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Insiders: Marco Rubio Crashed And Burned
politico.com ^ | February 7

Posted on 02/07/2016 5:54:05 AM PST by Helicondelta

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To: Old Retired Army Guy

He’d make a good AG for the Trump administration


21 posted on 02/07/2016 6:21:59 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: nclaurel

Marco “Speedy Gonzalez” Rubio.


22 posted on 02/07/2016 6:22:29 AM PST by JediJones (Marco Rubio: When the Establishment Says Jump, He Asks How High?)
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To: grania

LOL, what a total lie against Cruz. The ONLY candidate who didn’t pander to the ethanol lobby in Iowa and he will somehow “do anything to win?” Cruz stands on principle. And he clearly explained he had no idea what his staff was doing when they passed on CNN’s report about Carson.


23 posted on 02/07/2016 6:24:36 AM PST by JediJones (Marco Rubio: When the Establishment Says Jump, He Asks How High?)
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To: grania

Even Brit Hume said Trump won. Shocker.


24 posted on 02/07/2016 6:25:29 AM PST by Shortstop7
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To: apillar

I’m starting to think the establishment should’ve gone all in on Fiorina. She’s been far more consistent in these debates than the current 3 establishment headliners.


25 posted on 02/07/2016 6:27:29 AM PST by JediJones (Marco Rubio: When the Establishment Says Jump, He Asks How High?)
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To: winner3000; Helicondelta
Why are you posting from Politico?

Not everyone posts articles because they AGREE with them. Many post articles so that we all can discredit those articles.

26 posted on 02/07/2016 6:28:03 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Helicondelta

Mario Rubco has always been the fast talking fake he appeared last night.
He is very good at memorizing canned answers and delivering them.
He is as sincere as The Ususrper.


27 posted on 02/07/2016 6:28:07 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Shortstop7

That is a shocker. Hume works for The Cheap Labor Express


28 posted on 02/07/2016 6:29:09 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Old Retired Army Guy
Christy knew that the attacks on Rubio were going to hurt Rubio, but they were not going to help himself.

I listened to that part of the debate. Christie defended himself well, and scored points for himself. No doubt that overall it helped all the other candidates as well, but to presume that Christie and Trump KNEW Rubio would screw up and have a plan where Christie would do the dirty work for Trump would require that Trump and Christie were gifted psychics.

29 posted on 02/07/2016 6:31:59 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Eccl 10:2
My retort to Christie would be, “Who are we running against here? Please direct your criticism toward the Democrats!”

Which would be hypocritical as Rubio kept attacking Christie.

30 posted on 02/07/2016 6:33:47 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius

Aww, that was about the same prediction before Iowa. I am of the belief that Trump is going to underperform his poll numbers in every primary. And the longer he goes, the more he will rub people the wrong way with his trash mouth.


31 posted on 02/07/2016 6:34:04 AM PST by gbscott1954 (Why not a real Conservative?)
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To: Helicondelta

Christie is waiting for Donald to drop a tuna in his mouth as a reward...


32 posted on 02/07/2016 6:34:41 AM PST by PTBAA
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To: The_Media_never_lie

“Who reprogrammed the Rubiobot into an endless looping subroutine?”

He sounded like one of those Chatty Cathy dolls who would say one of 5 or 6 recorded messages when you pulled the string in her back. I wouldn’t have been surprised if Rubio had chanted, “Brush my hair.”


33 posted on 02/07/2016 6:37:36 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (Romans 8:38-39)
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To: Helicondelta

Even though I voted for Rubio in 2010, I am not a current supporter.

That being said I was not overly concerned to hear Rubio repeat the statement about Obama knowing exactly what he is doing.

We have far too many somewhat conservative people who believe Obama is really stupid. But look at Obama’s track record during his seven years to ‘fundamentally transform’ America. Obama has accomplished more than even he himself ever expected.

So I had no problem with Rubio mentioning Obama knows exactly what he is doing several times.

I try to listen to these debates through the eyes of a person who is not a political junkie like those of us who write our brilliant comments on Free Republic. (sarc)


34 posted on 02/07/2016 6:38:02 AM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: Grampa Dave

OK... I hope I don’t think of the pacifier picture in church today. I’ll have to walk out to stop laughing.


35 posted on 02/07/2016 6:40:16 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (Romans 8:38-39)
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To: Shortstop7
This AM, George Stephanopoulos had face-to-face interviews with both Trump and Rubio. Trump did real well, reminding everyone what his vision and core beliefs are. Rubio did real well explaining his strengths and qualifications, even had a logical answer for repeating himself.

I give GS credit. Now he's interviewing hillary, then Sanders. We know his bias, but as an interviewer, he's got factual support to his questions, he's tough, but fair.

36 posted on 02/07/2016 6:42:07 AM PST by grania
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To: grania

It was obvious (and awkward) at the end Cruz was alone. Even Bush and Trump shook hands. I know some will think it’s a good thing, but politics by nature, whether we like it or not, is partly being able to get people to come to your side. It’s easier to have that happen if you’re at least somewhat likeable.


37 posted on 02/07/2016 6:42:56 AM PST by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject)
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To: JediJones
And he clearly explained he had no idea what his staff was doing when they passed on CNN's report about Carson.

Same thing Obama says about what his staff says, or what Congress or the Senate did, or what ANYONE in his administration does that gets caught.

"I didn't know about this until I read it in the newspapers."

(I'm not trying to attack Cruz with this, just saying that you might want to reconsider using that as an 'argument')

38 posted on 02/07/2016 6:43:10 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Eccl 10:2

“”His “leadership” is designed to bring down the country, and it’s working. He DOES know what he’s doing.””

I was surprised that Trump failed to get it...unless he just wanted to be contrary. What obozo has done and is doing to the country is deliberate - he’s not incompetent as Trump said.

I was impressed by Rubio last night for the first time. Count on me to be out of step with everyone else, I guess. His repeated lines were a drag and ridiculous but he settled down and did a good job of answering for the rest of the debate IMO.

I couldn’t believe that Carson spoke only twice in the 2 hours that I watched...I may have dozed off but that’s all I saw before I turned it off. Not fair at all.


39 posted on 02/07/2016 6:49:05 AM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: Presbyterian Reporter
So I had no problem with Rubio mentioning Obama knows exactly what he is doing several times.

Other candidates, including Christie, repeated 'things' several times. However, they were smart enough to word them differently each time, whereas Rubio repeated them as if he were reading the same 'canned speech' off a script (which is exactly what Christie said he was doing).

Besides, if you listen to the debate, that 'canned speech' response had nothing to do with the conversation/debate going on between him and Christie.

40 posted on 02/07/2016 6:49:24 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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