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James Carville to Republicans: Rubio’s your only hope and you know it
Hot Air ^ | November 5, 2015 | Allahpundit

Posted on 11/05/2015 9:13:18 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Via RCP, choose one: (a) “It’s a trap!” or (b) “They’ll tell you who they fear.” Actually, no, “they’ll tell you who they fear” is something righties say when Democrats are attacking a Republican, not praising him. They’ll tell you who they fear by how eager they are to tear that Republican down instead of building him up. Although … Democrats have been taking plenty of shots at Rubio lately, including the queen bee herself, so I dunno. Maybe he is the guy they fear. He’s the guy whom Bill Clinton fears, if you believe Ed Klein.

Carville’s goofy, though, if he believes Rubio’s the only top-tier Republican who can do better than 45 percent against a candidate as lame as Hillary, no matter how much money is rolling in for her. Even amid the tsunami of Bush fatigue and Hopenchange in 2008, even with a candidate as lackluster as McCain, ol’ Mav managed 45.7 percent versus Obama’s 52.9. Romney managed 47.2 percent and no one thinks Hillary will be able to mobilize the Obama coalition to the same extent that Team O did. What Carville’s really doing here is taking a dig at the rest of the current top-tier as sure losers — Trump, Carson, and Ted Cruz, about whom he’s had encouraging things to say in the not-very-distant past. (Was that a “trap” too?) The lefty read on Cruz is that he’s another Goldwater in the making, but the presupposition to that is that Hillary’s another LBJ and that she’d have a huge sympathy vote behind her as Johnson did a year after JFK’s death. She ain’t...

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TOPICS: Campaign News; Parties; Polls
KEYWORDS: amnestywhore; cruz; elections; gangofeight; hillary; rubio
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So he’s pretty confident Broom Hilary can defeat Rubio.


41 posted on 11/06/2015 5:15:09 AM PST by Blue Collar Christian (Ready for Teddy, Cruz that is.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Rubio , by his words and actions, is a democrat


42 posted on 11/06/2015 6:06:49 AM PST by John O (God Save America (Please))
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To: Norm Lenhart

And as we get closer to the elections, the “lessor evil” promoters
will raise their ugly head. Never fails.


43 posted on 11/06/2015 7:04:53 AM PST by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yeah, cuz Penis Head’s only ever had the best wishes and workable advice for Pubsters. Who’s next on the advice train, the accountant-looking Begala?


44 posted on 11/06/2015 5:15:43 PM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: PGR88

Would that make Shrillery the Precious?


45 posted on 11/06/2015 5:18:49 PM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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