The case for Rubio

The case for Rubio

Almost every American journalist covering the 2016 presidential campaign will vote in this election. And, by now, almost all have decided whom they will support.

Journalists at other new outlets won't tell you where they stand. I will.  And while there is no consensus here in the NewBostonPost newsroom, I am proud personally to support Florida senator Marco Rubio and to have contributed to his campaign.

5 faith facts about Jeb Bush: Catholicism ‘resonated with me’
Faith

5 faith facts about Jeb Bush: Catholicism ‘resonated with me’

Religion News Service

(RNS) — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush may be seeing the bold exclamation point wilt in his Jeb! posters.

Like his Republican brethren, Catholic convert Jeb Bush,  who turns 63 on Feb. 11, 2016, is chasing the conservative Christian vote in the primaries. But unlike evangelical Sen. senator Ted Cruz, fellow Catholic Sen. Marco Rubio or  nominally religious mainline Protestant Donald Trump, Bush is making no connection with the faith crowd. Or any crowd: His poll numbers were mired near the bottom all winter.

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