According to Marco Rubio, he’s “not interested in being vice president.” We’ll take him, for what it’s worth, at his word. He’s not Paul Ryan, taking one for Team Establishment.
We also know he’s not going to be the next governor of Florida or a U.S. senator again. What’s ahead is what’s been looming since he rode that tea party bandwagon into the Senate in 2010: Fox superstar status.
He’s telegenic, glib in two languages and almost always ready for prime time. The right-wing, “fair and balanced” pander network is right in his self-serving wheelhouse. If the national media exposure could help Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee gain Fox favor, it can elevate Rubio to GOPster grandeur with a forum and pulpit like no other.