Cruz and Trump kill each other off state after state.
Rubio becomes the ‘he can win’ guy - just like Romney.
Fox news last night had a commentator call Rubio “He’s John F. Kennedy to Hillary’s Richard Nixon.”
All scripted.
Talking points and then they bring on the people as mouthpieces.
i’ve been saying it for months... Cruz and Trump must team up on RUbio and finish him.
Rubio is the one we cannot have.
Ease up on the prognosticating, we’ve seen many many people miss the mark. Let the results settle in...see how candidates recalibrate their strategies and messages and then see how things go.
Rubio is a lightweight that was groomed for this, but he’s got very little substance. That will come out as time goes on.
One of the biggest impacts of Iowa may be Trump really deciding why he is running. If he’s truly running for the benefit of the voters and Making America Great Again, he’s going make changes that is going to reflect that.
He still has high visibility, a good base and a big microphone. And he doesn’t want the humiliation of having had a huge lead at 1 time and then blowing it.
Part of his base may have been a bit disillusioned with his tactics of the last several weeks. But they will return if he starts talking substantively on what he see’s being wrong in American and making the case for his prescription to fix them.
Rubio is GOPe and will never get my vote.
It’s easy to call this scripted and bemoan the media taking sides, but perhaps it’s best to take a step back and ask if Rubio’s rhetoric is really resonating with people and whether Cruz (regardless of his sincerity and bonafides) could learn a thing or two.
I would caution Cruz to soften his tone and his pedantry. I talk to a lot of potential cross-over voters here in SC. Their visceral distaste for Cruz is palpable. And yet, they largely approve of his philosophy. The most common refrain I hear is “he can’t get along.” Now, whether that is a trumped up charge or not, Cruz has to work to eviscerate this notion. He is not Trump (whose bombast has become his calling card); he is Ted Cruz. I know Ted to be a nice guy. But too many voters don’t see it.
Campaigns based on a story simply work. Reagan’s story was about America; Clinton’s was about rising out of poverty; Obama was about a disfranchised benighted Kenyan in a world of unchecked white privlelege:)...
Rubio’s story is a poignant tale of hopeful immigrants fleeing a totalitarian society with a dream in hand ; Hillary’s story is about never getting a fair shake.
Rubio’s story is compelling and (his lilting oratorical flourishes aside) is likable ; Hillary’s simply isn’t.
That really is a fascinating juxtaposition for an election, and a powerful one indeed. And regardless of whether you find Rubio saccharin and want to pound your fists over the Gang of Eight, it makes for a great story and I believe a winning one for the Republican ticket.
Cruz could play up a similar story, but so far he hasn’t . (And Rubio’s wife is hotter) so....
So yeah....It’s basically Kennedy v. Nixon.
I think the final nails in Romney’s coffin was the Candy Crawler debate and Christy’s lovefest with O’bummer. T kind of liked Romney, but I despise McCain.