US Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave a speech this week that left many in the audience wondering if he is thinking about a run for the White House. He gave no direct sign that he plans to enter the 2028 race, but several people who watched him say the talk of a campaign is only getting louder.
\n\nRubio spoke at the Federalist Society’s National Lawyers Convention, delivering the annual Barbara K. Olson Memorial Lecture. The crowd was made up of conservatives still sore from the midterm losses, and he won several standing ovations.
\n\nHe pointed to the early political struggles of Ronald Reagan and told listeners to plan in terms of decades rather than single elections. He ended by taking them back to December 1776, when George Washington’s army was retreating and the general feared the fight was nearly lost. Five years later, Rubio noted, Washington and his French allies forced Britain to surrender at Yorktown. “Great things that last are built in decades, not election cycles,” he said.
\n\nMany of those interviewed said the question-and-answer session stood out most. Ilya Shapiro, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, said it was more impressive than the speech itself. He…
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