I think so, there was a fire burning with the Anti establishment mentality and Trump threw gasoline on it, combine that with the fact that the establishment backing swung to Rubio from Jeb at the sAmerican time did alot of damage. That and that Rubio went after Trump hard definately hurt his campaign. I’m just speculating here though, who knows what the hell would have happened…
some of you might not have gotten the memo
If you are not a member of a protected class,minority,or certain special interest group your use of “freedom of speech is not allowed”
Wow…that letter (at least I think so) is unprecedented , in that it is directed to a party’s Front Runner…(Please correct me if I’m wrong…)
I have never seen such a letter directed at a front runner. But then again I have never seen such a dumbed down society. That means most don’t care to read such things. I won’t get into the many reasons why we are at the stage we are at but you can be sure we are there. That’s why such things will not even cause a tiny ripple in the Trump support. For the most part stupid people elected Obama and mostly stupid people are either going to elect Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump should they be the nominees of their respective parties.
cool point. winner will be the one left standing
Just read on Daily Wire that there is word Rubio could drop out prior to Friday should polling not improve. I kind of figured this was the case
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It’s also been rumored that Rubio may be putting his sites on the Governorship.
To lose in Florida would not only be embarrassing…but it would certainly be used by any opponent in his run for Governor. (In addition to his Senate attendance record, etc.).
I imagine that’s the case, probably was the topic of the Jeb meeting earlier. I would bet an endorsement is on the table from Jeb.
If Rubio stays in for Florida and loses his political career is over. He won’t even be mayoral material at that point.
I agree Rubio should have had a better attendance record. But, it’s funny how 7 years ago no one cared that Obama missed more votes in the Senate than any other Senator. When he was there he voted for every left wing wacky idea that was offered up. So, maybe it was a good thing he was not there most of the time. But odd how the press never mentioned it.
Must be some sort of odd coincidence.
Two young Senators both with higher aspirations and both missing votes. One pays a price for it the other literally sails on to victory and becomes President. Only in America where the left wing media tries really hard to make sure that left wing democrats win.
Wrong, people can lose not only their home states but an actual full blown election and come back and win. Otherwise we would not have had a President Nixon who lost to John Kennedy in 1960 but came back as the republican nominee in 1968 and won the Presidency and then won again in 1972. Thomas Dewey another republican received the nomination from his party in 1944 and lost. But, he was back at it in 1948 as the republican nominee against Harry Truman. He lost that one as well. The great Ronald Reagan contested a sitting President Gerald Ford in 1976 and lost. But, as we all know now he came back in 1980 and defeated Jimmy Carter and then went on to defeat Walter Mondale in 1984 in the biggest electoral landslide in political history!
Our political history is filled with those who have had second chances.
Rubio while he may not win this time around could very well be back. It will be totally up to him and how he performs between now and then.
Zeb…it’s not the “MLM” or leftist whom have harped on Rubio’s attendance record…it has been his GOP opponents.
Fair point. It will be a massive blow to his prestige if he loses his home state at the projected 20ish? points though. I still think it is a better move for his long term career to not suffer the loss and get behind Cruz.
Kasich has a decent shot of taking Ohio, but Rubio would need to do something magical to win Florida.
Well, yes and no my friend. It’s true that Rubio’s opponents brought it up no question. But, if I recall correctly Hillary Clinton brought it up about Obama. But for some reason it did not have the traction that it does for Rubio. And for that you know who gets the blame. The Main Stream Liberal Media as they keep the story alive and well. Once they are tossed the ball on any GOP candidate they will absolutely keep the narrative alive.
There are other examples of a left wing bias we have been all through this Mufasa.
I do agree with you it looks like he’s going to lose his home state. But as previously explained candidates can come back from far worse losses than losing their home state in a primary. Ducking out now days before the primary would probably not be good either don’t you agree? Let him go forward and lose the race. Four years from now no one will much care who won any given primary race. Time has a way of distorting reality anyway. As I said there is a list of candidates who did far worse and came back just fine from it.
As for endorsing Cruz that may come if he loses Florida. Then again this is such a weird year it may never come. If there is no republican candidate with 1237 delegates in his pocket the convention may very well determine the winner.