Posted on 03/08/2016 6:21:54 AM PST by 20yearsofinternet
FULL TITLE: Marco Rubio Campaign in Disarray as Questions Forcibly Surface About His Viability as Presidential Candidate
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The presidential campaign of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) is in disarray as the first-term Florida Senators window of opportunity for the White House seems to be slamming shut.
Questions about his supposed viability as a presidential candidate forcefully surface, even inside his own inner circle, amid horrendous performances by the establishment-backed candidate.
CNNs Jamie Gangel and Tal Kolpan reported late Monday:
A battle is being waged within Florida Sen. Marco Rubios campaign about whether he should even remain in the Republican presidential race ahead of his home state primary on March 15, sources say. Rubio himself is bullish on his odds of winning the critical primary, despite some advisers who are less hopeful and believe a loss there would damage him politically in both the short- and long-term. Publicly, the campaign is maintaining they are still a contender in this race, touting a Sunday win in Puerto Ricos primary that delivered Rubio 23 delegates. But privately, the campaign is having a debate about whether he should remain in the mix even for his home state of Floridas primary.
Gangel and Kolpan quoted a source familiar with such discussions inside the Rubio campaignspecifically that he should drop out before Florida to protect his dwindling political futureas saying that Rubio doesnt want to get killed in his home state. That source told CNN that in Florida a poor showing would be a risk and hurt his political future.
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Face it, Marco. You shot your career in both feet and in the a*s with that Gang of Eight nonsense. All that’s left for you now is selling reverse mortgages on TV, and possibly Dancing With the Stars.
Rubio is doing exactly what the machine wants him to do. Force Trump down into the mud and dirty him up in the minds of late deciding voters.
Trumps new ad is going to finish off FoamBoy for good, after FL he is finished.
Yes, but if Rubio stay’s in then Trump very well could get the nomination.
That is why Cruz is so strong. He stands up to the establishment. That is why NOBODY in the senate has endorsed him. Cruz will restore our Republic.
No, no, no. He’ll be selling watches on the corner of 56th and 5th.
Foam bath parties will do that to you, Marco.
. . . “forcibly surface”? huh?
That is a good point. Cruz is going to have made a tough call. Based on 2nd choice polling Cruz get 2/3rds of the Rubio voters. So does Cruz try to keep Rubio in so he can do the attack dog route on Trump while Cruz simply stands “above the fray” or does he try to get Rubio out and win the nomination out right one on one with Trump.
He was used by the establishment to attack Trump, bring the presidential debate down into the dirt and make Trump look bad so Romney and other could attack.
Marco has pretty much served his purpose. Hopefully, he will lose big to Trump in the Florida primary.
He said he was tea party.
He lied.
He’s dead to me.
Now that’s funny! Too bad Hollywood Squares is off the air. Dondi could occupy the bottom right position.
I will be leaving to vote on my way to work in about 1/2 hour here in SW Idaho.
I will be voting for Cruz. For me, he has the best record of faithfully supporting the Constitution and conservative principle. He also has the best knowledge of and commitment to the constitution in a candidate for the presidency.
Having said that, as I have said numerous times on these boards, should Trump win the nomination, I will support him 100% against Hillary or Sanders.
If Rubio won the nomination (extremely unlikely at this point, almost to the point of an impossibility) I would support him.
If Kasich won the nomination (ditto what I said about Marco...only more so) I would support him.
Keep your eye on the prize!
And drawing away Cruz votes
He’s dead to me too. Over 80% of voters don’t approve of him. Amnesty is a Bxxxh!!!!!
It has been said that George Washington could not tell a lie. It has been proven that Marco Rubio cannot tell the truth. Marco is slick though. he is slicker than greased owl shit. He fooled me into voting for him for the Senate. Then, as soon as he got to DC, he started working with the Democrats.
It would be best for Cruz if Rubio dropped out. To be honest, this “super secret rumors of Rubio quitting before Florida” story seems to me like something Ted’s campaign would pull (namely, Jeff Roe).
And CNN is just stupid enough to fall for it. Notice no other news organizations have these “inside sources” in the Rubio campaign. All coverage of this story originates with CNN.
That's a good one.
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