Rubio was, to quote Trump, a disaster. He's still the establishment guy but that's only by default, and that performance likely hands it to Trump now in New Hampshire. Christie is having an odd campaign in that he always seems to do decently well in the debates, it just doesn't get him anywhere. Even Carly got a bump into the top 4 after her lie-filled debate performance in August (holy crap it's been THAT long and it's only half over...).
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ike most republicans he doesn't believe climate change has a human cause and even if it did it's not worth ruining the economy over.
That's not disturbing. Unless our plan is going to reverse the effects, I'm not sure we should cripple the economy.
It is disturbing because quite frankly "the cripple the economy" argument is the catch all a very large chunk of the GOP uses when they don't want to broadcast that they don't believe it and/or don't want to do anything about it.
ON the terrorism...there is nothing ripping the band aid off is going to do but create more issues. It is the carpet bombing idea just expressed differently. The military commanders have said several times that such a plan simply won't work and is against everything they try to do as a military (i.e. engage using the rules of war trying to minimize collateral damage).
Rubio is extremely conservative. Not quite the whack job Cruz is, but very much a guy the Tea Party would likely love.
I wonder if he can make it though. The first time he was put in the limelight to give the response to the state of the union he had the water "incident" which made him look, well, junior to many people and it is considered on of the worst responses ever. This time thrust into the limelight after a surprising Iowa caucus he choked in the next debate. Thus far he seems to wilt under pressure.
If Kasich can grab second in New Hampshire I wonder if the establishment shifts over to him moving forward. He would have a great chance of winning because he is typically slight right which will attract a good amount of independents.
98% Sanders
97% Clinton
44% Bush
followed by all the rest...
and 13% for Cruz at the bottom
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As much as they mock the TelePrompter president, Rubio's handlers need to find a way to get him one for every event. Guy is clearly unable to give a genuine off the cuff comment or speech. Just terrible. This is the GOP version of the Dean yell I think.
This is so enjoyable, its amazing how often he repeats this line and its just so bizarro world.
Meanwhile, Christie can barely get through a speech (or debate, or interview...) without mentioning that he was a federal prosecutor and using the words "nine" and "eleven." And although he likes to rip on Rubio for not showing up to work, he conveniently forgets that, in 2015, he spent at least 52% of his time as Governor out of New Jersey.*
For a guy that likes to point out others' flaws, Christie really should look in the mirror sometime.
Cruz 76%
Rubio 76%
Sanders 75%
Bush 75%
Trump 73%
Carson 72%
Clinton 70%
At least I don't identify with Clinton over all the others. And frankly none of the contenders on either side strike me a particularly good this time around, there really is not decent candidate on either side. Or at least one that I can identify with on most issues.
