Rubio Immigration Push Has Republicans Seeking Others in '16
Posted on AllSides August 15th, 2013
From The Right
Luther Hatfield is so pleased with his U.S. senator, Florida Republican Marco Rubio, that the oysterman wants “10 more just like him” in Washington -- just not in the White House.
His pick over Rubio among prospective Republican nominees for president in 2016? Kentucky Senator Rand Paul.
Rubio’s role as co-author of an immigration-law rewrite has cooled Hatfield and other Republicans on the Tea Party hero. A six-city, three-day tour across the state’s Panhandle this week for Rubio revealed an anxious base of supporters he’ll have to pacify before...
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