The clown show starts early: GOP presidential hopefuls angle for edge in shutdown

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During the federal government shutdown, Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida has appeared guided by one goal: sticking as close as possible to Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas.

Eager to regain favor with conservatives as he considers running for president, Rubio has fully embraced Cruz’s effort to block financing for the new health-care law, standing with him at news conferences and through procedural maneuvers that led to the shutdown.

Even more tellingly, on the evening of Sept. 24, Rubio joined Cruz for his marathon speech against the health-care law and was late to a previous commitment: an elegant Capitol Hill fundraiser for Gov. Terry Branstad of Iowa, attended by Republican establishment figures like the lobbyist Ron Kaufman, former Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi and the former White House counsel C. Boyden Gray.

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[lonestarnot]

1. The cliff's edge. Delightful.

[TlalocW]

2. I think this shutdown might be guaranteeing us the White House in 2016

If the tea-partiers get their way, a representative who supported the shutdown will get the nomination, which will probably alienate most voters.
If, like in 2012, a more establishment-approved republican gets it, they're going to have to disavow the nomination and alienate the tea-partiers.

TlalocW

[ChangeUp106]

3. Rubio & Cruz have no chance

Rubio has always been overrated and he's lost significant popularity since Water(bottle)gate.

Cruz is a lunatic.

And I think Christie will be the Rick Perry of 2016. Once he gets into debates he'll be exposed.

Both primaries should be very interesting. But let's win 2014 first.