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Sen. Marco Rubio is surrounded by reporters during a tour of the convention floor at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Wednesday, Aug. 29.
Charles Dharapak / AP
Republicans gather in Tampa, Florida to officially nominate Mitt Romney and his running mate, Paul Ryan, as the party's candidates for the 2012 presidential election.
Florida Senator Marco Rubio was often discussed as a potential running mate for Mitt Romney. Though he didn't get the honor, he'll have an important role in the Republican National Convention on Thursday night when he introduces Romney. Today the press greeted him in a way that recognizes his importance in the party, and the importance of the Latino vote.
Story: As Republicans build their farm team, Latinos are in demand
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The Republican party is kicking its collective self that they didn't select Rubio instead of stone face/empty suit Romney. It would be funny if it wasn't so totally pathetic!
Obama/Biden 2012
I guess President Obama is not the only celbrity?
Oh my goodness, two more republican women and they happen to be black, Mia Love and Condi. You Libtards are liers. Please SeekingSanitation, don't forget to ask your pimp if you can reply to me.
Romney/Ryan 2012. Correct the mistake just like Artur Davis said. Oh my god another black person turning republican. lol
GOP pulls Condi out whenever they need a woman of color. But Condi was smart in not wanting to run as VP....she knows Romney is going to lose. Besides Condi is pro-choice....that wouldn't appease the red-meat crowd.
Mia: wonder why she changed her name???? And her parents were from Haiti....better check their legal status.
Born Ludmya Bourdeau in Brooklyn, New York in 1975; she was largely raised in Connecticut.[1] Both of her parents immigrated from Haiti in 1973.
Really...you ignorant inbred hillbillies still think it is going to be obombo/biden again???? You are laughable. I have not seen such stupidity.....well, since you elected obombo. That worked out so well didn't it? Why don't all of you stay home, wait, you lost your homes and jobs, etc.; just stay at the shelter or in your cardboard box on election day and let the real people with a brain vote.
NO MO FO FOTY - FO. Romney/Ryan 2012, if not, the USA is finished as we know it.
It is funny that people like Rubio, Ryan, Christie....overshadow Romney. Romney is such a doormat....Ryan is/will walk all over him.
But Norquist is happy....remember he said all he wants is someone with 10 digits to sign whatever is put in front of him....Norquist doesn't want a "thinker"....that defines Romney to a T.
Tell me Dragon - is that supposed to be funny? It certainly isn't if you are trying to make it sound that way. You liberals have a way of being snarky without any means of making sense. Just because YOU disagree with what the republican party is doing doesn't mean you have any say in it. Why don't you spend time trying to figure out what Obama is going to do with the remainder of his time in office... what will he do to get unemployment down? What will he do to try to reduce the deficit? Nothing you say? Exactly... spoken like a true lib.
It is funny in a pathetic way....Romney is supposed to be this great leader and he is being lead around by his nose by everyone.
BTW Norquist did say exactly that.....look it up.....and Romney is just the kind of person Norquist wants as president...someone who will do as they are told.
Maybe Romney is not egotistical and doesn't need to be in the spotlight 24/7. That would be refreshing.
thetotas - no, Romney is incapable of speaking without his handlers.
Obama/Biden 2012
By the admission of his surrogates, Romney is the most comfortable when his wife is with him. Great! just what we'd need for President,a guy who has to hold his wife's hand all the time so he can be comfortable....that'll look great on the world stage.
GM - Romney didn't look comfortable last night - even sitting holding his wife's hand. They both looked very awkward. What was that about?
Obama/Biden 2012
Let's see. When Bush left, GDP was at -9%, and was negative for 5 consecutive quarters, while becoming more negative each and every quarter. That, as far as I know, is a downward spiral, and the worst we've had in more than half a century.
We were also losing 800,000 jobs the month Read More... Bush left, and each month 100,000 more than the previous month. Another downward spiral.
What happened then? Instead of proposing big ideological experiments, Obama proposed emergency measures that were at the same time bold AND a 100% pragmatic: according to the non partisan CBO, his stimulus would first stabilize the situation, and then turn it completely around, producing a steadily positive GDP and normal, pre-recession levels of monthly job creation (= an average of 150,000 new private sector jobs a month), all in less than a year after its implementation.
And that's EXACTLY what happened.
By the end of 2009, GDP was at +6%. It has been positive since then. And since the beginning of 2010 we have an average of 150,000 new private sector jobs a month, instead of losing 800,000 jobs a month.
Since then, the economy added 4.5 million new private sector jobs.
The GOP nevertheless strongly opposed these measures, for merely ideological reasons.
Today, they even claim that Obama "failed" when it comes to the economy - whereas we all know that it's the GOP who since 2010 blocked the most important follow-up bills.
To me, one thing is clear: when it comes to jobs and the economy, the GOP really doesn't have a clue.
I can't understand how otherwise good people become Republicans
Mia???? is a Real Wanna Bee Anything. Now she Gets to be the Token Black Woman. But she is hardly liked in her Small town. She is a perfect puppet for the good old boys. She will say Anything for cash and the teas have been piling it on her.She is trying to unseat Utah's one and ONLY Demarcate.
Certainly better then the shameful greeting given to the chairwoman of the Puerto Rico delegation. I guess Rubio's the excepted token.