With Walker’s exit and Bush’s collapse, I think Rubio has a clear pathway. He’s the only remaining choice for the party to push. He’s no lock, but the path is there. Trump has the upper hand. Cruz could contend, but only if Trump and Carson both collapse. Those voters have no where else to go. Cruz would need to do something bold to attract the voters, though. He’s constantly solid, but not doing anything to draw people to him. Rubio, despite our problems with him, is charismatic, likable, and is selling conservative ideas and good foreign policy. Of the guys on the stage at these debates, he about the only one memorable by the end of it. I’ve got my issues with Rubio, but trying to view it through the lens of a typical voter, I see why he’s gained support.
I see Trump and Cruz teaming up.
“...but only if Trump and Carson both collapse.”
I still keep hearing about the collapse of Trump, as if it is inevitable.
Trump will collapse when the support for the issues he is pushing collapses.
What on earth would make people suddenly decide the border fence is not good; that putting the quietus on illegal immigration is not good; that returning the nation back to a nation of laws is not good; that increasing jobs by redoing trade treaties is not good; that keeping terrorists out of the country is not good; that making America great is not good, etc.