The Limits of Rubiomania
Michael Brendan Dougherty identifies the main source of enthusiasm for Rubio among Republican elites and pundits:
The other reason that Rubio-mania will take off is less inspiring. Rallying around Rubio will just be too strong a temptation for the GOP’s elite and the most established organs of the conservative movement. Rubio’s candidacy is essentially based on the premise that nothing from the George W. Bush era has to change for the Republican Party.