This one is for all the Marco Rubio fans who were devastated in his presidential primary loss.
After
dropping out of the presidential primary race, which saw Marco
faltering badly and reducing himself to the low level of Donald Trump,
Marco Rubio came out with the standard phrase of a defeated politician,
'I'm going to seek other career opportunities outside of government.'
That's standard boiler plate for a politician seeking to lick the
wounds of political battle and a dismal loss.
That
statement from Rubio opened the door for GOP Florida Congressman, David
Jolly to announce he would run for Rubio's announced open seat on
November 8th. Rubio's hand picked choice was supposed to be for Florida
Lieutenant Governor, Carlos Lopez-Cantera, his friend and favored
replacement.
However,
Marco never endorsed Lopez-Cantera and the campaign never got off the
ground and it looked like Jolly would be the GOP candidate to fill
Rubio's seat, or at least make a serious run for it.
However, in politics, nothing is ever final until it's final, no matter what anyone might say.
Now comes the intrigue about Marco Rubio's current intentions and here are two significant clues.
David
Jolly has withdrawn in his attempt to seek Rubio's seat, which leaves
Rubio the opportunity to reconsider whether leaving the United States
Senate would be in his best political career interest. Leaving a
position of power, influence and visibility does little to nothing to
improve one's future political fortunes.
Second
and very important, Marco Rubio has until June 24, 2016, to file papers
indicating his intention to run for re-election to his Senate seat.
So,
in a matter of days it will become apparent one way or the other
whether Marco Rubio will run for re-election and hopefully maintain his
solid conservative performance in that august body, which would possibly
position him for better things to come in his future political
career..
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