Marco Rubio's shaky finances won't topple his campaign — unless there is more to the story

A New York Times report on Rubio's finances won't hurt him, but that doesn't mean he is in the clear

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The New York Times has taken yet another swing at Marco Rubio. After dissecting the Florida senator and Republican presidential hopeful's driving record, the Gray Lady ran an expose on Rubio's finances.

Judging from the reactions even of people who are not Rubio supporters, both swings look like misses. The report that Rubio amassed four traffic violations since 1993 — the total number only becomes high when you include Rubio's wife — was mocked on Twitter under the hashtag #RubioCrimeSpree. This was soon followed, after the second report, by a hashtag #RubioSpendingSpree.

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W. James Antle III

W. James Antle III is the politics editor of the Washington Examiner, the former editor of The American Conservative, and author of Devouring Freedom: Can Big Government Ever Be Stopped?.