There's a similar phenomenon at work with Rubio — at Slate, Reihan Salam recently referred to it as Rubio's "chameleonlike nature." Indeed, Kevin Moulton, an undecided voter from Exeter at a Bernie Sanders event Saturday, told me he was considering voting for either Rubio or Sanders. "Rubio has inspiration. He has potential," Moulton said. Though he's a registered Democrat, he said he considers himself an independent these days, and said he was "open-minded about conservative economic policies."

Monkeyboy wrote:I think people like that, and there are a lot of them, are more interested in how a candidate makes them feel than their actual policies.

Doll Is Mine wrote:

Monkeyboy wrote:I think people like that, and there are a lot of them, are more interested in how a candidate makes them feel than their actual policies.

You think Rubio makes that guy feel all warm and fuzzy inside?

Doll Is Mine wrote:

Monkeyboy wrote:I think people like that, and there are a lot of them, are more interested in how a candidate makes them feel than their actual policies.

You think Rubio makes that guy feel all warm and fuzzy inside?

Doll Is Mine wrote:Rubio doesn't make me feel warm and fuzzy at all.

Supports Amendment to prevent same sex marriage. (Aug 2010)
Opposes Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). (Sep 2010)

pacino wrote:From a liberal vox.com article about how well Rubio can sway voters:

There's a similar phenomenon at work with Rubio — at Slate, Reihan Salam recently referred to it as Rubio's "chameleonlike nature." Indeed, Kevin Moulton, an undecided voter from Exeter at a Bernie Sanders event Saturday, told me he was considering voting for either Rubio or Sanders. "Rubio has inspiration. He has potential," Moulton said. Though he's a registered Democrat, he said he considers himself an independent these days, and said he was "open-minded about conservative economic policies."

i mean, they're close to each other. barely can tell the difference

Following a Saturday night’s Republican Presidential Debate on ABC News, host George Stephanopoulos noted during a Sunday interview that Rubio had been hammered for his belief that abortion was wrong even in cases of rape or incest.

“Abortion to me is not a political issue,” Rubio insisted. “It’s a human rights issue. And so, if [Jeb Bush] wants to make it a political issue, that’s his right. For me, it’s not.”

“I do require an exception for life of the mother because I’m pro-life,” he continued. “Number two, as I’ve said, if they pass a law in Congress that has exceptions, I’ll sign it. Because I want to save lives.”

“What do you say to that mom when you look her in the eye?” the ABC host wondered.

“It’s a terrible situation,” Rubio replied. “I mean, a crisis pregnancy, especially as a result of something as horrifying as that, I’m not telling you it’s easy. I’m not here saying it’s an easy choice. It’s a horrifying thing that you’ve just described.”

“I get it,” he added. “I really do. And that’s why this issue is so difficult. But I believe a human being, an unborn child has a right to live, irrespective of the circumstances of which they were conceived. And I know that the majority of Americans don’t agree with me on that.”

“And that’s why any law that passed will almost certainly have exceptions. And I’ll sign it.”

pacino wrote:another mass of people fleeing Syria for Turkey

Assad and Russian air power is attacking Aleppo, which is held by rebel groups

"We have been, in the past few days, not just appalled but horrified by what has been caused in the way of human suffering for tens of thousands of people by bombing - primarily from the Russian side," she said.

"Under such circumstances, it's hard for peace talks to take place, and so this situation must be brought to an end quickly."

Davutoglu, for his part, said the city of Aleppo was "de facto under siege. We are on the verge of a new human tragedy."

"Russians are carpet-bombing - they want to clean the entire region so as to make sure the Damascus [Syrian] army will take over and push on to the Turkish border," Cengiz Aktar, a political scientist with the Istanbul Policy Centre, told Al Jazeera.