Rubio continues to put his foot in his mouth

[B-Man]

ASHE SCHOW: What’s Next For Marco Rubio?

 

 

 

SCOTT OTT: I Voted for Rubio; Here’s the Greatest Service He Can Perform Now for His Beloved Nation.

[Deranged Rhino]

Rubio's entire career is probably over. Trump might be right - he might not get elected dog catcher in Florida after this mess. He went way low in his attack on Trump when simply attacking Trump has been a recipe for disaster for every candidate that followed that path. Shows just how desperate and out of touch the R establishment really is (like that wasn't known to us before this), but it's a low water mark for them and likely only to be surpassed by this year's convention antics.

 

At this point, I'm resigned to a Trump nomination. The R establishment better come to terms with that soon, hold their collective noses, put on a fresh set of fruit-of-the-looms and start coalescing behind him. They can deal with him. They will never get behind Cruz, and he will never negotiate with them. Trump is their only chance to take back the Presidency at this point. They screwed the pooch too long and the voters are mad as hell. If they sit back on their yachts and game rooms at the country clubs and sit this one out, they'll be electing Hillary.

 

We're screwed.

 

Rubio never really had a chance, not in a national election. He's too hawkish, too socially backwards, and too unpolished. All of which became clear as his campaign unraveled.

 

...Of course, like you said, all of this was known months ago.

 

 

I supported Rubio until recently. Two things sunk him: The Christie attacks at the debate were completely withering. Second, his willingness to take the low road and play Trump's game exposed him as a shapeshifter. Of the remaining people, I prefer Kasich by a landslide but it appears Trump will win the nomination.

 

How Republicans could get behind Trump even in a "hold your nose" moment is beyond me. I had no trouble voting for Romney but W-Bush never got my vote. I certainly can't have a Trump vote on my conscience. And no I can't see me pulling the lever for Clinton. I'll vote but it will boil down to third part candidate vs "how afraid am I of Trump."

 

Clinton scares me but in a "Devil I know" sort of way.

 

Trump scares me as in a "this guy will leave the country in utter shambles" way.

 

Clinton will be able to accomplish more than Trump because she's more competent.

 

That's not an endorsement as I think Hillary is the biggest hawk left in the race on either side, not to mention she's the most corrupt.

 

But it's not our election. It's her election. It's her turn. And the money in the system has already predetermined her to be the winner. Better get used to it.

[DC Tom]

Clinton will be able to accomplish more than Trump because she's more competent.

 

 

I disagree, simply based on how much Trump has already done for immigration reform.

[Deranged Rhino]

 

I disagree, simply based on how much Trump has already done for immigration reform.

 

That's a point I hadn't considered.

 

I don't think there's any doubt that Hillary is more familiar with the system, has more friends on both sides of the aisle than Trump, and can most likely get more of her "vision" accomplished than Trump can. I feel that Trump will actually govern (or try to govern) much like Hillary will. They're not that far apart on a lot of topics -- he's just not as hawkish (which is something I never thought I'd be able to say about a guy who once wanted to kill terrorists' families) and not as beholden to the institutional politics of DC.

[DC Tom]

 

That's a point I hadn't considered.

 

 

I'm not even really kidding. Legal residents are applying for citizenship in record numbers, and USCIS is having to reform its procedures (which have been in desperate need of reform) to handle the volume efficiently. Specifically because of him.

 

Admittedly, it's because he's an !@#$, and they want to keep him out office and vote against him. But still...that's more than anyone else has accomplished in my lifetime.