Still Hope

FILE - In this March 14, 2016, file photo, then-Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks during a campaign rally at Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach, Fla. Rubio is facing in... FILE - In this March 14, 2016, file photo, then-Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks during a campaign rally at Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach, Fla. Rubio is facing intense pressure to run for re-election to his Florida Senate seat, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell taking the lead in a campaign to get him to reconsider his plans to retire. Republicans fear that if Rubio doesn’t run for a second term they could lose his seat. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File) MORE LESS
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Democrats do not have a strong candidate against Marco Rubio this Fall. But Marco Rubio isn’t a strong candidate either. After all he spent most of last year explaining that he didn’t like being a senator. Today he hedged on whether he’d even stay in the Senate for a full six years if he’s elected. So he’s mainly running against to queue up a 2020 run, I guess there’s some wisdom in not making an unequivocal promise. But it’s stuff like this that makes me think the Dems are still in the hunt in Florida.

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