The New Yorker, Nov 30, 2015 12/12/15, 16:43
The New Yorker, Nov 30, 2015 12/12/15, 16:43 "This notion that somehow to be compassionate you have to be lawless is something I don't buy, and I think most Hispanics don't buy PHOTOGRAPH BY MARK PETERSON http://archives.newyorker.com/global/print.asp?path=/djvu/Conde%20…moteprefix=http://images.archives.newyorker.com&pagecount=94&v=v32 Page 1 of 14 The New Yorker, Nov 30, 2015 12/12/15, 16:43 PROFILES THE OPPORTUNIST Marco Rubia's political dexterity. BY EVAN 0 5NOS n the morning of October 10th, House, told me, "When you're run O Marco Rubio, Florida's junior ning for office in Miami-Dade County, senator, mounted a small stage at the you're spending a lot of time in senior Elks Lodge in Boulder City, Nevada, centers." a popular retirement spot near Las At the age of forty-four, Rubio has Vegas. In his twenties, as an obscure lively dark eyes, soft cheeks, and downy Republican state legislator, Rubio ex brown hair affixed in a perfect part. hibited such innate political skill that He sometimes asks crowds to see him Dan Gelber, the Democratic leader in the tradition of a "young President of the Florida House, warned his col who said, 'Ask not what your country leagues, "When Marco Rubio speaks, can do for you; ask what you can do young women swoon, old women faint, for your country.' " (J.F.K. was forty and toilets flush themselves." Now three when he entered the White that he was a Presidential candidate, House.) Senator Ted Cruz, of Texas, Rubio was trying to speak to as many is only five months older than Rubio, different audiences as possible.
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