After Marco Rubio stood down as Speaker of the Florida legislature, he taught classes on the 2008 presidential election, among other things, at Florida International University. "He was fascinated by Barack Obama's campaign," says Dario Moreno, a political scientist who also taught there. "He thinks that changes to the economy, generational changes, mean that people are less attached to political parties now and that political realignments can happen more quickly." This is a thesis that the Republican primaries ought to test. Mr Rubio, now a senator, joined the fray with a stirring speech in Miami on April 13th. He casts himself as a candidate of change, not only of generation (he is only 43) but also of ideas. Republican presidential wannabes divide into two camps: those who think the party can win by sticking to its guns and those who think it needs to broaden its appeal. The first group includes Scott Walker, the governor of Wisconsin, Ted Cruz, a Texan senator, Mike Huckabee, a governor turned tv host, and a few others. The second group currently consists of Rand Paul, a senator from Kentucky, Jeb Bush, a former governor of Florida and Senator Rubio. Rick Perry and Chris Christie, one a former governor and the other a current one, have yet to commit to either side.
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机译：马可·鲁比奥（Marco Rubio）担任佛罗里达州立法机构议长后，他在佛罗里达国际大学（Florida International University）教授有关2008年总统大选的课程。政治学家达里奥·莫雷诺（Dario Moreno）说：“他对巴拉克·奥巴马（Barack Obama）的竞选活动着迷。” “他认为，经济的变化，世代相传的变化意味着人们现在对政党的依恋越来越少，政治调整可以更快地发生。”这是共和党初选应考的论点。现任参议员的卢比奥（Rubio）于4月13日在迈阿密发表了激动人心的演讲，加入了角逐。他将自己视为变革的候选人，不仅是一代人（他只有43岁），而且还是思想的变革者。共和党总统的愿望分为两个阵营：那些认为该党可以坚持不懈地赢得胜利的人，以及那些认为需要扩大其吸引力的人。第一组包括威斯康星州州长斯科特·沃克，德克萨斯州参议员特德·克鲁兹，迈克·哈卡比，州长电视主持人以及其他一些人。第二组目前包括肯塔基州参议员兰德·保罗，佛罗里达州前州长杰布·布什和卢比奥参议员。里克·佩里（Rick Perry）和克里斯·克里斯蒂（Chris Christie），前任州长，另一任现任州长，尚未对双方作出承诺。
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