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+ SECOND RING — > One of the wealthiest and most influential Republican donors in the country is throwing his support to Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, a decision that could swing millions of dollars in contributions behind Mr. Rubio at a critical point in the Republican nominating battle.

The decision by the donor, Paul Singer, a billionaire New York investor, is a signal victory for Mr. Rubio in his battle with his rival Jeb Bush for the affections of major Republican patrons and the party's business wing.

It comes as a major blow to Mr. Bush, who is seeing his once vigorous campaign imperiled by doubts among supporters, and whose early dominance of the race was driven by his financial muscle. Mr. Bush and several other candidates, including Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, had competed fiercely for Mr. Singer's blessing. (read more - at the NYT!)

[RitaOK]

Guess Singer has plenty of money, thereby plenty of clout. I hear also that he has been making calls and contact with Bush donors to come on over— to Rubio.

Also, read on FR that a cabal of some Bush donors are mad at Rubio and they are really pushing Bush to go after him, hard.

In the end, I actually don’t believe Bush will go after Rubio all that hard. For one thing it’s futile, and as Trump has said, Bush is probably too “low energy” to pull off much of a hit job. LOL!!