Posted on 04/20/2015 9:42:47 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
Via C-Span coverage, some thoughts on the state of the 2016 GOP primary race after the two-day Republican Leadership Summit in New Hampshire:
1) Marco Rubio is clearly enjoying a moment. He is relaxed and funny in front of crowds, flying high after a well-received campaign announcement. In addition, Rubio appears to be winning growing support among some GOP establishment figures and opinion makers — the ones who worry about Jeb Bush's dynastic problem, fear Scott Walker is not ready for prime time, and have given up on Chris Christie. But Rubio has to convince other Republicans who worry that he is too green for the top job, and he still has his record to contend with, when opponents take a very close look at his signature achievement, the Senate-passed Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform bill.
2) Scott Walker is steadier on his feet. The Wisconsin governor seemed a little wobbly for a time after his quick rise to GOP frontrunner following a similar Republican cattle call in Iowa in late January. Now Walker seems a little more comfortable, and his record of standing up to his state's powerful Democratic-dominated public-sector unions has huge appeal among Republicans. But he still has to go beyond that record, to convince Republicans he has the knowledge and skills to apply his courage and determination to problems in Washington.
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NH no longer means anything. It is Boston Lite.
Rubio is a lying hispandering two-faced weasel.
No one should consider him Presidential.
NH is the only state I can see Paul doing well and if he;s not then he really is in trouble no matter how his minority voters in the country shout.
Cruz I can’t see doing too well in NH as NH is a New England state .
NH will go for Walker or Bush because of how the state is in my opinion.
Weird. Last poll I saw had Walker first, Cruz second and Bush third. But Cruz is barely an afterthought in the article.
They are trying to convince me that Cruz is hardly worth mentioning.
When in fact he is the only one I will consider for the top spot.
Its Cruz or Cruz. I will accept no substitutes.
Cruz or lose!
/johnny
Throw him back.
There’s a poll at the end of the article, but they’ve booby-trapped it. You can vote, but you can’t see the comparative results unless you 1) give them your email, or 2) follow them on twitter. When I voted, Cruz had 266 votes, but I want to didn’t give them my info, so I don’t know how that stacks up against the other candidates.
It depends on how Cruz does in the first debate whether he gets noticed or not. The media will do a full blackout until they can’t deny his influence.
Yes, Rubio is too green! He has absolutely no community organizing experience.
Rubio is completely unacceptable to me, but being "a lying two-faced weasel" sounds like a strength when you consider many of the recent occupants of our White House. I wish liberals had the decency to reject liars, but if they had any decency they would not be liberals.
/johnny
A total blackout is beginning in the MSM against Cruz, I predict it will only make him stronger, and that is true of anything the communists in power will do.
‘Rubio rising’ Rubio who just said he believes being gay is something you are born with- and he’s rising in the polls of the GOP?
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