Rubio Pulls Away from Tea Party

The St. Petersburg Times notes Sen.-elect Marco Rubio (R), a longtime GOP insider, is already distancing himself from the Tea Party after his victory last week.

"Rubio has already made it clear that he will not be a rogue senator. One day after the election, he declared his support for the GOP establishment when he said he looked forward to serving under Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell. He did not mention Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina, viewed as the more ideologically pure conservative and alternative power center, who championed Rubio's campaign early on."

Ben Smith: "Among Marco Rubio's most impressive political accomplishments this year was to harness the grassroots conservative fervor without being consumed by it, like other conservative candidates, and without having it turn against him, like other Republican Establishment types."

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