Marco Rubio is taking a lot of flak over his terrible attendance record for Senate votes – from Donald Trump and Jeb Bush on the campaign trail and a large number of conservative commentators as well, including Claire Hawks today on these pages.  Paul Mirengoff of Powerline conjures up a damaging scenario should Rubio win the nomination: Democrats will have a field day attacking him over his attendance record. They will point out that the people of Florida sent him to the Senate to do the work of a Senator. This work includes showing up and voting, whether things are going your way or not. They will suggest that to do otherwise is to behave like a spoiled brat. They will be right. (snip) By failing to show up in the Senate, Rubio is handing the Democrats a club with which to assault him. He should clean this up. He should do his job. But I am not so sure.  Mirengoff’s Powerline colleague John Hinderaker points to a Daily Mail examination of...(Read Full Post)