On Marco and Obama

Marco Rubio is often referred to, more for worse than for better, as the Republican Obama.  How do the two stack up?

                                   Rubio         v.           Obama

Ethnicity           Cuban-American       African-American

Age at Presidential Bid           44                          47

Bad Habit                         Sweating                  Smoking

Signature Issue               Immigration             Iraq

Dubious Association     Brother-in-law       Rev. Wright

And the winner is. . . Let’s be real here:  we are comparing the two-term President who led us out of the Great Recession to a man who ultimately ran away from the bill with which he is most closely associated.