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RUSH: Marco Rubio is the latest to enter the Republican presidential sweepstakes. Serious man, powerful message. I wonder if with his speech last night he was able to bring back any of the Tea Party voters that had abandoned him. Only time will tell. <\/p>\n

Something else interesting, too, that Jorge Ramos<\/a>, who is with — I forget which network. Is it Telemundo or Univision? Jorge Ramos, the largest audience, Hispanic viewers, in American TV, noted that it is Republicans who have nominated two Hispanics, or have two Hispanics in the field. Univision seeking the Republican nomination, the first would be Ted Cruz and the second, Marco Rubio. And it\u2019s the same old — he\u2019s an identity politics guy. That kind of thing matters, but at least he pointed out that the Hispanic entrants are on the Republican side. <\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know what impact, if any, it\u2019ll have. Too soon to say. But one thing we know is that Marco Rubio is a serious man, he has a serious message, and he has a very unmistakable joy in spreading that message, in informing people. He knows how to deliver it. He knows how to deliver it live. He doesn\u2019t have to announce on Twitter. He doesn\u2019t have to announce with a series of posts on social media. He can do it live in front of real people with a real camera. And he\u2019s an emotional speaker. In fact, at some point last night, a couple of points it looked to me like he almost might tear up. <\/line><\/p>\n

Now, I know Rubio has lost a lot of luster with some people on the Tea Party side because of his flirtation with the Chuck-U Schumer gang on amnesty and immigration. You can maybe chalk it up to two things. Chalk it up to novice naivete, trying to get his feet wet and establish himself within the power circles of the Senate. Or another explanation for it could have been that, given his Hispanic heritage, he almost had to, in the sense of identity politics, if he had any chance at all of securing any votes from that sector, he had to come out in favor of it. But whatever, he\u2019s walked it back now, and we\u2019ll just see how this is all gonna play out with Tea Party people. <\/p>\n

It looks like, as you\u2019re gonna hear in the sound bites coming up, to the extent that we can believe it, it looks like the Clinton campaign seems to be more fearful of Rubio than anybody. Now, they are admitting that, so it is doubtful. You have to judge their actions, not their admissions. But you\u2019ll hear it, and you judge for yourself whether that is the case. <\/p>\n

The one thing about Rubio, whether you disagree with him on what he did with amnesty and then walked it back or not, he does not have a likability problem. He is instantly likable. He\u2019s motivational. He\u2019s inspirational in a Reaganesque way because he has that family story, and he relishes telling that story. He thinks it\u2019s inspirational. It was to him, and he wants it to be for everybody. <\/p>\n

He is a great communicator, significant communicator, has a conservative message. Just over here he has that misstep on immigration with the Tea Party. Time will tell if that can be overcome. Now, we will see also if his policies match his rhetoric. His rhetoric is great, his persona is great, his energy is great. He\u2019s a natural leader, it appears, and there will be a certain number of people who will relish and enjoy making Rubio their champion. He\u2019s not gonna have to ask them, in other words. He\u2019s not gonna have to do what Hillary is doing (imitating Hillary), “I want to go out, I want to be your champion. I want to be your champion, everyday people.” <\/p>\n

He\u2019s not gonna walk into Chipotle. <\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: It\u2019s a good thing, the timing of Hillary announcing in her invisible state-of-the-art, high-tech, supposed to be high-tech way, on social media. Nothing live, nothing big, nothing extravagant, just a low-key rollout. And there\u2019s Rubio last night, which was a stunning contrast, his announcement versus hers. <\/p>\n

You know something else? Rubio is being ripped by the Drive-By Media for announcing at six p.m. last night, or around six p.m. The Drive-Bys are saying nobody does that. Everybody announces during the day. Everybody announces around one or two o\u2019clock, or sometimes three after the Limbaugh show, but nobody announces at night. And then they figured out why. Rubio announced at night around six o\u2019clock to make sure he was the lead or one of the lead items on Fox News, and the Drive-Bys said that\u2019s not smart. Of course he was doing that. He\u2019s pandering to these conservatives. That\u2019s what Rubio\u2019s doing and that\u2019s cheap and it\u2019s obvious. <\/p>\n