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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRubio Is Speaking To A Nearly Empty Florida Stadium
By KATHERINE KRÜGER
PublishedMARCH 9, 2016, 6:40 PM EST
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) drew a disappointing crowd for an event in his home state Wednesday night just days before a critical primary in the state, CNN reported.
CNNs Jason Carroll, who was on the ground in Hialeah, Florida, called the crowd much, much smaller than at Rubios past events and said the couple hundred supporters gathered were not even filling the end zone of the high school football stadium.
This is Marco Rubio's home turf, Carroll reminded viewers.
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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/cnn-rubio-florida-empty-stadium
lindysalsagal
(20,686 posts)Think so.
Whenever I forget the human capacity for self delusion, a political election comes along every few years and does the trick.
Person 2713
(3,263 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)Turn out the lights, the party's over.
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)Listening to Rubio - waste of a nice day.
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)Wonder if he ended up saying "please clap"?
GreatCaesarsGhost
(8,584 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,340 posts)Boudica the Lyoness
(2,899 posts)and he proved to be a flop. Little Marco, lol.
UTUSN
(70,695 posts)bigwillq
(72,790 posts)If not, it's over for him, imo.
Rs really need to pick someone other than Trump and put their eggs in that candidate's basket.
There's too many R candidates right now; it's splitting the vote. If I saw correctly, Cruz and Kasich's combined total in MI would have beat Trump if those votes went to one candidate.
Rs need a one-on-one race if they're going to beat Trump. It might be too late, though.
n2doc
(47,953 posts)It is just that the media spotlight hasn't been on him. Santorum 2.0.
lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)Given his attendance record in the Senate.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)He did not show up for them in the Senate....seems fair they don't show up for him.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Marco is treading into Jeb-Land.
Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)He's the establishment Republican left in the race. He's the one a GOP Congress would actually work with.
saltpoint
(50,986 posts)the concessions stand.
Bucky
(54,013 posts)But yes, we'll be seeing his concessions in very short time
saltpoint
(50,986 posts)tabasco
(22,974 posts)He'll be speaking at freeper rallies next.
Fla Dem
(23,668 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)I don't know why I'm smiling. Probably because some part of my brain is thinking of Fort Lee, New Jersey.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)polls and he was at 3 and not only knocked Crist out of the GOP race but then beat him by 20 points when Crist ran as an independent in the general election.
It was an unprecedented triumph, like a rookie pitcher winning 25 games, and only another politician knows just how seriously he must take a rival like that.
But heres the real thing about Rubio. Ive listened to him and watched him talk, both in private sessions and on the Senate floor in speeches you can see on YouTube.
He is, without question, the most naturally gifted off-the-cuff political speaker I have ever seen.
His fluency on subjects ranging from conflicts in the South China Sea to flexible community-college credits is, quite simply, dazzling.
http://nypost.com/2015/06/16/why-marco-rubio-scares-all-other-presidential-candidates/
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Eugene
(61,894 posts)And there's talk that he might run for governor. Really?
I guess it's back to private law practice. Marco is finished as a politician.