Washington Post
Reporter for the Washington Post and author of The Rise of Marco Rubio
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Manuel Roig-Franzia
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FROM Manuel Roig-Franzia
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Is Marco Rubio the New Face of the Old GOP? In 1998, Marco Rubio was a city commissioner in West Miami. In 2000, he was elected to Florida's House of Representatives. Just six years after that, he became the second youngest House Speaker ever — and the first Cuban-American to hold that position. Now he's a 44-year-old Senator in his first term who insists he's fully prepared for the White House. Some Republicans call him their party's Obama — and they don't mean it kindly. Others call him their best chance of heading off Donald Trump. We hear about the meteoric rise of a Cuban-American in Florida, his brief term in Washington and what happened between him and Jeb Bush. In 1996, Marco Rubio worked on Bob Dole's presidential bid in Miami-Dade County. Photo: Marco Rubio campaign
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The GOP and the Road to the White House Three freshman Senators are already campaigning for next year's Republican presidential nomination — but they won't be lonely. Nine others are likely to compete against Rand Paul of Kentucky, Ted Cruz from Texas -- and now, Florida's Marco Rubio . Yesterday, when Rubio announced his run for the Republican presidential nomination, he didn't mention Jeb Bush or Hillary Clinton — by name. He didn't have to. "This election is a generational choice about what kind of country we will be. Just yesterday a leader from yesterday began a campaign for president by promising to take us back to yesterday. Yesterday is over" We hear where they differ so far and how each might play with Latino Voters, moderates, mega-donors — and the base of the Republican Party.
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Legal Options Considered as Protesters React to Zimmerman Acquittal Yesterday, the Department of Justice said it was restarting its investigation of the Trayvon Martin killing as a possible "hate crime." Today, in a speech to the Delta-Sigma-Theta Sorority, Attorney General Eric Holder called it "tragic and unnecessary," and said he shared the audience's concern. Manuel Roig-Franzia, who reports for the Washington Post , is in Sanford, Florida, where he covered the trial of George Zimmerman.
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