– While many articles will undoubtedly focus on last night’s State of the Union Address, it was the oddly predictable State of the Union response made by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla) that spoke the loudest about the state of Washington.

FACT: Sen. Marco Rubio’s State of the Union Response was 14 minutes 38 seconds long and began literally 13 minutes after the end of the President’s State of the Union Speech.

3 QUESTIONS:

Question #1  – Did Sen. Rubio get a copy of the president’s State of the union speech prior to the President making it?

Question #1a – If not, are we to believe that a carefully written 14:38 min response speech was objectively written in 13 minutes even with the availability of top speech writers?

Question #2 – If not, does this mean that Sen Rubio’s State of the Union response was written before the State of the Union?

Question 2a and 2b – If so, does this sound like an objective, bi-partisan manner in which to respond to a potentially historic state of the union speech or was it Washington Politics as usual demonstrating that no matter what the president had to say, Sen. Rubio already had his negative words prepared because that is just how gridlocked Washington has become?

Final Question – Although I do appreciate Sen. Rubio’s middle class roots and background, is he a legitimate example of new national GOP leadership that now represents the interests of the American middle class or is he just a smokescreen to make Americans believe that the national GOP leadership now represents the interests of the middle class?

My Response – Actions Speak louder than words and based on your actions and your predictable and likely premeditated words (not to mention the multiple water breaks), it’s non-partisan business as usual in Washington Sen. Rubio and your 14 minutes and 38 seconds are thankfully up!