a guy capable of winning over the various groups already in today's GOP, and maybe peel away enough others to win an election. He can win a primary, please all the factions, is a deft politician and has some outside appeal. I still think he needs a lot of things to go right for him to win in 2016 though, including a still stalled economy and an uninspiring (D) campaign or candidate.

You might be right. He could end up being a totally uninspiring candidate. But so far he's probably the best the GOP has.

[MastaG8r]

Originally Posted by Row6

Sorry, but educational institutions do not rely on "subjective standards" either alone or in the main when accepting applicants or rewarding achievement, though there is a minor component one could call subjective.

Do tell us the objective criteria by which 0bama was awarded the editorship of the Harvard Law Review, which incidentally is the closest thing to a leadership position that he ever held in his whole entire life prior to being elected to the most important leadership position in the whole entire world. At least Rubio was Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives. Also, he married a former Miami Dolphins cheerleader, which a way more significant accomplishment than anything 0bama did prior to being elected President. Or for that matter, to date.