Five ways Marco Rubio's campaign can takedown Jeb Bush

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday

Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US

Please enter a valid email address

Please enter a valid email address

SIGN UP

I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy

Before the battle to be big boss begins, the first hurdle that must be overcome is to win over the Republican party. Here are five reasons why Marco Rubio will annihilate Jeb Bush:

1. Evidence of approval for Mr Rubio’s candidacy came last week, when billionaire Paul Singer, one of the party’s most sought-after fundraisers signed on with the senator’s campaign.

2. Mr Rubio has outlined a hard-line position on social issue like abortion. He opposed exceptions to abortion prohibitions in cases of rape and incest and he's supported legislation that includes such exceptions in an effort to reduce the number of abortions.

Mr Bush supports legislation to ban abortion after 20 weeks, making exceptions for the life of the mother, rape, or incest. In August 2015, he said, "My record as a pro-life governor is not in dispute. I am completely pro-life and I believe that we should have a culture of life."

3. Mr Rubio isn't from the Bush family. If Jeb was to be elected President, he would be the third family member to hold that coveted position. It's safe to say that America, probably the world, is tired of hearing the that name.

4. Mr Bush has been criticized by some Tea Party members as being insufficiently conservative, as he supports positions on immigration and the Common Core State Standards Initiative, common curriculum standards that are unpopular with some conservatives.

5. Mr Rubio is among his party’s sharpest critics of the policies of the Obama administration. He knows that identification with the Senate is toxic to many of the Republican voters who will have a significant influence on who is nomiated for the presidential election.