Agree....great post. This Rube surge is baffling....and troubling.
I'm not baffled. Given the number of GOP voters for whom Trump is their last choice, he was probably going to have a max somewhere in the mid-twenties.
And given the anti-Cruz flak from all corners in the last two weeks, he was not well positioned to build a lead.
Someone had to capitalize, and it turns out to be Rubio.
Remember that the GOP electorate is not Free Republic writ large. I imagine that a third of the caucus goers could contentedly vote for establishment candidates.
Cruz 39,322 27.9%
Trump 34,650 24.5%
Rubio 32,027 22.7%
76% reporting
https://www.iagopcaucuses.com/#/state
Whoa, Rubio really doing well.
Laura Ingraham â€@IngrahamAngle 22m22 minutes ago
If Rubio’s numbers hold, the GOP Establ & Donors will put huge pressure on other candidates to drop out bef & after NH.
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It is who is counting the votes. Not baffling at all and at some point people will have enough.