Cruz must have said he’d endorse Rubio as they’ve cut a deal.
“If you lose your home state, you get out and endorse me.”
14:30 into this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX5uCMKk8ko
Closed primary with the deadline for registration long past. Much easier for the state party to influence the vote in Florida than in the open states. The debate tonight exposed Trump as being weak when it comes to policy. My guess is these numbers flip pretty rapidly.
I will say though, Florida is a must-win state for Rubio. It is not a must-win for Trump.
It never works that way. And as we see it’s not going to work. Rubio is toast in FL.
Wow. 10% for Cruz. I’m impressed. But he can beat Hillary ! LOL
Further down the release is this little gem:
The general election match ups in Florida are generally close. Trump is the only Republican to lead the Democratic hopefuls- he gets 46% to Clinton’s 44%, and 47% to Sanders’ 44%. Michael Bloomberg gets 10-11% as an independent- he takes pretty equally from Clinton and Trump, leaving Trump up 42-41. But in a scenario with Trump and Sanders he takes mostly from the Democrat, leaving Trump with an 11 point lead at
45/34. Clinton and Sanders do have wider leads over Cruz at 47/39 and 46/39 respectively.
” Rubio’s become quite unpopular at home over the course of his campaign.”
Rubio’s home state hates him, yet the GOPe think the Cuban anchor baby could win it all. Dopes.
Have you Trumpsters turned full on liberal??
You schmucks are now peddling PPP polls in FR? What next, MSNBC anchors telling us how Trump is a great candidate?
If you clueless lemmings can’t figure out that the libs want to run against your boy so hard in the general, there is no hope.
I signed my pledge today - I will not vote for Trump under any circumstances and that goes for my wife, mom and dad - When will y’all sign the pledge.
There is a reason Rubio chose to run for President rather than for reelection. He is hated by FL Reps for his betrayal with the Gang of 8. Rubio would have been primaried and he would have lost.
Rubio seems destined for political oblivion. Cruz will almost surely return to the Senate if he does not win the nomination (where he will continue to do great work, IMHO). And Trump will most assuredly come out fine be it win, lose or draw.
Rubio, though? Unless he ends up with the VP slot on a GOP ticket, I think his political career is probably over. He’s lost the support and trust of the folks back home, and he’s not got a lot of other options, politically speaking.
There is talk, of course - and I think not without merit - that the GOP-e is hoping for a brokered convention that will allow them to put Rubio in as the nominee. I don’t see that line of attack being successful, though. Such a move would rightly enrage the base, and I think it would almost guarantee Trump would go 3rd party. Either of those scenarios would mean a Hillary victory in November. Meaning Rubio would still be out of politics.
Of course, Marco’s got no one to blame but himself if he does end up being sent packing. I feel Rubio put ambition above principle, and thought he could get away with it because he thought he was smoother and slicker than he really is.
All just MHO, of course.
this is actually a delusion that the GOPe has been under for years; they did it re Ross Perot and Clinton vs. Bush in 1992 and they’re doing it now. They did it to protect the Bush family name, and they’re doing it now to protect the establishment’s reputation, this time on behalf of Marco Rubio.
(about ‘92, see http://spectator.org/articles/63682/bushioisie-wrong-ross-perot-didn%E2%80%99t-%E2%80%98cost%E2%80%99-ghw-bush-white-house-1992 http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2015/08/is_trump_the_perot_of_2016.html and http://www.gallup.com/poll/110548/gallup-presidential-election-trialheat-trends-19362004.aspx)
Elections don’t work like: if there are 3 candidates, than ALL (or a consequential amount) of the 3rd’s votes would go to the 2nd place guy to change him to first. Usually, it will be a wash because there was a reason the 3rd guy was getting any votes in the first place, or many of the 3rd guy’s voters would stay home in their guy’s absence. Also, the force that got the plurality winner in front much more often than not will get him to majority winner still in front, especially when the plurality is at or above 40% (why even tho some countries have runoffs under 50%, many have them only under 40%, and most of the time with the 50% runoffs, the first place guy stays the same).
GOPe really needs to stop BSing themselves and get on the Trump train.
I would not say zero. I have not heard anyone say zero. It is just that Trump’s negatives — extreme negatives — are very high. So a large number of Republicans would never vote for him. Last I checked, Trump and his supporters could not care less.
Rubio and some very questionable real estate deals...
http://observer.com/2016/01/poor-little-rich-boy/
Born May 28, 1971
Parents: Mario and Oriales Rubio
Both parents Cuban citizens.
Parents naturalized in 1975, four years after Marco was born. "
Anchor Babies are not Natural Born Citizens, Marco is NOT eligible to run for President of the United States.
If people believe that Trump gets no votes when others drop out, it won’t be so obvious that they’re cheating by exaggerating Rubios support.