Posted on 07/26/2015 9:59:18 AM PDT by VinL
Call it failure to launch for Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) 80%as, despite a minor bump in the polls a month or so after his April presidential campaign launch, the 44-year-old junior senator from Florida is now officially relegated to the middle of the pack—where he’s been unable to climb out.
Virtually every major pollster has shown Rubio’s chances at being a serious contender for the GOP nomination slipping away...
Rubio was supposed to be the golden boy who could woo the donor class but still excite the grassroots. He’s succeeded in winning over lots of big-money backing, with billionaire donors like Oracle’s Larry Ellison, casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, Miami-area auto dealer Norman Braman, and more behind him. But he’s failed so far to gain traction among the voting class—the people a candidate needs to win over to win elections since politicians, as much as they might want to, can’t buy electoral victory.
While Rubio’s funk continues, real estate magnate billionaire Donald Trump remains at the top of the Republican pack with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker nipping at his heels. At the same time, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)96% is surging past Rubio underneath Trump, Bush and Walker, pulling close to the top tier of candidates....
Trump wins 18 percent to top the poll, while Bush comes in second place with 15 percent. Walker pulls 10 percent and Cruz is in fourth place now with 7 percent...
Cruz’s surge comes after just a month ago, according to CNN-ORC, he was down at 3 percent. That four points is a remarkable swing in such a crowded primary for the Texas senator, who’s actually hauled in more hard money for his presidential campaign than the entire rest of the GOP field.
That CNN-ORC poll is a national one
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Seeing that Jeb, Graham, Walker and Rubio (if I have that correct)are all about bashing Trump instead of saying all voices should be heard whether one likes what they say or not, and Cruz has been supportive of all voices.....this is great news! I love both Cruz and trump!
Jebbie gets the amnesty voters; the pro-America vote is splitting between Trump and Cruz. The lukewarm candidates are lapping up the remains.
If this were a horse race it would be a Trump sprint tiring out the field, Cruz laying back, picking up speed in the back stretch, then overtaking the field and pounding down the home stretch as Trump, although fading, creates an opening between horses.
The thing about Trump, he is a third party candidate without the third party.
Polls of Whom?... Are they honest?.. Who’s the “they”?..
All should learn the RubRINO lesson.
Only insane amounts of eGOP RINO money (a la Jeb uberRINO) can keep a candidate with no standards in the race.
Anyone figure who are these JeBber voters? They must be a RINO unicorns, but pollsters sure find them. Pushy polls?
What’s the sound of political donations being flushed down the toilet?
Say it loud:
RU BI O
Rubberio was toast the day he schemed with Schumer against the citizens.
He still wants to
“Comprehensively Screw Americans Out Of Their Country”
All the Cheap Labor Express candidates should be avoided
¡Yeb!
Rubberio
Huckster
La Raza Rick Perry
Kasich
Grahamnesty
Pataki
NJFatBoy
That’s the kind of headline I LOVE to read!
Rubio is finished.
So nice to see the RINO vote divided for a change. Clearly the Establishment has lost control of the herd. Someday we will find out why.
Speaking of front runners, does anybody recall Rudy Giuliani or Fred Thompson?
Both were running pretty good in 2007.
Good to see Cruz surge past scrubs such as, Rubio, Carson and Huckabee.
How many of them are NOT going to make the FOX debate ?
The remainder will split the establishment vote and $$$
Cruz is standing out also but I want to say this about Rubio. upChuck Shumer, AMNESTY!!! NO WALL!!! TPA!!!VOTED TO FUND OBAMACARE 4 TIMES!! and voted for obamna’s illegal amnesty funding!!Get lost rubio. You, sir, are a RINO.
I live in Florida. Jeb was a great governor but should never be POTUS. And Marco was an OK junior GOP Senator...but he needed seasoning and due to law here gave up his senate seat to pursue the Presidency...gosh he can make a comeback hopefully he has a quick learning curve and does not bring out his inner RINO like he did this run with his pro amnesty speil a few months back
Freegards
LEX
SWEET!
If things go well, and real America catches a break for once instead of suffering at the hands of “bizarro America,” Trump will shape the political landscape so that spades may be called spades - before he either implodes, or loses interest and moves on to some other shiny object.
This will position Cruz, who I think is far and away the best candidate in the field, to be the nominee.
That’s what I can’t figure out, who would vote for the guy who’s telling you he wants to turn your country into North Mexico?
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