The Rise of Marco Rubio

“The definitive account” ( The New Republic ) of one of the biggest stars in the Republican party and possible next Secretary of State, Senator Marco Rubio of Florida. Florida Senator Marco Rubio has been called “the Michael Jordan of Republican politics.” No one—not even his rivals in the Democratic Party—disagrees with the fact that Marco Rubio is going far in American politics. Washington Post reporter Manuel Roig-Franzia tells the story of how Rubio rose so fast, and about the forces that ha