The Rubio economy: ‘The old ways no longer work’

Horowitz explained “the uniformity of opinion that Mr. Rubio accurately describes may owe something to Granma, an eight-page state-controlled tabloid that is the country’s leading paper” and was named after a small boat Fidel Castro and other revolutionaries rode back to Cuba in 1956.

Marco Rubio, a Republican presidential contender, is in Chicago to make a Tuesday morning speech and host a discussion on fostering innovation at 1871, the city’s digital entrepreneur hub.

Conservative Solutions Project, a nonprofit group supporting Marco Rubio, announced today that it has raised $15.8 million, which will allow it to extend its national cable ad featuring the Florida Senator slamming the U.S.-Iran nuclear nuclear negotiations.

The story ran on Monday depicting Rubio, who is the son of Cuban immigrants, as intensely disliked in Cuba, including the part of the island from which his ancestors hailed. Bob Menendez of New Jersey, say the United States should not have diplomatic relations with Cuba because President Raúl Castro refuses to allow democratic reforms, including genuine elections.

“Rubio and these Republicans, they are still stuck in 1959”, the Times quoted Montiel as saying.

With his Cuban-American background, youth and compelling biography, Rubio, 44, has long been viewed by campaign analysts as one candidate in the ever-growing field of 14 who could break out from the pack. “He’s against Cuba in every possible way“. Alain Marcelo, 46, told Horowitz in Jicotea, where Rubio’s great-grandparents farmed sugar cane.

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Rubio called these sentiments “sad”, and said they are proof of how information-starved Cuba is.

But Pethokoukis, like several conservatives, was critical of Rubio’s tax plan, which would simplify the federal tax code and offer new tax credits to families with children.

“It’s his own stupidity we would be publishing”, the Times quoted Xiques as saying.