Rubio: An Immigration Bellwether
Marco Rubio (R-FL) is one of the key candidates to watch in order to read how the immigration ruling is playing politically. He's locked up the Republican nomination in a state with a significant Hispanic population, and doesn't have to worry as much about the GOP base now that Charlie Crist has left the primary field and moving to the left. But he's also become a national conservative darling, and has gone to great lengths to avoid offending the base on immigration.
Rubio offered his first reaction to the immigration ruling in an interview with Politics Daily's Matt Lewis yesterday - and didn't offer too much clarity on his position.
Just to be clear, I opposed racial profiling, and to their credit, the Arizona Legislature changed that law. And because they did, obviously that law is more palatable -- and legally more palatable. I think the decision today is important to understand, number one, why do we even have an Arizona law? And that's because the federal government hasn't done its job. And the second thing we need to remind ourselves is that the court hasn't thrown the law out. What they did was they basically postponed implementation until certain issues are resolved with it...I think at the end of the day, the law is going to be upheld. Arizona has a 10th Amendment right to provide for the public safety of their residents, and to do so by enforcing existing federal immigration law.
Rubio avoided answering the question directly, going back to his previous talking points on the issue. But to be sure, the Florida political press will be grilling him further on immigration in the coming days. Watch closely to see if he thinks it's more beneficial to curry favor with the sizable (and growing) Hispanic population or to agree with the majority of Americans who, in polls, have offered support for the Arizona measure.
(And make sure to check in with the Hotline this afternoon, where we will be keeping track of all the major Congressional candidates' positioning on the AZ ruling.)
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