Posted on 10/06/2015 1:06:21 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
A lot has changed since April, when Marco Rubio announced his presidential bid. Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin was the top candidate of mainstream conservative activists and donors. Jeb Bush seemed like a fund-raising juggernaut with natural appeal to the party’s moderate voters, who play an underrated role in the Republican primary process. Mr. Rubio, a broadly appealing candidate but the top choice of few, looked boxed out.
Today, Mr. Rubio isn’t blocked. Instead, he has a big opening.
Mr. Walker dropped out of the race, and Mr. Bush does not look nearly as strong as it seemed he might. Mr. Bush hasn’t won many endorsements, he isn’t faring well in polls, and his impressive fund-raising reflects narrow base of strong support from wealthy super PAC donors, not wide support by party elites.
Can Mr. Rubio take advantage of the opening? He hasn’t quite had his moment in the media spotlight, he hasn’t made big gains in the polls, and he hasn’t earned many endorsements. But the political landscape surrounding his candidacy could not have changed much more in his favor over the last six months.
Mr. Walker’s exit is the most obvious and recent development to help broaden the path ahead. Yes, Mr. Walker had lost nearly all of his support in the polls by the time he left the race, but he still had a significant level of support from Republican elites, and Mr. Rubio has picked up several former members of Team Walker.
Mr. Walker’s withdrawal narrowed the choice for mainstream conservative donors, voters and officials who had been waiting on the sidelines. Without Mr. Walker in the race, the choice for mainstream conservatives started becoming clearer. Unless they are willing to support an anti-establishment candidate like Ted Cruz, it’s down to Mr. Rubio and Mr. Bush.
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Totally delusional.
Clearly they’ve given up on Fiorina and Carson as the “stop-Trumpers.”
So the libs and the GOPe are now pushing Rubio. We can read these guys like a book.
Rising ?
Did Marco swallow a bunch of yeast ?
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
(ow, my side)
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
The NYT bozos are trying, trying, trying.
Sorry, journalism majors, we are not buyin’ it.
RINObio will not cut it.
NYT. Valueless.
So the RINO of the week is Rubio. Looks like the GOPe’s plan to flood the zone with candidates failed big time.
On the same page an offer to sell the Brooklyn Bridge cheap.
Yup.
When this circus is over, Rubio will be teaching swimming lessons along our southern border.
NYT props up another puppet with orders from the PuppetMaster VJ
This guy should be in jail for “THEFT” and his Editor for “Accessory”..... Imagine continually getting paid while writing garbage!
A very strange article.
Trump never mentioned.(Unless I missed it)
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Actually, this is a very good test for The Donald. The other team finally scored. He won't win this with a shutout. Let's see how he responds.
No where to go but up.
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