But Rubio also left himself a way out if compromises yield an unsatisfactory bill.
But Rubio's remarks did make me thirsty for new leadership in the White House.
But Rubio has not been shy about his critique of the president, especially while he was campaigning for Romney last year.
When monitoring the top 50 Hispanic influentials, the numbers were better for Rubio, but not by much (47 for Rubio, 40 for Clint).
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Mr. Obama can stymie legislation, but Mr. Rubio's leadership is essential to passing immigration reform in the first place.
But he dominated Rubio from the start, hurting him in the eighth round and battering him throughout the ninth.
Rubio is in a very good position to win, but poll watchers wonder whether Rubio would win a two-man race, especially if Crist were the opponent.
But the really notable thing about Sen Rubio's speech is that he ducked talking about immigration reform.
But in January 2012, I saw Rubio give a speech in Miami that gave me hope that he was coming around.
Khan was linked with Roach after sacking Oliver Harrison in May this year, but made the surprise decision to employ Rubio instead.
But if they can't, and Rubio uses the bill to score points with Latino voters, it could be a nightmare for Democrats in November.
Rubio is considered a possible running mate for certain GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, who rejected the DREAM Act in the heat of the Republican primary campaign but has since expressed willingness to consider whatever Rubio proposes.
Rubio would be up to the challenge, but he could also be "a true jewel to the Romney campaign, " said Nicholas Pegues.
During his eight years as a state lawmaker, the last two of which were as Florida House speaker, Mr. Rubio earned a reputation as a skilled climber but also as a policy technician.
But it is spending heavily to send Florida Tea Partier Marco Rubio and Carly Fiorina, a Tea Party favorite in California, to the Senate.
Rubio had not only vanquished Crist's nomination hopes but, in effect, ran him out of the party.
And the Republicans, Marco Rubio, who's not on Senate Judiciary, but a lot of Republicans said you do that, we're gone.
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Rubio missed his first 12 shots from the field, but hit a 17-footer with 54 seconds to play that put the Wolves up 102-99.
Khan initially pledged to stand by trainer Jorge Rubio, who had recommended Prescott as an opponent, but changed his mind and ditched the Cuban after one fight together.
Rubio appeared to be someone who could embody that change, but he didn't do himself any favors Tuesday.
To CNN Senior Political Analyst David Gergen, Rubio emerged as an attractive figure on the American political stage but was short on specifics.
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But the attacks that Trump now seems to have chosen are sharper: Rubio was confronted at CNN's Republican debate about his Senate attendance record, which has suffered since he launched his presidential bid.
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Mr. Rubio was elected in the tea-party wave of 2010, but he is far from a conservative firebrand.
The 28-year-old Rubio had won nine straight fights since moving up from junior middleweight but he was clearly outclassed in his first challenge for a major title.
Still, when former Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino threw him a few passes on the floor of the Florida House in 2006, with a crowd watching, Rubio showed his stuff -- first making an easy catch, but then also some harder ones.
Meek expects to beat Greene, but that means having to spend time and money on him, and not on Rubio or Crist.
But, then again, "maybe he's interested in his legacy, " Mr. Rubio adds, and open to a deal.
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Rubio wasn't much better: He said where Republicans wanted to go on issues, but he rarely told us how they would get there.
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