Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's push to overhaul immigration laws would once have spelled peril for a potential Republican presidential candidate. But that is much less so today.
One big reason: Many of his potential 2016 rivals—Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush—are marching in the same direction.
Despite differences in emphasis, all are supporting changes to immigration law that would offer an eventual pathway to citizenship for those now in the country illegally. That distinguishes them from many of the party's rank-and-file members in the House and Senate.
"It makes a very big difference that Marco Rubio and Rand Paul and others are trying to unite different parts of the party around reform," said David Kochel, a veteran GOP strategist based in Iowa. "That is helping alter people's views."
The embrace of a full-scale immigration deal by an array of potential presidential aspirants underscores a brisk GOP realignment on the issue since November, when the party's nominee, Mitt Romney, got just 27% of the Hispanic vote. That was the lowest share by a Republican in nearly two decades.
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Funny, I don't remember any of these clowns pushing a path to citizenship for illegal aliens when they were running for elected office.
As a matter of fact, they pushed for secure borders and no amnesty, or avoided the subject altogether.
I guess pandering to big media and big business not-so-special interests is far more important to them than honoring the campaign promises they made to their constituents.
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