From Rubio and other young GOP stars, Obama-style inspiration

WASHINGTON POST, 2/21/2010 by Kathleen Parker (Hat tip: Hot Air) - Rubio brought plenty of raw meat to the table [at CPAC], but that was the least of his charms. As speeches go, there wasn't much new to chew on. Think "Groundhog Day" to a country music soundtrack. ∴ But amid the expected was something fresh that will serve Republicans well in the coming months -- and years. The traditional GOP is getting younger and less pale. Rubio, a Tea Party favorite who is challenging Florida Gov. Charlie Crist for the U.S. Senate, may be the Republican Party's Barack Obama. ∴ More important, he is one of a crop of young leaders who are first-generation Americans, sons and daughters of exiles, who can talk about the American Dream in a personal way. The 38-year-old son of Cuban immigrants, he is a natural pitchman for a new GOP. It doesn't hurt that he is photogenic. Read more at the Washington Post...