Posted on 02/20/2016 6:27:22 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Hoping to rebound from New Hampshire's crushing fifth-place finish, Sen. Marco Rubio's campaign is preparing to finish third in South Carolina.
"To leave here in the top tier would a really nice comeback," a Rubio aide said, adding that some internal polling suggested it could even be a close race for second.
But critics - especially the Ted Cruz campaign - suggest that spinning a third-place finish into a "victory" is questionable, especially after Rubio netted the endorsements of Gov. Nikki Haley, Sen. Tim Scott and U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy.
"He's got the top three endorsements in the state," said Alice Stewart, a Cruz spokeswoman. "If he can't win here, the question is: how can he win anywhere else?"
The Rubio campaign counters that it's still a six-person race....
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He is in 2nd now.
why did he say they made history tonight? I’m not watching it right now. Why on earth would he say that?
Nope.
Iowa was when they hit peak Cruz.
Not with this negatives, he won’t.
It is true, Ted told many lies of omission. It was disgusting. Read post 63
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3399613/posts?page=63#63
With Carson’s votes.
Rubio’s acting like he won! He makes me sick...
Oh because he “defied expectations”.
That just might be the Kiss of Death
True. All that was needed was to shave 2 votes off the doctor in each precinct.
Zero votes changed. Next.
I’m not sure Jeb will endorse him. Then again, I can’t see him endorsing the others, either.
I don’t hate Jeb as some do. I think he is an honest man. I just disagree with him on some key issues.
If that happens it will be because you Cruz supporters let it happen. Love of Cruz over country. Most every Trump supporter has said in the general election they would vote for Cruz if he was the nominee. You could be really proud.
Rush has already destroyed this line of thinking.
How can Trump lose to Hillary when the other GOP candidates can't defeat Trump?
wetbacks hit the hardest!
touch and go amnesty moron.
Trump loved profit over country when he supported Hillary, Schemer, Reid, etc, etc.
Rush is wrong on this.
You’re right...next, to Nevada where Trump will win again.
That one delegate lead was vaporized in NH.
Now it looks like Cruz is going to get shut out in SC with 0 delegates. Trump may end up with all 50.
So whatever happened to that much-ballyhooed "ground game" you've been yapping about the past two weeks. You were telling all of us that Trump was going to get humbled in SC. Evangelicals and all. What happened?
That said, I'm kind of sad for Cruz. I actually like the guy. But it looks like his appeal in SC was way overstated.
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