2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWhy Marco Rubio and Hillary Clinton are 2016's likely nominees
Bernie Sanders will win the New Hampshire Primary on Tuesday, and hes close to Hillary Clinton in national polls.
But neither Trump nor Sanders is likely to win!
In our new Fox News TV special, Tech Revolution at 8 and 11 pm ET Sunday night, well explain why the better way to predict winners is to look at betting odds. They give Marco Rubio more than a 50 percent chance of winning the nomination, and Hillary Clinton an 80 percent chance.
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/02/07/stossel-why-marco-rubio-and-hillary-clinton-are-2016s-likely-nominees.html
mgcgulfcoast
(1,127 posts)rubio looked like a programmed buffoon in the debate whose is stuck on stupid.
Kentonio
(4,377 posts)And I thought exactly the same as you. He was like a rabbit in headlights in that one. At one point he repeated the same pre-rehearsed mini-speech twice almost word for word. I actually had to rewind to make sure the stream hadn't just skipped or something. It was actually embarrassing to watch.
It beggars belief that people are suggesting he'd be a threat to either Dem candidate, he's awful on the debate stage.
ChairmanAgnostic
(28,017 posts)It was NOT pretty.
Well, pretty pathetic, maybe.
This was his, "I am not a witch" moment, his "Don't retreat, reload" skit, his claim to fame for the rest of his political career. If he were toast, he'd be burnt on both sides.
Rubio died as a candidate last night and not even a boat load of Haitian voodoo masters will bring him back to some shadow of life.
Vogon_Glory
(9,127 posts)Either Tedito the Calgary Kid or the Donald have better chances than Marco.
Bellowing bluster sells well in the red states and at the risk of having my post pulled, Tedito looks a LOT more "white" than Marco does. The latter is important in those states where the GOP base has been primed to be riled up about "illegal immigration."
Also, please consider your source. Reading between the lines is a skill that takes time to learn and is not encouraged by red state educators, but Rupert Murdoch and the Donald are currently feuding, and any Faux Cable Noise copy about the Donald IMO ought to be treated as suspect.
bowens43
(16,064 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)The "GOP establishment" wants Rubio? So what? The GOP establishment wanted Jeb!, too, and look how far that got them.
RiverLover
(7,830 posts)But either one will work for them.
Literally.
ChairmanAgnostic
(28,017 posts)You must have missed it. Rubio committed a faux pas on a presi-torrential scale.
Vinca
(50,302 posts)This morning he's being compared to Dan Quayle. He's a real empty suit in Beatle boots.