charliehall:
As for Rubio, I am indeed worried about Scott’s tarnished reputation. That’s why I think Jeb Bush is a better choice than Rubio. After all, he is the only Republican governor of Florida to have won two terms.
Your point about the separate voting tendencies of Cubans and Mexicans is well-taken. However, it may be a rather different scenario if a Latino is actually ON the national ticket.
zen3344:
Ill say it again: the Constitution, both in its original form and as delineated in the Twelfth Amendment, expressly forbids Presidential electors from placing both their ballots for a resident of their State. Cheney got away with it by registering as a resident of Wyoming, which he had represented in Congress (like George W. Bush, he was a Texan). If Allen West would run with Marco Rubio, it would mean the loss of 29 electoral votes for one of them.