New Hampshire Voters Continue Candidate Shopping After Rubio Misstep

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New Hampshire Voters Continue Candidate Shopping After Rubio Misstep

by Matt Fuller at the Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/new-hampshire-voters-marco-rubio_us_56b7ad2ee4b08069c7a7ab43?utm_hp_ref=politics

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NASHUA, N.H. -- In an alternate debate reality, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) did exactly what he needed to do Saturday night: He withstood the criticism from his GOP establishment competitors, he stayed out of the headlines, and he continued to gather the momentum that his campaign insists is propelling him toward the Republican nomination.

But in the world we actually live in -- where Rubio robotically repeated his talking points after New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie called him out for robotically repeating his talking points -- New Hampshire voters who could have broken late toward Rubio now seem to be looking elsewhere.

At a town hall in a community college cafeteria with Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Sunday afternoon -- not exactly the best voter screen, of course, but still -- a number of New Hampshire voters told The Huffington Post that they were having second thoughts about Rubio after the debate.

“I was leaning Rubio until I saw that,” George Grossman of Nashua said. “Granted it was one moment, but I’m curious to see how he recovers from that, or if he recovers from that. That might be ones of those Howard Dean-type moments.”



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1. Could be very interesting

5-way tie?

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2. It is almost like the GOP wasted all the time so far. People are just beginning to pay

attention to someone other than Trump.

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3. Until the debate, I really thought they were going to go with Marco

Now I have no idea. He was pretty bad.

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4. Yes. Cristie tore down his fictions. And was authentic. I wonder if Christie will do well.

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5. Christie has no infrastructure beyond NH

I think it was a kamikaze mission on his part.

I can see Bush or Kasich making a move.