Posted on 02/27/2016 5:46:50 PM PST by jimbo123
It was the biggest crowd Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) had gotten in this state, more than 1500 voters filling the floor of a downtown event center to hear him. And for 10 minutes, that crowd laughed along with Rubio as he warned them to not “lose the conservative movement to a con man.”
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“Rubio won’t even win his home state,” said Mark Morris, 57. Trump, by contrast, reminded him of the Oscar-winning film “Gladiator,” and of Russell Crowe’s hero Maximus. “He survives the battle, and the emperor calls him in. The emperor says, ‘I need you to go to Rome.’ Maximus says, ‘I've never even been to Rome.’ He says, ‘That's why I want you to go. It’s corrupt there.’
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Even Mario is endorsing Trump now!
How much has Trump spent in ads?
No-show-Rubio has until Tuesday night,
and then his financial backer, Mr. RomneyCARE,
will dump him and enter himself.
Donald Trump buys $1.6 million of ad time in Super Tuesday states
http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/25/politics/super-tuesday-donald-trump-ad/
Reuters tracking has Trump moving up after the last debate.
And the cabana boy going nowhere.
I don’t know how an absentee Senator who supports amnesty for illegals expects to win a GOP primary
These attacks by Cruz and Rubio will cause some damage which is a shame because Trump is almost sure to get the nomination and this just helps the other side.
Timeline:
- Trumps wins Nevada in a broad way
- Establishment Panics
- Two days before debate, Romney issues vague attacks regarding tax returns
- Debate, Rubio issues canned lines, certain members of the audience squeal on cue.
- media raves about Rubio
- Rubio invents himself as a petulant junior Trump, comments on hair, fake tan, con-artist.
- It is soooo transparent.
I wonder if the anchor baby will drop out as gracefuilly as Jeb! did?
He said today that he's spent a total of $25 million (not just on ads) on his campaign.
Whatever Rubio was taking at the debate, he’s going to be taking a lot more of them after Tuesday’s results come in.
We decided today not to watch any of the alphabet channels except for ION at least until next Wednesday. Just sick of all of them - Democrats and Republicans.
how can Rubio be a foreign policy ‘expert’ when he’s never at Congress?
Modafinil. All the rage.Seriously.
I don’t think he’s spent anything. I got the impression that he didn’t think they made that much difference but Rubio is a blank slate to many and the media is defining him.
“Win the crowd, Maximus” , said Proximo.
“I will win the crowd” , said Maximus. “I will show them something they have never seen before!”
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