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The following is a quick look at Sen. Marco Rubio's new book, which landed on our desk today.

Marco Rubio wastes no time in his new book, American Dreams, going after Hillary Clinton.

On page nine of the forward, a lament that the dream is fading for many, the Republican senator from Florida argues Clinton has proven herself wedded to the policies and programs of the past.

Instead of reforming a higher education system that costs too much money, is too hard for nontraditional students to access and awards too many degrees that do not lead to jobs, another Clinton presidency will be about spending more money on a broken system, Rubio writes. Instead of cutting back on regulations that stifle innovation and deny consumer choice, another Clinton presidency will be about enacting regulations her friends in the corporate world use to prevent competition. Instead of reforming an anticompetitive tax code that has made America one of the most expensive places on earth to invest and create jobs, another Clinton presidency will be about raising taxes to pay for a growing government."

The election of Hillary Clinton to the presidency, in short, would be nothing more than a third Obama term. Another Clinton presidency would be a death blow to the American Dream.

But Rubio, whose book will be published by Sentinel on Jan. 13, knows partisan jabs only go so far. He spends much of the book assessing the current state of the country and offering solutions to problems as varied as student loan debt to the strain on Social Security. It's a conservative vision, to be sure, but Rubio takes pains to not completely alienate a broader audience.

For our part, conservatives have also failed to address the challenges of the new economy but there are promising signs that this is changing, Rubio writes.

Rubio gives credit to leaders of the so-called conservative reform movement, figures such as the writer Yuval Levin and Rep. Paul Ryan. But the point of the book is to spotlight Rubio as someone who can bring it all home. He doesn't declare himself a candidate for president, of course, but the 43-year-old leaves no mystery that he thinks he's qualified to lead a movement to "restore the land of opportunity."

The book is much different from Rubio's first, which was bio-driven but also wrapped a narrative around the American Dream.

Rubio uses the stories of people hes met to explain problems, including a Plant City woman named Christine Miller who runs an emergency food bank and tries to empower the poor people who visit her with fiscal literacy programs. The anecdote is a way for Rubio to make a case that while a government safety net is necessary, government should do more to help people get ahead.

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In new book, Rubio attacks Hillary Clinton, offers conservative view to save American Dream