Marco Rubio Senator Rubio has a good chance of becoming the 2016 Republican Presidential candidate, but in order to become the candidate he has to learn that he can't blame everything on government. Especially if he is going to be the head of the government if he becomes President. It is always a double standard when the Republicans control the Presidency, only Republicans can expand government, but when it comes to Democrats expanding the government for the good of the country it is socialism. Here is a graph specifying that both democrats and republicans grew the government at the same time.