Why Conservatives Must Coalesce Behind Marco Rubio

To true bona fide conservatives, there are only two top-tier candidates left in the race with a track record of authentic and consistent conservatism: Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio. Both of these men are Junior United States Senators; Rubio having served 5 years, and Cruz having served 3 years — so far.

Both are men who conservatives agree will carry the torch of Ronald Reagan and would usher sanity and rationality back into the White House (and if you’re stuck on Rubio’s participation in the Gang of 8 bill, you’re a shortsighted idiot, or you don’t own a dictionary). Currently in a tight race for second place in the polls, they are vying to take down Donald Trump and unite the Republican Party in a renewed conservative movement.

But this election is the most critical one in my entire life. And not just because we have a slog of policies, executive orders, and political mayhem to recover from, due to what will be 8 years of a ruinous Barack Obama presidency. This election is so critical because in the next 4 years, there could be upwards of 4 Supreme Court Justice vacancies that the Chief Executive will have to nominate to fill.

It is suspected that Justices Ginsburg, Breyer, Scalia, and Kennedy, who are all in their 80’s or approaching their 80’s, will set off for retirement at some point during the next Presidential term. This is what will define the legacy of the next president of the United States, perhaps more than anything else they may or may not accomplish as the Chief Executive. The Court will be tipped into the direction of an even more extreme liberal bench, or can be more balanced by conservative constitutionalist appointments.

This is why we must coalesce behind and nominate Marco Rubio. Rubio is the only Republican candidate that Democrats actually express fear of running against (Bill Clinton himself said that Rubio must be “destroyed” before his “candidacy gets off the ground”). Rubio is the only candidate that consistently polls above Clinton both nationally, but also in many purple and blue states. Rubio is the only candidate espousing Conservatism as a hopeful concept to try and grow the Republican Tent, which is paying dividends by the amount of youth that has backed his campaign, and volunteers for it. He doesn’t try to cram conservatism down the throats of people.

Marco Rubio is our modern conservative Ronald Reagan, with the same broad appeal of Youth and Charisma that led so many to flock to John F. Kennedy. Rubio not only can win, he will win. He will absolutely crush Hillary Clinton in a General Election matchup. It has the potential to be so lopsided, that history could compare it to the devastating defeats Ronald Reagan handed to Jimmy Carter in 1980 (489 electoral votes to 49), and Walter Mondale in 1984 (525 electoral votes to just 10 — the biggest landslide election in the history of the United States).

Rubio wouldn’t only shellac Clinton, but he would ensure that the next 10 to 20 years doesn’t take us further down the path of an even more extreme liberal legislative court. For that could truly change the direction, character, and morality of the United States for the rest of our nation’s history.

We are stewards. We are stewards of this land, this country, and this government. We owe it to our children and grandchildren to leave this great nation better off than it was given to us. We must choose public servants who represent us ideologically and who can articulate conservatism in such a way that it connects with your neighbors for the first time in their lives.

Marco Rubio is that public servant.