Posted on 03/04/2016 10:02:57 AM PST by 20yearsofinternet
Polls show it. Elections data indicate it. The political class frets about it. And now his own campaign manager admits it.
Marco Rubio is losing his home state of Florida—the place he has guaranteed he’d win on March 15.
“Yes,” Rubio’s campaign manager, Terry Sullivan, said when asked if the Florida senator is trailing Donald Trump at home. “But it doesn’t matter. We’re going to win Florida.”
These are dark days for the Rubio campaign, and they might be his last. The confidence Sullivan has in a Florida victory does not extend much beyond Rubio’s staff and his longtime backers.
According to Republican consultants and political observers from Tallahassee to Orlando to Tampa to Miami, there’s virtually no evidence that Rubio has the robust campaign in place that’s needed to shrink—let alone overcome— Trump’s lead that ranges from 7 to 20 percentage points, depending on the poll. For weeks, his team hasn’t blanketed known early voters with mail and they haven’t been calling Republicans statewide until just a few days ago.
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I am glad that Rubio will lose Florida after his last two weeks of behavior. I can’t believe how awful he has become. His advisors have to be even dumber then Cruz’s which is saying a lot.
Yep
Go Rubio...How many Senate meetings have you missed now? A new record I think....and they’re still paying you. Amazing!!
After last night Rubio should just drop out. Really really not going anywhere but home. Might as well do it with as much dignity as he can
Thank Christ. Although I’m sure he’s going to stay in the race...
His behavior in the debate last night ensures he'll never hold another elective office.
Let's hope for his imminent political destruction.
I think Cruz influenced Rubio with his....Let’s go after Trump together....and Rubio fell for it.
Rubio has bigger problems in Fla than the primary polls.
The absentee Senator could lose his seat
I think Rubio, Kasich, Cruz, and Sanders should not be paid during this long vacation they are on. It is ridiculous that they are still getting 10 grand a month (at least) for running around giving speeches. It is something I am totally against. If you want to run for President, then no paycheck during the times you are not at work.
Both dumb and will lose. I couldn’t be happier.
No Show Rubio.
He knows he’s so doomed, he’s not even running for re-election. :)
Just saw Rubes on CNN, he said he didn’t want the voters to have to hold their noses in order to vote for a candidate... WHAT DO YOU THINK WE’VE BEEN DOING?!
ruby is just going to the local "hang out" park and get/give a couple of lewinskys, drink some rum, smoke some ganji, snort a couple of lines coke, then go home, pretend to be a husband/dad, and figure out where he can get paid without getting a real yob.
I hope you are right
Rubio will doubtless be paid off by the Establishment in some detestable manner.
Why do people poke a wound? It just gets bigger.
A new Senator will be elected in November. This seat was one of the enticements the GOPe was trying to use to get Dr. Carson to drop and presumably endorse their chosen one.
Florida’s got enough illegals without Rubio adding more... that ‘gang of eight’ thing sunk him.
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