Intellectually Entertaining. Socially Relevant.
Marco Rubio 2016. It may be too soon to roll out the pins and bumper stickers, but Senator Rubio (R-Fl.) appeared very presidential during his speech at the Brookings Institution on Wednesday. He was there to talk foreign policy. The message: America needs to be more active in spreading peace, security and prosperity throughout the Read More
In this month’s Representing La Gente, I’ll be profiling Florida Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL). She currently serves as the representative of Florida’s 18th congressional district, an area that encompasses a sizeable portion of South Florida, including South Beach, the Florida Keys, and most of Miami-Dade county. Ros-Lehtinen was born on July 15th, 1959 in Havana, Read More
This month, Representing La Gente will be profiling the junior senator from the great state of Florida: Marco Rubio. Rubio was born on May 28, 1971, to Cuban exiles Mario and Oria Rubio Garcia. Rubio is an alumnus of the University of Florida and obtained his Juris doctor from the University of Miami. He currently Read More
This past November, many pundits were saying that the GOP could be successful with Latinos because of the success it had in running Latino candidates. In Florida, Cuban-American Marco Rubio was elected, and his name has even been tossed around as a potential VP candidate in 2012. In two key western states, Latino Republicans were Read More
Like everyone else, I was startled last week, to read news reports that former-President Bill Clinton had been orchestrating the demise of Tea Party favorite and Florida Republican Senate Candidate Marco Rubio by getting Democratic Senate Candidate, Congressman Kendrick Meeks, D-Fl, to withdraw from the Florida U.S. Senate race and endorse the perceived lesser of Read More