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Tea Party favourite Senator Marco Rubio has launched his Republican presidential campaign and already lashed out at Hilary Clinton. Photo: AP

Miami: US Senator Marco Rubio of Florida told top donors on Monday that he will run for the White House because he is "uniquely qualified" to represent the Republican Party in the 2016 presidential race, a source familiar with the matter said.

During a conference call with donors, Rubio criticised Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton as a leader from yesterday and said the 2016 race will be a choice between the past and the future, the source said.

Rubio, a son of Cuban immigrants who rode the anti-establishment Tea Party wave of 2010 to national prominence, will formally announce his presidential bid later on Monday with a speech at Miami's Freedom Tower.

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That is where thousands of Cuban exiles fleeing the communist-run island in the 1960s were first registered by US authorities. Rubio is expected to make a muscular foreign policy a focal point of his campaign, portraying himself as the Republican most ready to handle threats to America in a chaotic world.

Rubio's support registers in single digits in opinion polls of the likely contenders in what is expected to be a crowded Republican presidential field. But aides believe Rubio, who was on 2012 nominee Mitt Romney's short list for vice president, will rise when voters take a closer look at him.

He will be the third Republican to formally announce a White House bid, following Republican Senators Ted Cruz of Texas and Rand Paul of Kentucky.

During the campaign, Rubio probably will compete for donors and endorsements with his political mentor, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, who has been lining up support for a White House bid although he has not yet formally entered the race.

Rubio will be competing for the limelight with Clinton, who grabbed worldwide media attention with the declaration of her candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination in a video announcement on Sunday.

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Tea Party Republican Marco Rubio starts White House bid, takes aim at Hillary Clinton

Three years ago, Sen. Marco Rubio was heralded as the Republican Partys future.

After the GOPs stinging 2012 presidential loss, strategists prescribed the charismatic, young tea party favorite as the antidote to a fractured party someone who could even expand the base by attracting Latino voters.

He so dazzled the 2012 Republican National Convention when he introduced Mitt Romney that some called the conservative a transformational candidate not seen by Republicans since Ronald Reagan.

But despite the cheers that greeted the 43-year-old Florida senator as he announced his presidential bid Monday, the early buzz has faded. And after a political misstep over immigration reform, Rubio finds himself just another name in an increasingly crowded field of 2016 presidential rivals who have chipped away at what were once his strongest assets.

Former Gov. Jeb Bush, with his unmatched fundraising juggernaut, knocked off Rubio as the GOP establishment favorite. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas is stealing the hearts of evangelicals and tea party activists. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is the new fresh face.

Now seen at best as a sleeper candidate, Rubio needs to reignite the excitement that once led the party to view him as a front-runner.

On Monday he tried to do exactly that. In front of nearly 1,000 supporters, he evoked his youth and his parents immigration from Cuba, displaying the skills that make him one of the party's more gifted communicators.

Now, the time has come for our generation to lead the way toward a new American century, he told the crowd at Freedom Tower in downtown Miami, known as the Ellis Island of the South for welcoming Cuban exiles.

Though some have questioned whether Rubio, a freshman senator with a young appearance and a thin legislative record, has the experience or commanding presence Americans expect of their president, Rubio presented his age as a benefit, drawing a contrast with older rivals like Bush, 62, and the Democratic front-runner, Hillary Rodham Clinton, 67.

Just yesterday, a leader from yesterday began a campaign for president by promising to take us back to yesterday, he said, referring to Clintons campaign kickoff Sunday.

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Does the GOP still see Marco Rubio as the answer to its problems?

Three years ago, Sen. Marco Rubio was heralded as the Republican Partys future.

After the GOPs stinging 2012 presidential loss, strategists prescribed the charismatic, young tea party favorite as the antidote to a fractured party someone who could even expand the base by attracting Latino voters.

He so dazzled the 2012 Republican National Convention when he introduced Mitt Romney that some called the conservative a transformational candidate not seen by Republicans since Ronald Reagan.

But despite the cheers that greeted the 43-year-old Florida senator as he announced his presidential bid Monday, the early buzz has faded. And after a political misstep over immigration reform, Rubio finds himself just another name in an increasingly crowded field of 2016 presidential rivals who have chipped away at what were once his strongest assets.

Former Gov. Jeb Bush, with his unmatched fundraising juggernaut, knocked off Rubio as the GOP establishment favorite. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas is stealing the hearts of evangelicals and tea party activists. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is the new fresh face.

Now seen at best as a sleeper candidate, Rubio needs to reignite the excitement that once led the party to view him as a front-runner.

On Monday he tried to do exactly that. In front of nearly 1,000 supporters, he evoked his youth and his parents immigration from Cuba, displaying the skills that make him one of the party's more gifted communicators.

Now, the time has come for our generation to lead the way toward a new American century, he told the crowd at Freedom Tower in downtown Miami, known as the Ellis Island of the South for welcoming Cuban exiles.

Though some have questioned whether Rubio, a freshman senator with a young appearance and a thin legislative record, has the experience or commanding presence Americans expect of their president, Rubio presented his age as a benefit, drawing a contrast with older rivals like Bush, 62, and the Democratic front-runner, Hillary Rodham Clinton, 67.

Just yesterday, a leader from yesterday began a campaign for president by promising to take us back to yesterday, he said, referring to Clintons campaign kickoff Sunday.

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Marco Rubio, once seen as front-runner, has some catching up to do

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