article_snippet.sent: Marco Rubio holds little appeal to Latino voters.  
article_snippet.sent: Back in 2013, Marco Rubio was a member of the Senate "Gang of 8" that crafted a bipartisan proposal for comprehensive reform, including a path to citizenship for the nation's estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants.  
article_snippet.sent: Marco Rubio later distanced Marco Rubio from the bill after the bill ran into resistance from House Republicans, and now says Marco Rubio favors a piecemeal approach, starting with securing the border.
article_snippet.sent: Marco Rubio retreat on immigration means that Marco Rubio has missed an opportunity to set Marco Rubio apart from most of the presumptive Republican presidential candidates.  
article_snippet.sent: That's a shame, for this issue was supposed to be Marco Rubio calling card to Latino voters.
article_snippet.sent: Instead, Marco Rubio has embraced a typical conservative approach to immigration.   
article_snippet.sent: Marco Rubio believes that President Obama's Deferred Action program, offering deportation relief to young immigrants, should be ended.  
article_snippet.sent: Marco Rubio has stated that the President's executive action on immigration, on hold pending a circuit court review, sets a "horrifying precedent.
article_snippet.sent: No wonder the research firm Latino Decisions reports that, "We find no evidence that Marco Rubio's candidacy will draw significant Latino support for Marco Rubio candidacy or for Marco Rubio party more generally.
article_snippet.sent: So, if Marco Rubio is counting on Marco Rubio ethnicity and personal history as the son of immigrants to win over fellow Hispanics, Marco Rubio is mistaken.
article_snippet.sent: , Marco Rubio's political philosophy will be a tough sell to Hispanics.  
article_snippet.sent: Rubio's political philosophy is a fierce opponent of "Obamacare" and wants the law repealed.  
article_snippet.sent: (In fact, Marco Rubio signed Marco Rubio own family up for "Obamacare" on the Washington exchange, taking advantage of a generous federal subsidy offered to lawmakers.)
article_snippet.sent: Marco Rubio favors smaller government, while Latinos are more likely than the general public to say Latinos favor a bigger government that provides more services over a small government that provides less.  
article_snippet.sent: And though Marco Rubio doubts that climate change is caused by humans, The New York Times has noted that Latinos view global warming as a problem and favor government action on the issue.
article_snippet.sent: But Marco Rubio work on the failed immigration bill notwithstanding
article_snippet.sent: Unfortunately, a fresh face on stale ideas is not a winning combination -- not for Marco Rubio, and not for Latino voters.
highlights_snippet.sent: Marco Rubio says on health care, climate change and other issues, Marco Rubio breaks from Latinos' positions.