Sen. Marco Rubio has at Least Six Staffers with Ties to Mitt Romney’s 2008 Presidential Campaign; Speculation about a “Romney-Rubio” 2012 Ticket Grows

Popular Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has at least six staff members working for him who worked for Gov. Mitt Romney’s 2008 Presidential Campaign. The ties are fueling speculation that there could be a “Romney-Rubio” Presidential ticket in the offing:

POLITICO: Freshman Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) has no plans to endorse anyone in the GOP primary, but inside his Senate office and political operations, his ties to Mitt Romney run deep.

At least six past and current Rubio Senate aides, including chief of staff Cesar Conda and his deputy, Terry Sullivan, worked for Romney’s 2008 presidential bid, establishing a direct link and a line of communication between the front-runner for the 2012 GOP nomination and the front-runner in the Republican veepstakes. There’s also a trail of fundraisers, donors and consultants who have overlapping relationships with Rubio and Romney.

“As things develop, it could be helpful to both,” said one GOP operative with ties to both camps. “Obviously, if people close to the Romney camp are in the Rubio camp, they can push for Rubio to endorse, and Romney would benefit greatly. Conversely, they can also push Team Mitt to consider Marco for [vice president].”

Several sources close to Rubio downplayed the staff connections as mere coincidence. Nearly all of those staffers had been part of Rubio’s resounding 2010 victory over the GOP favorite, then-Gov. Charlie Crist. And during the campaign, Rubio made sure he was surrounded by a talented team of smart, seasoned professionals. The best résumés just happened to come from veterans of Romney ’08, the sources said.

Yet Romney is also tapping into Rubio’s network in delegate-rich Florida. Jay Demetree, Rubio’s former finance chairman, serves in a similar fundraising role for Romney in Florida, while Bertica Cabrera-Morris, Rubio’s 2010 Central Florida campaign chairwoman, is a senior adviser to the Romney campaign. . . . Read More

Posted by Brian on Monday, October 3rd, 2011   |   2 Comments »
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  • http://twitter.com/cemiami Carlos Echevarria

    I have followed and supported Marco Rubio’s political rise since his West Miami Council Member days up till his appointment of Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives…the first Cuban American in that post.

    Quite obviously, I supported him against Gov. Christ…however, I would be very careful in terms of those branding him around as a possible VP pick.

    I say this as a staunch supporter, but there are certain issues which could arise, like his duplicity in terms of his personal religion (that is to say he postulated himself as a Roman Catholic and sought support there but later it was revealed he was, actually a Protestant, and had given over 60, 000 dollars and had attended Fellowship of Christ church in Kendall for the last 6 years)

    Though I don’t care if the guy worshiped rocks, he was not straightforward on that matter and I, personally, investigated, after the election.

    Also, Axelrod and Plouffe would, no doubt, look at some financial dealings he had with certain developers in Miami, in terms of private expenses, more than favorable home loans from bankers he coddled,  etc.

    The safe bets for VP, in my humble view are people like Virginia Gov Bob McDonnell or someone of that same stature.

  • Anonymous

    Interesting, Carlos. Whoever the VP pick is will be closely scrutinized by the Obama minions. That has to be taken into account by the GOP nominee when making a choice.


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