Trading
quips about “good diners” in New Hampshire, Iowa and South Carolina, the young
front runners address a tribute dinner to Jack Kemp, a former quarterback who
is now joining the former actor Ronald Reagan in the moderate Republican
pantheon.
For
Rubio, rebranding requires less of a stretch than it does for Ryan.
The son
of Cuban exiles has next generation written all over him. A Catholic, married
to a former Miami Dolphins cheerleader and father of four, he has been called
“The First Catholic Protestant Senator” for ties to both his own church and
evangelicals. As Romney’s running mate, the ticket would very likely have won
Florida and done better with Latinos elsewhere in a closer contest last month.
In an
August convention speech, Rubio hit all the themes he will have to develop in the
next four years, last night adding an anecdote about catering employees who
afterward welcomed him as one of their own.
Ryan,
to use Sarah Palin’s immortal image, will need much more lipstick for the pit
bull he played this year and still resembles in the current fiscal cliff battle
in Congress.
“The
American people have again chosen divided government and it’s up to us to make
this divided government work,” he now tells GOP diners. “We’ve got to set aside partisan
considerations in favor of one overriding concern: How can we work together to
repair the economy? How can we provide real security and upward mobility for
all Americans--especially those in need?”
Say what? Unless future voters suffer from complete amnesia, that new Paul Ryan
will be a hard sell.
Any
word yet from Jeb Bush?
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