“Political expediency” is defined as the actions or statements of a politician that will assist them in achieving their political goals. If Marco Rubio earns the GOP Presidential nomination, his picture should be placed in the dictionary as the perfect example of successful use of political expediency.
There’s a reason that Rubio often has two or more answers on every issue. He doesn’t want to alienate anyone. His plan is the same that has worked for years since the day after President Ronald Reagan left the White House. He wants to appear to be conservative enough during the primaries, then he’ll migrate as far to the left as possible without losing too much of the Republican base along the way. It’s a formula that worked for Bob Dole, John McCain, and Mitt Romney in securing the nomination. It’s also the strategy that plays best for the Democrats to be able to retain the White House.
Rubio’s path to the nomination runs squarely through the Republican Establishment. This is a drastic shift, of course, since the last election he won was squarely backed by the Tea Party and ran him as far away from the Establishment as possible. That’s Marco Rubio. Whatever he needs to say to get the votes, he’ll say it whether he plans on doing what he says or not.
He’s upping his game for his Presidential campaign. He’s actually making statements and promises to both sides of the fence. In fact, he’ll often state two different sides during the same answer to a question. He’s mastered the art of saying that personally he feels one way but pragmatically he’s willing to feel another way. Red State summed it up nicely in an article this weekend:
Washington Post: Even Rubio’s Supporters Don’t Know What He Believes: https://t.co/KUieHEwKqb
— RedState (@RedState) December 20, 2015
This might seem like the right play. After all, conservatives have been begging for one of their candidates to finally pick up the Reagan mantle and represent the country rather than the Establishment and if he has to say whatever he has to say in order to get into office, so be it. The problem with that argument is that it doesn’t work for Independents. The biggest mistake the the Republicans make year in and year out is that they believe that Independents are in the middle. The Democrats, on the other hand, have demonstrated that by being more polarizing with their candidates, they actually pull many more independent voters.
If we discount the George H. W. Bush victory of 1988 as an example of people wanting a third Reagan term, then we can see every single winner of the White House over the last four decades has been more polarizing than his opponent. The Democrats what won were further left than their opponents were to the right and the Republicans that won were further to the right than their opponents were to the left.
Some might ask, “What about George W. Bush?” While it’s true that he was more liberal than most realized, he ran on a very conservative platform and was to the far right when it came to national defense. Security was on the mind for his first victory and 9/11 pretty much guaranteed his second victory.
Rubio’s plan is to keep all of his options open. That’s why he has two or more answers for nearly every issue. He wants to be vague. He wants his supporters to like him rather than to listen to him when it comes to the issues. Even supporter and moderate Republican Establishment shill Brit Hume had to admit that Rubio equivocates:
Good analysis of Rubio equivocations –> Marco Rubio wants to unite later by staying vague now via @washingtonpost https://t.co/Pb44V809MI
— Brit Hume (@brithume) December 19, 2015
For Marco Rubio, the mushy middle is where he wants to take his campaign and the country. True conservatives realize this, but even the Republican Establishment is starting to have doubts, which is why they’re turning more and more towards Chris Christie. The country needs a conservative more than ever and Rubio is not stalwart in his beliefs.
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