Harry Reid Calls on Marco Rubio to Resign From Senate

You go Harry Reid. I still love that line about Mitt Romney's taxes in 2012. It was perfect. I mean when he wouldn't release his tax returns how do we know he paid them?

Now he's calling out Marco Rubio's chronic absenteeism.

What I think Rubio is going to have to explain is how Americans can trust him not to get as sick of being President as he is of being Senator

"Reid said Thursday that Rubio should resign from the Senate if he felt his duties there were insignificant compared to a presidential campaign."

“If he thinks his job is such a nothing job, let Florida send somebody here that works with [Sen.] Bill Nelson, who is a substantive senator,” he said. “Bill Nelson finds a lot to do to help Florida. So I don't accept that.”

"Reid dismissed Rubio's contention that his absenteeism was no worse than that of past senators who have run for president."

“I've never heard John McCain say he didn't like the job. How could he compare himself to John McCain? John McCain is one of the certified American heroes of our time," Reid said. "John Kerry, same damn thing. Barack Obama, African-American running for president -- if he thinks he can compare himself to those three, more power to him, cause he can't walk in their shoes. Make sure you got me there. To think he could compare himself to those three men is ludicrous.” 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/harry-reid-marco-rubio-2016_56328461e4b063179911baaa

This is why I love Harry Reid. He's smart in this interview. He says nothing disparaging about Ted Cruz.

He compares Rubio to John Edwards. It's almost like he's trying to give Rubio's opponents talking points. Jeb's team can hit Rubio as not like John McCain but John Edwards-comparing him to a disgraced Democrat is more palatable for the Jeb campaign. 

I think you can argue that where Jeb lost it at that debate is on the counterpunch. His first shot was pretty good I thought. It was  six year term. He should resign if he's not interested in the job. 

But he was not ready for Rubio's counterpunch. This is where he fell off. He looked totally shellshocked by Rubio's response, just sort of stood there in stunned silence. 

http://lastmenandovermen.blogspot.com/2015/10/where-jeb-lost-it-last-night.html

That's the problem. He had to have an answer there. He couldn't just stand there with his mouth open. But that was the end of it. 

If you want the job of President of the United States you have to push back there. He should have pointed out what Harry Reid did: that comparing himself to McCain, to Obama, to John Kerry is a joke. 

That McCain sure never saw his Senate job as a boring waste of time. 

Again, I almost think Reid is trying to help out Jeb here, throw him a lifeline. Say Rubio is no John McCain, he's John Edwards. 

We know that Jeb is working on some oppo research for Rubio. 

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