Posted on 03/08/2016 6:21:54 AM PST by 20yearsofinternet
FULL TITLE: Marco Rubio Campaign in Disarray as Questions Forcibly Surface About His Viability as Presidential Candidate
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The presidential campaign of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) is in disarray as the first-term Florida Senators window of opportunity for the White House seems to be slamming shut.
Questions about his supposed viability as a presidential candidate forcefully surface, even inside his own inner circle, amid horrendous performances by the establishment-backed candidate.
CNNs Jamie Gangel and Tal Kolpan reported late Monday:
A battle is being waged within Florida Sen. Marco Rubios campaign about whether he should even remain in the Republican presidential race ahead of his home state primary on March 15, sources say. Rubio himself is bullish on his odds of winning the critical primary, despite some advisers who are less hopeful and believe a loss there would damage him politically in both the short- and long-term. Publicly, the campaign is maintaining they are still a contender in this race, touting a Sunday win in Puerto Ricos primary that delivered Rubio 23 delegates. But privately, the campaign is having a debate about whether he should remain in the mix even for his home state of Floridas primary.
Gangel and Kolpan quoted a source familiar with such discussions inside the Rubio campaignspecifically that he should drop out before Florida to protect his dwindling political futureas saying that Rubio doesnt want to get killed in his home state. That source told CNN that in Florida a poor showing would be a risk and hurt his political future.
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I did not realize Cruz had this much establishment support. If Cruz takes out Trump, they will turn on him.
“Question:
If no one gets the magic number of delegates, but trump has the most, then they go into overtime with the votes, who are the delegates representing if they change their votes?”
I wonder that, too. I have seen a rumor that Rubio has endorsed his alleged DC lobbyist mistress Dana Hudson to be a DC delegate. How cozy would that be?
He’s got the shoes, and I think a little of experience.
The powers that be made Rubio kamikazee his presidential campaign to get Trump. Sucks being a slave.
Cruzs’ job is to split the anti vote and prevent Trump from gaining the nomination. Then the GOPe can run with a Ryan or a Kasich in the general.
Those that are voting to stop another may not like the consequences of their action.
As long as they won and it wasn’t stolen at the convention I will support the nominee....
However, if the nomination is stolen by the elites, I WILL vote and not sit it out, however it will be for Hillary....
stands up . have you seen the establishment here in FL backing Cruz and attacking Trump?
Did you hear Romney say vote for Cruz
Graham the same.
I hope it does.
I would like to see the rest of the primary campaign be Trump vs. Cruz.
One on one, in closed primary states.
the establishment doe snot like Cruz, but hates Trump
The establishment is fighting tooth and nail to get Trump out and they have said they can work with Cruz.
The communications director main job isn't to write communications. It's to manage the message so that the message favors the candidate. So when Conant says
....that there is no dissent within the campaign, and once again repeated that Rubio was staying in.
He's lying. Because his job isn't to tell the truth. His job is to make Rubio continue to look as viable as possible for as long as possible. If he said "yes, these rumors are true", Rubio's campaign would be over before the words had time to echo.
But, we double checked with our source, who confirmed that our story was 100 percent correct.
I believe that 100%. Without reading this story, the idea that a campaign that's losing state after state and is down 15-20 points in their home state and doesn't have problems defies belief.
It's almost bye-ku time for Rubio.
insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different results.
Electing another ivy league lawyer and expecting a different result.
Insanity.
That’s a trump quote. I don’t own it.
“who are the delegates representing if they change their votes?”
I hope they go Trump or Cruz... Any other direction and things get real crazy. Cruz will revolt, Trump will revolt, the riots may be inside the convention instead of outside.
Yep I am in FL and you should see the support Cruz is getting form the establishment. We are being bombed by the establishment right now.
Ahh so now it’s not the Ivy league that’s the problem. It’s lawyers. Not a bad change in tactics.
However, Cruz isn’t a trial lawyer and he’s not a proprietorial lawyer. He’s a constitutional lawyer.
He’s defended, successfully, your rights on many occasions.
Look it up - he’s one of the good guys even though he doesn’t support trump.
“Thats a trump quote. I dont own it.”
I know; my apologies for not using double quotation marks.
Stop with the clichés and conservative radio talk show host drivel. Shall I name you revolutions started and successfully implemented by people of character(aka were true to what they believed).
Che Guevara
Pol Pot
Lenin
Robespierre
Mao
Ho Chi Min
Solution, stop looking for Messiahs to lead you out of anything. Only one Messiah came and he sure wasn't Ted Cruz or Ronald Reagan and did not wrap himself in any flag, marching ahead of a guys in fatigues. At 50 years old, I've learned jingoists and crusaders are the ones to fear when it comes to politics.
Right.
So he;s a lawyer but not a trial one, got it LOL
You can rationalize it as much as you want, but the fact is that it is not the truth and you do not know what I would say if trump only got two primary states.
The democrats are fighting tooth and nail to get Cruz out and they have said they can work with Trump.
FIFY
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