<p>Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call File Photo Rubio fills the role of the GOP's perfect pitchman. The charismatic Florida Republican has the support of the conservative base but is adept at talking tea party principles in a style that appeals across the aisle.</p><p>If President Barack Obama has soured on pointless haggling with congressional Republicans, the feeling is mutual.</p><p>So after Tuesday evening's post-State of the Union platitudes about working together have been dispensed with, expect House and Senate Republicans to go their own way, ignoring Obama and his demands as much as possible.</p><p>Republicans still vow to engage with Obama, and fight him, on issues that require collaboration, the budget and the debt ceiling included. But much as Obama regretted the Washington-centric debates of his first term and took to the road early and often since winning re-election, House Republicans plan to shift from perpetual combat with the president in favor of a broad legislation agenda that focuses on voters and sets the table for 2014 and even 2016.</p><p><a href="http://www.rollcall.com/news/house_gop_plans_series_of_messaging_bills_looks_past_obama-222340-1.html?pos=hln">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://theweek.com/bullpen/column/239965/obamas-state-of-the-union-speeches-past-and-present">State of the Union: Should Obama get combative with the GOP?</a> (The Week Magazine)</p><p><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-rubio-20130212,0,5907568.story">State of the Union reply is chance for Rubio to shine</a> (Los Angeles Times)</p><p><a href="http://swampland.time.com/2013/02/11/marco-rubio-the-rest-of-the-story/">Marco Rubio: The Rest of the Story</a> (TIME)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dAbtoTgl4knzycMLJwzE6CzdejKVM&ned=us">123 additional articles.</a></p>