Posted on 10/12/2015 1:45:24 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
2016 GOP POWER INDEX: JEB BREAKS DOWN, RUBIO RACES AHEAD In what could end up being the final pairing of the Republican nominating contest two 44-year-old Cuban American senators hold the top two spots in this week’s 2016 GOP Power Index.
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, remains the FNF favorite to win the votes of Republican insurgents. Cruz is running a disciplined campaign and mostly avoiding the candidate-on-candidate violence of the cycle. And he is raising enough money to burn a wet elephant.
But on the other side of the map, the terrain is shifting. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is consolidating his status as the favorite for Republican-establishmentarians. (The term “establishment” seems a little worn out this cycle since it now means any person who has ever won an election, but that’s what Rubio is.)
Despite puny fundraising numbers in the last quarter, Rubio continues to press ahead. It doesn’t hurt that he has help from deep-pocketed outside groups. But the best thing going for Rubio is the impossibly weak candidacy of his mentor-turned-rival Jeb Bush.
Bush’s super PAC has started unloading positive ads about the former Florida governor in a bid to boost his flagging fortunes. In the latest CBS News poll, Bush cards the worst favorability rating – 6 points underwater – of any top-tier candidate....
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