Nahhhh.... B Wacky is her lackey!
Her electable numbers were/are unquestionably not.
She gets him to do her dirty work. She comes in to clean up/save the day.
She gets her agenda, without the dirty hands.
You may be right rawcatslyentist. I have not paid attention to her polling numbers. But I also wasn't paying attention to writing. What I intended to say was:
The press didn't know enough, or did and wanted to suppress the true issue, which was to ask if Rubio thought Obama was a “natural born citizen” as required to hold the office of the Presidency.