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Steve Schmidt: Rubio Campaign Has 'Effectively Collapsed'
Newsmax ^ | February 10,2016 | Sandy Fitzgerald

Posted on 02/10/2016 8:34:26 AM PST by Hojczyk

Marco Rubio's presidential campaign in New Hampshire collapsed because voters "made a judgment he's not ready to be president of the United States," Republican strategist Steve Schmidt said Wednesday, and he believes the Florida senator's chances are slim unless he pulls off a miracle.

"A fifth place finish in New Hampshire means effectively he's bleeding out," Schmidt, a political analyst for MSNBC, told the network's "Morning Joe" program. "That campaign is effectively over unless he can pull off a miracle and win the Nevada caucuses. He doesn't have a path in South Carolina.

"But with most of the focus going to front-runner Donald Trump, Milbank said, Rubio never got enough scrutiny, and when he hit the spotlight after his third-place finish in Iowa, "voters found an empty suit. Watching him campaign last week, I wrote: 'Rubio's strong Iowa finish has brought new attention â€" and overcapacity crowds â€" in New Hampshire. But the would-be supporters are greeted by a robot.'"

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To: skeeter

Yep - it may just be another Schmidt storm.


21 posted on 02/10/2016 9:22:27 AM PST by MortMan (Let's call the push for amnesty what it is: Pedrophilia.)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

With amnesty, Rubio has a bad case of pedrophilia.


22 posted on 02/10/2016 9:23:50 AM PST by MortMan (Let's call the push for amnesty what it is: Pedrophilia.)
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To: Hojczyk

If Trump wins I still expect he’ll pick Rubio as VP.


23 posted on 02/10/2016 9:25:09 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: stephenjohnbanker

Eddie H—perfect—I hadn’t paid attention to the guy but when I heard him speak after Iowa I knew I didn’t like him—he seemed just too polished to trust. Or, as we like to say around here, “there is no there there”.


24 posted on 02/10/2016 9:51:46 AM PST by cgbg (Epistemology is not a spectator sport.)
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To: henkster

“Not a Rubio fan, but Schmidt effectively collapsed long ago.”

I agree with that. Anything Schmidt has to say I have to take with a big, make that a huge dose of salt.


25 posted on 02/10/2016 10:03:31 AM PST by Parley Baer
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To: cgbg

” Or, as we like to say around here, “there is no there there”.”

I like what you like to say....


26 posted on 02/10/2016 10:09:57 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Baldwin77

I listened to some of Laura’s show and did not hear her pimping for Kasich. Immigration is the number 1 issue for Laura. I find it hard to believe she would support an open borders globalist.


27 posted on 02/10/2016 10:12:41 AM PST by Oldhunk
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To: Baldwin77

I listened to some of Laura’s show and did not hear her pimping for Kasich. Immigration is the number 1 issue for Laura. I find it hard to believe she would support an open borders globalist.


28 posted on 02/10/2016 10:12:41 AM PST by Oldhunk
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To: Hojczyk

“he’s not ready to be president of the United States,”

The understatement of the century.


29 posted on 02/10/2016 10:17:08 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: henkster; All
"Not a Rubio fan,
but Schmidt effectively collapsed long ago...."


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30 posted on 02/10/2016 10:18:48 AM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: MortMan

good one : )


31 posted on 02/10/2016 10:33:45 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Hojczyk
I agree that Rubio is not quite ready for prime time. By 2020, depending on circumstances, he well might be.
If he matures on the illegal Alien issue...

I can't write him off permanently.

32 posted on 02/10/2016 12:45:49 PM PST by publius911 (IMPEACH HIM NOW evil, stupid, insane ignorant or just clueless, doesn't matter!)
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To: DoodleDawg
If Trump wins I still expect he'll pick Rubio as VP.

I would agree with you if... and only if

Cruz is unavailable on account of his Attorney General appointment...

33 posted on 02/10/2016 12:53:11 PM PST by publius911 (IMPEACH HIM NOW evil, stupid, insane ignorant or just clueless, doesn't matter!)
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To: publius911
Cruz is unavailable on account of his Attorney General appointment...

Cruz will be unavailable because he will be in the Senate. Besides, Trump doesn't think he's eligible.

As for Rubio, he'll jump at the change. After January 2nd he'll need a job.

34 posted on 02/10/2016 1:05:24 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: Hojczyk

...some good news.


35 posted on 02/10/2016 1:48:56 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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