Rubio announces presidential candidacy

[Ebsy]

Do the Florida presidential and senatorial primaries take place on the same day?
And if so, can he run for both?

I don't think that is the issue. Rubio has said numerous times that if he throws his hat in the ring for the Republican nomination, he will not run for reelection. A win-win for everyone, in my opinion.

[Ebsy]

Rubio's options and why hes running for president:

- Win the nominee (Best case)
- Lose the nominee and be on the short list for VP
- Loses nominee and loses out on VP run for governor in 2018 of Florida
- Run for president again in 2024

He doesn't want to be in the senate anymore, nothing gets done, no power to make things happen and heck he could make a TON more money going into consulting the next year or two and than run for governor in 2018.

Staying in the senate does very little for what he wants to accomplish. Seems pretty obvious to me thats the case and the reason he doesn't care about the seat at all.

This implies that Rubio wanted to accomplish anything in the Senate, other than using it as a stepping stone for a Presidential run.

I believe Senator Rubio sincerely wanted his bipartisan immigration reform bill to get a vote and pass in the House. Though, after Boehner killed it, he obviously realizes there is almost no way for him to make a lasting legislative impact due to his fellow Republicans' intransigence on almost any legislation that has half a chance of passing the Senate.

[Ebsy]

Nonsense. He wanted moderate credentials in case he was in a general election.

I don't think the two are necessarily mutually exclusive. But this is a rare role for me defending Marco Rubio.