As in Marco Rubio, the 43-year-old senator from Florida, who seems to be experiencing a resurgence in popularity among fellow Republicans. It’s something that just six months ago, few political observers could have predicted. And if Rubio is interested in applying for a job on Pennsylvania Avenue, as seems to be the case, the timing of this warm embrace couldn’t be better.
On Friday, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney bowed out of the 2016 presidential campaign, telling supporters on a call that he believes it’s “best to give other leaders in the party the opportunity” to become the nominee.
“I feel that it is critical that America elect a conservative leader to become our next president,” Romney said on the call. “You know that I have wanted to be that president. But I do not want to make it more difficult for someone else to emerge who may have a better chance of becoming that president.”
Could Rubio be that someone? If so, a lot of people who know a lot about politics didn’t see it coming.
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