I think Marco Rubio is not ready for such a position. He also is involved in some issues in Miami that need to be cleared up before he considers running. His family history is also distorted, He states his family came during the time of Castro, then later states it was prior too.

He is more than ready for the VP position. For Gawdsakes, NObama is less ready and he is trying to be a President..Biden has decades of service and he is not close to ready for the postiion he fills.

Just last week he voted against a bill to give equal pay for women. Yup, he would make a great VP for the republican party!

Illegal immigrant cased closed . The birthers are going to have fun with this one.

whoever thinks rubio should be Vice President does not care about this country. He is not even qualified to be senator. Only in politics can someone become CEO overnight with no experience or knwledge, and in rubios case no brains. What is his agenda, other than the crazy far right ideology.

whoever thinks rubio is ready for a nomination for the vice presidency does not care about this country. He is not even qualified to be senator, thanks to the cuban vote in miami he got the votes. Only in politics can someone become a CEO overnight! with no ualifications or experience or brains.

No way!! Never had a real job, went to law school and never practiced. Only experience was as a political intern, then a city commissioner, and then a state legislator.

again and on the way to being a legislator made million's

in fact i think i will run for office i will lie, take kick back's, drink and have sex in office unlike the other guys that will not do this

Your all correct about Rubino qualifications. Just look at the mess that happens to the country when you let a former college instructor, anti-constitutional lawyer, community advisor, junior Illinois state senator and 2-year US Senator run the country for 3-1/2 years.

alan Keyes? Doctor? oh he is a birther! crazy ideology....

Would I want to fly on his wing into combat ... No

I hold Mr. Rubio in very high regard. lough it is true that he has limited political experience, he has shown that he DOES indeed know how to be a leader, the Constitution, and the true role of Government. He has far more experience than Obama had when he was elected President.

Further, consider the JOB DUTIES of the Vice President - to preside over the Senate (which he knows), advise the President, and take care of various affairs of State as an adjunct to the POTUS. He is wisely Conservative, and is a good fit in the Republican party.

Lastly, his Hispanic heritage will be a huge plus, both for winning election, and working with other Hispanics, in America, South America, and world-wide.

Some of the comments left about this subject are simply knee-jerk reactions, and not well thought out. Yes, it would be BETTER if he had more political years under his belt, but he is fully qualified NOW.

I have been very disappointed in Rubio as my senator and think he is in no way qualified for any higher office. The postings I see complaining about President Obama'a lack of experience in comparison as being a qualification in Rubio's case make no logical sense. Rubio represents a narrow sliver of this state and his responses to me on issues have been canned and full of talking points instead of independent thought. That is not what is needed.

Ask Him = what happened to the 100 ideas when he was in the Florida legislature... how soon - some forget ?
The man is a human Windsock.

No, Mr Rubio is not qualified to be Vice President, but neither was Sarah Palin, and by comparison Rubio is brilliant and a shining star.

But, this nation has had a a number of second-rate candidates for VP, some of whom reached the office; I would recall such low-lights as John Edwards, Joe Lieberman, Jack Kemp, and Dan Quayle.

George HW Bush was probably the most qualified VP in the last century, and Harry Truman, while much less impressive, became one of the most effective Presidents when he succeeded FDR.

But the bright shining stars, of both winning VP's and losing candidates, seem to be in the minority.

Rubio is not the worst candidate, but he is clearly close to the bottom of the pack. A much more effective VP would be Tim Pawlenty, or even Mitch Daniels.

For Mr Maday, anyone who looks at only the "constitutional duties" of the Vice President, without thinking about the most critical for this nation -- to take over as President in the event of the death, or resignation, or removal of the sitting President -- is being very short-sighted.

Therefore, sir, the principal qualification should be whether the person is fit, today, to also serve as President of the United States.

In the article (above) Jeb Bush told Charlie Rose that Marco Rubio is his favorite because they have a close relationship and he thinks Rubio would lift spirits for the campaign and provide some energy.

