Not that we needed reminding, but Sen. Marco Rubio has again indicated that when he comes to town next year for the GOP convention, it won’t be as part of a presidential ticket. He has again reiterated that, tea party buzz notwithstanding, he doesn’t want to be vice president. But once again he passed on a more candid rationale. For the record, he did not say:
“Look, I’ve been a senator for all of a few months now and this is all, to be sure, very flattering, but I’m not, frankly, qualified. Being on a ticket should mean more than adding, say, demographic attractiveness and glibness to die for. It should mean that you’re fully capable of being next in line to succeed the president.
“That’s way beyond my pay grade right now. So, no, I’m not the man for that job. Hell, Dan Quayle was better prepared. But in the event, God forbid, that fate would intervene and something were to happen, then someone better qualified will be in position to succeed President Bachmann.”