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LOOKING
FORWARD
IN ANGST
JASON
LINKINS
HUFFINGTON
03.17.13
2016
PRESIDENTIAL
SPECULATORS
NEED SOME
SERIOUS REHAB
ORMER FLORIDA Gov.
Jeb Bush and current
Florida Sen. Marco
Rubio don’t necessarily agree on everything — as we’ve
learned in the past few weeks,
whether or not they support the
same plan for comprehensive immigration reform largely depends
on which side of the bed Bush has
woken up on that morning. But if
there’s one thing they have in common, it’s a real, pointed dislike of
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premature presidential speculation.
Back in January of 2011, Rubio
was a new senator still working out
of a temporary office when he was
confronted by reporters, who really needed to know right then and
there if he had any plans to run for
president in 2012. “It’s a circus.
You guys are part of the circus,”
Rubio eyerolled. “They’ll talk about
somebody else next week.” And
they totally did talk about other
people in the weeks to come. This
did not stop anyone from talking
about Rubio, however.
Still, while it seemed a little ab-
Meet the
Press host
David Gregory
asked Jeb
Bush if he
would run for
president.
Bush’s
response:
“Man,
you guys
are crack
addicts.”