Gaffer said: “You’re focusing on Cruz’ 4% lead over Trump, and my thoughts were actually more as to why everybody was so wrong about RUBIO!”
Good point, it could be that Rubio had the best “ground game” of them all. Regardless, I think that it can be said that Trump better work on his ground game if he wants to translate leads in polls to wins. Something was obviously missing there in Iowa. That is, if the point is to “win”, and we know that seems important to Trump.
Rubio already has a hold on Cruz’s ankles and is climbing in New Hampshire, so obviously he should not be underestimated.
Trump definitely didn’t deliver the organization of a ground game that would be required there. As first in the nation, they are (to my mind) some of the most finicky, pandered-to attention seekers in the country every 4 years.