Poland won World War Two.
The polls had him finishing in 3rd. He finished in 3rd. That is all.
Establishment plan.
Put some paid troll on here and other sites.
Have them mix it up between Trump and Cruz voters so Rubio is not targeted.
Siphon voters from the Cruz and Trump camps who are fed up of them arguing.
This Rubio gets the nomination.
I wish some would see what is really going on.
it is divide and conquer.
,,,,, I thought he did actually win while watching his speech after the caucus results . I just don’t trust Rubio on immigration , the border , amnesty etc. .
Of course he won!
Everybody gets a trophy in the Iowa special olympics.
There are two ways to win in these contests, and two ways to lose. The most obvious way to win is to come in first place. The most obvious way to lose is to come in behind someone else.
But there is also the subtle “expectations” contest. Rubio beat expectations by a large margin. He won in that way.
Bush, by comparison, has been losing for months because the expectations were that he would be at the top of the pack.
Trump lost because he came in second, and his team (including supporters on Freerepublic) have been furiously spinning the expectations game to make it seem like he met or exceeded expectations. He actually did meet expectations of a mid 20’s result, so he isn’t a “double loser”.
In politics, often you’ll see campaigns sandbag their chances in a race (”Oh, tomorrow will be a good day, we expect to end up third or fourth in the polls”) in order to reap the rewards of exceeding expectations (”Wow! Second place! Much better than we thought!”) and prevent any perceptions that they didn’t live up to expectations.
Expect to see some sandbagging as New Hampshire gets closer.
When an underdog basketball team is predicted to be blown out by double digits, then pulls to within one point at the end, that is a “win” for the loser.
Rubio’s amnesty will give the Democrats a permanent majority.
End of Republic, period.
Kevin, he won by Common Core math.
The winner is who the media says it is.
Since Monday night, FoxNews, for example, hardly mentions Cruz, except in some negative way, while they laud Rubio as the new Second Coming. The media are trying desperately to find someone they can help propel to the nomination, as they did with Obama in 2008.
Perception becomes reality.