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Sen. Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida, has a bright and potentially brilliant future but is making a major mistake appearing to run for vice president. His foreign-policy speech at Brookings turned into a fiasco when he lost a page of his prepared remarks and looked almost helpless asking for someone to find the missing page. At some point soon I might write a column about Rubio which would not be unfriendly (see my columns about Huntsman), but Rubio is not even close to being ready for the presidency, the vice presidency or a national campaign. The chances that Mitt Romney chooses Rubio for the ticket are about the same as the chances the College of Cardinals calls me to Vatican City to serve as the next pope.

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