Manchester, N.H.
There’s a palpable eagerness among Republicans here to like Marco Rubio, but questions about his views on immigration remain, even among those voters who come out to see the Florida senator on a weekday afternoon.
On Friday, around 100 people packed into the living room of Jay and Jenna Padone for a classic New Hampshire political “house party,” though it’s more like a campaign event. The crowd was rapt as Rubio stood on a deep window ledge to deliver his stump speech, which wasn’t much different from the address he gave later that night in Nashua to a Republican conference or from his April 13 announcement in Miami. When it came time to answer questions, Rubio was fluid and knowledgeable on everything from foreign policy to energy issues.
