Rubio calls Obama gay marriage announcement a distraction from economy, effort to divide [AUDIO]

On Laura Ingraham’s radio show on Thursday, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio reacted to President Barack Obama’s sudden personal support for same-sex marriage, announced in an interview on Wednesday with ABC’s Robin Roberts.

According to Florida’s Republican junior U.S. senator, the economy should be the focus, but there seems to be a different issue every week brought to the forefront by the president and his party.

“Every single week, whether it’s the student loan issue this week, or this gay marriage issue — next week it’ll be something else; every single week they will trot out another issue to avoid having to talk about the economy because this election is about the economy, which is what it should be about. He can’t win and they know that. They’re smart enough to know that.”

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Rubio: I Won't Tell Newt to Drop Out

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, a leading vice presidential favorite for many Republicans, says he doesn’t think that Newt Gingrich or anybody else should be told to quit the contentious GOP presidential race.

In an interview with the Tampa Bay Times, Rubio said he’s not concerned about presidential process dragging on too long, and that the election will be “reframed” once the Republicans have their candidate.

“I don’t think anybody should be told to drop out,” Rubio said. “I think people should run until they feel that either they don’t want to continue or they don’t see a path to victory. I’ve never [believed] in asking people to drop out of a race because I had a bunch of people ask me to drop out of a race.”

Other excerpts from the interview:
On vice president: “I’m not going to be vice president” and he "wouldn't know how to" campaign for the position.
On Rush Limbaugh: The talk radio host has dealt with the controversy over his comments about a Georgetown law student “adequately. He’s spoken about it, he’s apologized.”

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Marco Rubio statement to bloggers at CPAC

Florida’s Republican Senator Marco Rubio sat down with conservative bloggers at CPAC today and incisively outlined the differences in ideology between Barack Obama and that of a majority of Americans. Notice the lack of notes or “electronic devices.” Refreshing.