Lucre: Marco Rubio’s ultimate political goal

Marco Rubio said that “We’re not going to fix America with senators and congressmen.” It was one reason for his presidential run.

Earlier this year The Washington Post reported, “He [Rubio] just can’t stand it [his U.S. Senate seat] anymore.” Adding of the senator from Florida: “…as Rubio runs for president, he has cast the Senate — the very place that cemented him as a national politician — as a place he’s given up on, after less than one term. It’s too slow. Too rule-bound.”

There are even accounts of Rubio friends stating, unequivocally, that he “hates” his job as senator.

Then there’s a case for his dubious work ethic. Or, what would you call a man who rarely shows up for work?

They all add up to typical Marco Rubio descriptions. And yes, the presidency was a goal when he embarked on a futile, if not disastrous, campaign in search of it and trounced. A beating so bad he lost every single county in his home state of Florida, but one, to eventual nominee Donald Trump.

After the Florida debacle he gathered his family before the few dozen followers he still had and declared that he would suspend his campaign for the presidency. He was quitting politics, not seeking reelection to his Senate seat, and would pursue work in the private sector.

A few months after his hasty retirement Sen. Rubio took the opportunity presented during the horrendous attack in the Orlando nightclub to announce that it gave him reason to reconsider his stance on the senate seat he was abandoning. It didn’t take long after that to throw his hat back into the Senate seat ring.

It was typical Rubio. First he was in, then he wasn’t. But after greater consideration, he’d decided to return. Over the years the south Florida senator has shown the capacity to stand on all sides of almost anything, most notably serious issues, as long as they are beneficial – to him! Marco lives in a looking glass world. He has stood on all sides of the same issue – even when contradicting himself. And until the presidential run, made it work for him.

So it should not surprise anyone why he said he was leaving the Senate and politics to show up and declare his candidacy months later. It was straight from the Marco Rubio playbook.

But it’s also led many to ask why he’s running again. There’s a headline in Tuesday’s Washington Post that asks: “Marco Rubio is Running for the Senate – or maybe still the presidency?”

Another presidential run in 2020? That’s probably a part of the reason he IS running now. In the same article, the reporter interviews a Trump supporter, now a Rubio for Senate backer, who agrees. He also ventured a guess as to why Marco made a 180 degree turn on his senate bid: “I guess once he realized he’s got to go get a job, maybe?”

A few weeks of licking his wounds and shopping for even taller platform shoes to avoid a future as Little Marco (just kidding…), Rubio came to his senses and wondered where he would find a salary that paid him what he made as a U.S. senator. Not only that. He realized that there’s good money to be made while running for office. (Rubio happens to be an excellent campaign fund raiser. The type who would have been successful in the snake oil business of the Old West.)

Anyway, Marco has learned over the years how to profit from politics. There’s the couple hundred grand that comes with the job, but have we forgotten the sleazy misuse of Florida Republican Party credit cards while he was Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives?

Then there are his friends. His two political BFFs are Ralph Arza and David Rivera. (Read about them here). Both were his lieutenants while he was Speaker. And each in some way was tainted while in the Florida House. (Rivera also served briefly as a member of congress and is endlessly being investigated by the Feds. You can read more about David here.)

Much more in the shadows these day, Rivera and Arza both depend on Rubio for a living. And Rubio depends on them for winning via their mastery of dirty, political trickery.

I believe that Marco Rubio’s business is politics. It is the only thing he’s known since graduating from law school. And over the years it has served him well economically. Like others (he’s not alone), he does not see a problem growing his net worth as he runs for higher political offices. And there’s none higher than the presidency – where there’s a lot of money to be made before, during and after he is elected.

So I must agree with The Washington Post. Marco Rubio has his eyes set on another presidential run. But his final goal, now and if he ever gets to the White House, has always been the money he and his buddies can make.