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Washington (CNN)A battle is being waged within Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's campaign about whether he should even remain in the Republican presidential race ahead of his home state primary on March 15, sources say.
Rubio himself is "bullish" on his odds of winning the critical primary, despite some advisers who are less hopeful and believe a loss there would damage him politically in both the short- and long-term.
Publicly, the campaign is maintaining they are still a contender in this race, touting a Sunday win in Puerto Rico's primary that delivered Rubio 23 delegates. But privately, the campaign is having a debate about whether he should remain in the mix -- even for his home state of Florida's primary.
"He doesn't want to get killed in his home state," one source familiar with the discussions said, noting "a poor showing would be a risk and hurt his political future."
Alex Conant, Rubio's communication director, said the report of such an internal debate is "100% false."
"That is fiction," he told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on "The Situation Room."
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Herman4747
(1,825 posts)...so if he pulls out, he may wonder what else he can do with his time.
Justice
(7,185 posts)Jarqui
(10,122 posts)in the upcoming proportional primaries - which would help him get closer to the number required to win on the first ballot.
But a bunch of the primaries remaining are winner take all. Cruz polls that he would get considerably more of Rubio's supporters than Trump. Maybe Rubio dropping out is an attempt to help Cruz run the table on many of the winner take all primaries to prevent Trump from winning enough delegates before the convention.
Renew Deal
(81,847 posts)Rubio gone helps Kasich in Ohio.
JI7
(89,241 posts)Massacure
(7,515 posts)Outside of a brokered convention, the odds of it are close to zero.