Why Marco Rubio can't save the GOP
Why Marco Rubio can't save the GOP
- March 7, 2012
- Louis DeSipio, Chicano/Latino studies and political science associate professor, is quoted in U.S. News & World Report and Chicago Tribune March 5, 2012
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From U.S. News & World Report:
Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum have all applauded Florida Sen. Marco
Rubio and hinted that he is on their short lists for a VP slot. And GOP insiders say
Rubio could inject some much-needed enthusiasm into a nomination race with many Republicans
still on the fence.... "Latinos are not just looking for a co-ethnic, they are looking
for a co-ethnic who is articulating a message that they agree with," says Louis DeSipio,
an associate professor of Chicano and Latino Studies at the University of California,
Irvine. Rubio opposed Obama's healthcare legislation saying it would "drive costs
up, bankrupt the country and create bureaucratic red tape." And he voted against the
so-called "DREAM Act" - which would provide in-state college tuition benefits to children
of illegal immigrants - even though 81 percent of Latinos supported it.
For the full story, please visit http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/03/05/why-marco-rubio-cant-save....
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