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AZ Progressive

(3,411 posts) Wed Dec 16, 2015, 10:33 PM Dec 2015

So much for Marco Rubio being the candidate that the GOP establishment can unite around

At least if they think they have a serious chance of winning.

This article from the daily beast makes mincemeat of Marco Rubio.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/12/16/was-marco-rubio-overrated-all-along.html

To unite the factions of the party that recoil at the thought of nominating either Trump or Cruz, Rubio may well have needed a much bigger, better night than the one he had Tuesday.

And what Rubio really didn’t need was another establishmentarian like Chris Christie putting points up on the board. Part of the reason Cruz and Trump and Ben Carson have been so successful has been that the moderate vote is divided among so many candidates; the best thing that could’ve happened for the anti-insurgent effort is for a clear alternative to the Cruz/Trump emerging in the very near future, and that sure didn’t happen Tuesday night.

Rubio’s apparent reluctance to really work the trail is all a bit mystifying. He says he’s missing Senate votes because he’s busy campaigning, and then people in New Hampshire and Iowa get miffed that he’s nowhere to be found. You don’t need a lot of money to barnstorm, which is why it’s usually the preferred tactic of candidates like Rubio, who has lagged behind Cruz and Bush in the fundraising race.

Seems to be more and more likely either one of the crazies will go up against Hillary or Sanders, or there will be even more chaos within the party if it comes down to a brokered convention.