Sounds like Bush is describing a little kid running for class president .. lol

Republican or Democrat .. they ALL screw up.

The person in office at the moment takes the blame, until a new person is elected to take the blame. It has always been this way ..

I suggest you all look into the Taj Mahal that Sen Rubio gave his blessing on ??? 50 million dollar courthouse that even other judges said we do not need ??? Other courthouses could not get their air cond fixed because of the budget problems in Florida ? W hy did judge Hawkes have to step down in order for the dust to settle over this issue, but at the same time Sen Rubio has not given his answer to why he approved of this building with all its expenses, that most say was way above and beyond considering the budget problems has ? There is alot more to this issue that has not come out yet ! Republicans refused to allow the state of fl to have a prescription drug database for years untill one rep fought hard for it and the only way it got passed was that fl tax payers will not be paying the 1 million a year to have it on line ? But at the same time fl spends 50 million for a courthouse loaded up with many things we will never see , like 20 miles of mahogany from Africa and 500.000 dollars of art work and the list goes on !!! There is so much more to this story and space is limited here , but look it up and let sen Rubio explain his actions on this before you cast your vote if it should come down to him as vp. Republicans are NOT for the middle class , remember this.

hey whatever happened to Palin and drill baby drill bring her back and I believe we have a winner Obama. Mark Newman did you graduate from high school or is it the Florida GED talking?

See kathy ( You might want to capitalize your name on the registration to a web site. You only need to do it right once kathy Jones. And thank you for confirming my post. All you libturds know how to do is to throw rocks wehn you can't win an argument. Rubio will not be the choice anyway. It is not his time. NEXT time is his time.

The republicans only make sense to the uninformed without the facts . We watched Iraq for 6 months driving trucks back and forth to Syria before we went in and attacked them . . At that time everyone speculated that if he had WMDs it was being taken out on these trucks on a daily basis. The news showed it everyday . So if they did have any wmd where do you think it went? This was no surprize that they found nothing . So the republicans had to make their wealthy defense contractors some more money and help the oil companies to get their greedy hands on the Iraqi oil , which they have done . So to read Mr. Newman speak about trillions of dollars being wasted ., let him start with this situation . The republicans will never speak about the trillions spent overseas ? Because too many people have their hands in this money , like I always say , ":follow the money" .

Sure, Rubio should be veep.....IF you want another Bush in the White House. He's a bush baby!!!

Does Marco book explain the Family conversion to Mormonism and then what happened - is he a being a "Born-Again" should be interesting The WHEN WHERE WHAT WHY & WHO ... Not sure we even want a Mormon Bishop in the Whitehouse ...
the Supreme Court will be to the right of Atilla the Hun and Ghangis Kahn

This particular entry has brought out the best and the worst in many people. It has basically turned in a name-calling shouting match. It HAS shown that there are a lot of people who feel strongly - and this is basically just in the Carrollwood & Northdale areas!

This post is no longer about "Rubio for VP?" - it has degraded to a 'drunken brawl' - I'm out.

Sen Rubio is just another yesman republican following his republican buddies. He help get the Taj Mahal built when Florida had no money to spend on simple repairs in other courthouses . Judge Hawkes had to resign over the mess the Taj Mahal caused and sen Rubio just looked the other way . 50 million dollars on a building did not need. However some republican contractors sure were happy to get the business . Sen Rubio was given a special thank you for all his help with this building full of corruption . And now after he said he would never take a vp job if offered , it appears he may be a vp after all ???? After all who else do the republicans have ??? If you want to help the middle class DONT vote for the republicans . Do your homework and I will have to say no more .

The owner of Fox News , Rupert Murdoch does not believe Romney will beat Obama ??? Would someone please ask Rupert to inform the biggest blowhard on Fox News, Sean Hannity of this lol That Hannity needs a good slap for the way he talks about our president. I think Hannity listens to himself talk all night long while in bed.