So far, Rubio is SURGING to a fifth place finish (even Jeb! is ahead of him)

[book_worm]

Donald Trump 10,815 votes (--) 33.7%
John Kasich 5,158 votes (-5,657) 16.1%
Ted Cruz 3,869 votes (-6,946) 12.1%
Jeb Bush 3,827 votes (-6,988) 11.9%
Marco Rubio 3,343 votes (-7,472) 10.4%

[thereismore]

1. Cristie killed his chances with a few snarky words in a debate. Republicans are shallow people. nt

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

2. So maybe goodbye Carly, Gilmore, Christie? nt

[yellowcanine]

7. Carly is probably done. Christie is close enough to Bubble Boy that

he likely will hang in a bit longer.

[flamingdem]

3. Tilt, Tilt, Tilt

Obama knows exaaaactly what's he's doingggg

[saltpoint]

4. Bad night for Jeb, and really,

a bad night for the Republican Party, which amounts to a pretty good night for Democrats nationwide.

Trump is, as the phrase goes, the south end of a northbound mule. Note to Reince: the south end of a northbound mule just whomped our entire candidate field in the nation's first primary. I'm sure Reince won't read my message, though. He's probably in the throes of a heroin stupor as we speak. Given the landscape ahead through to Cleveland, I'm not sure I blame him.

Kasich can't claim an impressive second because his second is roughly half of Trump's total. Not very encouraging, considering Kasich dumped all his marbles into NH. I think he's done for as a presidential candidate. He could show up on the veep short list.

Cruz at 12 percent. Rather than say yet one more negative thing about Ted Cruz, let me suggest to the 12 percent of NH voters this evening who thought he would make a good president that they seek psychotherapy at once. Don't wait until morning. Call now.

Jeb, who was essentially buried alive in Iowa, crawls from the grave and finishes a miserable fourth (if this model holds). Not much return on his investment. Uh, Jeb? Time to throw in the towel.

[briv1016]

10. To be fair...

Cruz at 12 percent. Rather than say yet one more negative thing about Ted Cruz, let me suggest to the 12 percent of NH voters this evening who thought he would make a good president that they seek psychotherapy at once. Don't wait until morning. Call now.

it was 12% of Republicans.

[saltpoint]

13. Yep. Treatment goals would include:

1) in-depth work on delusional attachment to psychotic maniacs; and
2) in the context of the Republican registration generally, in-depth work on delusional attachment to psychotic maniacs.

Several years of counseling are anticipated.

[IDemo]

11. Jeb will consider tonight a win

He got a virtual tie for third place, and he's convinced that Trump and Cruz will both be doing a Hindenberg impression sooner or later.

[saltpoint]

14. I fear you're right. I had hoped he would be

trounced, but Rubio's collapse shifted the last-minute voting.

Damn it.

[LiberalElite]

12. Bad for Jeb!? He's finally back in the double digits eom

[saltpoint]

16. I don't think his performance was very

impressive, but I suppose it will be spun as a triumph.

[LiberalElite]

17. Well, I do agree with the "crawls from the grave" part nt

It's ALIVE!

[hatrack]

18. IOW, the paramedics succeeded in getting the oxygen flowing through the canula. . . .

. . . and Heb! will proclaim he's ready for the Iron Man.

[saltpoint]

19. I think a campaign ad with Jeb eating

nails for breakfast would put pressure on Trump.

And it would really entertaining for the rest of us.

[Warren Stupidity]

5. The media will continue to promote him as

the selected anti-trump.

[no_hypocrisy]

6. Hey, Rubio still beat Christie.

And Rubio is more likely to be running after South Carolina than Christie. (Sheldon Adelson is his Sugar Daddy.)

[world wide wally]

8. Rubio is probably working on his second victory speech right now

[saltpoint]

9. Agree. And it's the exact same wording

as the first one.

[demtenjeep]

15. haha

good


I only wish cruz would slip further too