Rubio Fails to Deliver on Guns and Immigration Reform in Reponse to State of the Union

Yahoo News asked readers to react to Sen. Marco Rubio's Republican response on Tuesday night. Here's one perspective.

COMMENTARY | Guns and immigration reform: These were the two topics I most wanted to hear about from Sen. Marco Rubio, in his response to President Obama's State of the Union speech. I was hoping the Republican Party would signal a new beginning, and attempt to reach out to those who didn't vote for them in the last election.

After all, Rubio is Latino, and charming, and has even favored immigration reform in the past. And all day long, I had watched a dramatic gun battle playing out live on my TV between police in nearby San Bernardino and one Chris Dorner. (I live in Los Angeles.) I had guns on the brain, and it was disturbing. I wanted to hear my leaders, and especially aspiring leaders, address the difficult issue of guns.

So I hoping Rubio would at least address the topic of gun control. Unfortunately, Rubio came off as nervous and very, very thirsty. When he finally addressed the issue, he merely admonished the President not to "take our guns." To me, this is the same tired, false threat Republicans use to pander to their fringe elements.

I realized Rubio did not, and maybe could not given the time, respond directly to the President's rousing call in his speech for gun control. But despite that, I was hoping for so much more from this young Republican who wants to lead us, as a nation, into the future. At least he's still for immigration reform, for now.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/rubio-fails-deliver-guns-immigration-reform-reponse-state-065700762.html

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