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I highly doubt Rubio will be the 2016 ballot, he's a love child for the Republicans, but a bastard one, and he's way to divisive for the party right now. If he was a bit more moderate, he'd be a good pick, but as he's he's way too right for any real chance of victory. If they wanted to play the smart card, they'd bring in Jeb or George P ( 40 in 2016, party darling, beloved by pretty much every Republican, and still "white" while appealing to the Latino demographic. ) and play up the wife/mother was Latino bit, while playing up how Obama hasn't "fixed" Immigration yet, and how it was the GOP who voted in PR, not the Dems. That would give them a ton of extra votes from the Latino block, while simultaneously not having to do anything to upset their base. And Jeb/George could guarantee Red Florida, which would mean any Dem candidate would have an uphill battle from day 1. That's the smart card of course, they'll likely push Rubio as hard as they possibly can, and collapse again under the weight of nonsense tea party platforms, since they don't seem to "get" the smart plan, but it is a possibility. The big issue in my mind for a 2016 election is the lack of a strong Dem candidate outside of Biden and Hilary, and well, Biden and Hilary. Both are party darlings, both have the experience, and both have the money to pull off an election, but if they campaign against each other, it'll be a bloodbath for the Dems, they couldn't afford that kind of party infighting, even if the economy does a complete turnabout under Obama.
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