I'm ambivalent about GOP Texas outcome as well. Cruz winning would mean that he stays in and remains in place to divide the antiTrump vote (and he'd likely not hit that crucial 50% mark where he wins the state's delegates outright). Trump winning would net him a nice chunk of delegates, momentum, and headlines, with the trade-off being that Rubio gets his one-on-one contest. If he wins on Tuesday, I could see the "he's invincible!*" narrative gain strength.Rubio staying below 20 in Texas would be golden. Don't care who wins the state.
CNN showed a clip of Cruz and Rubio shaking hands behind Donald Trump's back just before the debate started
And tweet him about Rubio not giving people watches for donating as well.Just saw that. Optics are awesome for Trump narrative. Someone tweet Trump!
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Leightweight chocker Marco Rubio looks like a little boy on stage. Not presidential material!
WABE
Georgia
Clinton 62
Sanders 30
Among AA voters:
Clinton 71
Sanders 18
WABE
Georgia
Clinton 62
Sanders 30
Among AA voters:
Clinton 71
Sanders 18
Why are liberals afraid of Rubio? Being able to beat Donald Trump in a debate doesn't qualify someone as a political juggernaut. Mitt Romney could destroy Trump in a debate too.www.politico.com/blogs/2016-gop-pri...02/marco-rubio-donald-trump-con-artist-219843
Yoooo Rubio is going in
I'm shook af
Why are liberals afraid of Rubio? Being able to beat Donald Trump in a debate doesn't qualify someone as a political juggernaut. Mitt Romney could destroy Trump in a debate too.
Also Rubio has crossed the line I've wondered about. You can't call someone unqualified to be president and a con artist and then campaign for him because he's the nominee. If Trump wins I'd expect many establishment people not to endorse or support him. The Bushes, Romney, McCain, etc aren't going to line up behind that man. It would be very interesting to see what the republican national convention would look like with Trump as the nominee. Who will be the prime time speakers? Who will be in the audience?
The bolded matters less than you think. The last Democrat to win a majority of the white vote was Johnson in 1964.
So Democrats have been underwater with whites for 50 years, no reason to expect that would change with Clinton v. Trump.
If we have any Delaware PoliGAF people, today is the last day to switch party affiliation before the primary. You must be a registered Democrat or Republican to participate in either primary.
How are Rubio/Trump doing on predictit?
Pretty much no change from yesterday.
I think they will grin and bear it.
That's a very interesting statistic.
I wonder how that will shift moving forward as the older generations die off, the younger generation swings to the left statistically
Yep. If the 2012 demographics hold in 2016 (and with further shifts, this will be the least-white electorate of all time), the Republican candidate will either need to find more support in non-white voters or increase their percentage of white voters to a ridiculous degree. Trump may do the latter (though it would be very difficult) but he is doing the exact opposite of the former.
I really don't think he will. White people love being Not a Racist.
God is watching thoughAll is private behind the curtain.
Yep. If the 2012 demographics hold in 2016 (and with further shifts, this will be the least-white electorate of all time), the Republican candidate will either need to find more support in non-white voters than Bush, Romney, or McCain did or increase their percentage of white voters to a ridiculous degree. Trump may do the latter (though it would be very difficult) but he is doing the exact opposite of the former.
Really???
Huh. Maybe I am diablosing (I'm shook af).
Nah. Rubio's got this in the bag, he's gonna ground the Don to dust and pull off a second place in texas.
Can't tell what is real anymore.
Why did Rubio mention again that he inherited 200 million dollars? Trump only inherited a million, no?
How are you able to lie like that?
Oh man, Marco is reading Trump's tweets at his rally.
Why did Rubio mention again that he inherited 200 million dollars? Trump only inherited a million, no?
How are you able to lie like that?
Oh man, Marco is reading Trump's tweets at his rally.
LINK?
IM SHOOK*
*Not actually shook about this, pretty weird thing to do.
Is he saying "chocker" or correcting it to "choker"?
That's usually one's cue to chillax on following politics for a week, mate.
If you know you ain't gonna get called on it, why wouldn't you?
when you make a deal with cruz you get part of his lying skills.
Political discourse.I can't believe this event is going the way it is. Reading twitter, ect, talking about an immigrant writing Trump's tweets.
How embarrassing. What the hell is going on?
Interesting that the shift in the white vote happens to coincide with the Civil Rights Act.
If it truly is big, it's his way of stealing a positive headline before Hillary and Bernie take-over the headlines on Saturday. Marco's good night will have gotten one morning of good coverage, and then he shimmies us over onto the next Trumpy Thing.Donald J. TrumpVerified account
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Will be at Fort Worth (Texas) Convention Center at 11:30 A.M. Big crowd - get there early! Big announcement to be made!
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Donald J. TrumpVerified account
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Will be at Fort Worth (Texas) Convention Center at 11:30 A.M. Big crowd - get there early! Big announcement to be made!
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Rubio going IN on Donald.
Nah, I think you'll see some republicans totally silent about Trump. I wouldn't be surprised if they toss someone out for an independent run, just so they can so they weren't part of the Trump train wreck when 2020 comes along. I think "I hit the campaign trail for Trump" will be to the GOP what "I voted for the war in Iraq" is to dems.
The strongest resistance to Trump comes from the foreign-policy establishment of the Republican Party. Bill Kristol, the editor of The Weekly Standard, which is best known for its advocacy of a hyper-interventionist foreign policy, told me that there was no chance he would ever back Trump. Ive been Sherman-esqueand more!, he said in an e-mail, since Ive said I would try to recruit a real conservative to run as a fourth (Bloomberg being the 3rd) party candidate. He added (without irony, I think) that Dick Cheney-Tom Cotton would be the ideal ticket, but am working on others that approach that high level.
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The Republican elites, the professional corporate class, and neocons fucking hate Trump. This election could still get crazier.
Alexandra Jaffe @ajjaffe
Rubio's recounting Trump breaks during db8said he was having a meltdown & asked for a full-length mirror, "maybe cause his pants were wet."
Sean Sullivan ‏@WaPoSean 17m17 minutes ago
Rubio: "Donald Trump is the first guy that begged for Secret Service protection. First guy. He's never punched anyone in the face."
daveweigel ‏@daveweigel 15m15 minutes ago
Wow, Rubio spent the first 8 minutes of his speech mocking Trump. Only now does the stump return.
Benjy Sarlin ‏@BenjySarlin 10m10 minutes ago
I imagine Donald Trump is pretty proud watching Marco Rubio copy his entire playbook right now.