Marco Rubio Archives

Cruz Takes Aim at Opponents for Waffling on Gay Marriage

Campaigning in South Carolina, Senator Ted Cruz continues to spell out the difference between his position on same-sex marriage and that of his chief opponents. Politico reports: Ted Cruz told…

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FLASHBACK Common Core Report Card: Where Do the GOP Candidates Stand?

Now that the Iowa Caucus and the New Hampshire Primary are over and several candidates have dropped out, it’s time to recap – how is Common Core doing? Last August,…

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Is South Carolina a Must-Win for Ted Cruz?

Must Ted Cruz win the February 20th South Carolina primary in order to have a clear path to the Republican nomination? In a word, no. While a distant second to…

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N.H. Says Take Your Pick: Angry Populist or Angry Socialist?

So complete has the Washington political culture of both parties bred a climate that favors insider power structure and cronyism (both corporate and political), that it’s no longer able to…

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Christie Drops Out, Trump Remains King of Mean

Having delivered the blow that knocked Marco Rubio down to fifth in New Hampshire, Chris Christie has just announced he’s leaving the race. That leaves the establishment lane down to…

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In S.C. Showdown with Trump, Cruz Needs a Winning Economic Message

So South Carolina is where the titans clash: where Donald Trump (clearly) is going to try to knock Ted Cruz out of the race, and where Cruz urgently needs to…

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After New Hampshire: Donald Trump vs. Ted Cruz

I want to take a look at each of the candidates in the Republican presidential field following Donald Trump’s rout in the First in the Nation primary state of New…

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Three Things to Watch For in N.H.

We correctly predicted the story out of Iowa would be Marco Rubio, as this Vox article details about his virtual tie with Donald Trump: What happened next? There was a…

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New Hampshire Decides — Four Things to Watch For

So now it comes down to the voters of New Hampshire. Despite the “Live Free or Die” motto, New Hampshire Republicans are not especially libertarian. They are just among the…

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How Can Rubio Recover?

Before the New Hampshire polls close tomorrow night, Marco Rubio should do two things — first, he should clarify his “robo line,” and second, he should move on from it. Although Chris Christie hounded Rubio…

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Cruz: Drafting Our Daughters Is “Nuts”

I was extremely disheartened — indeed disgusted — by the responses of Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, and Chris Christie to the idea of drafting women equally with men into the…

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ABC News GOP Presidential Debate Rundown

I wanted to share some quick thoughts about each of the candidates who participated in the last Republican debate before the New Hampshire Primary. First I wasn’t a fan of…

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Rubio Won Saturday Night’s Debate . . . Electorally, Anyway

Okay, I have to admit it. Saturday night was rough for Marco Rubio. Even though he did an outstanding job appealing to social conservative voters — Rubio managed to specifically defend life and…

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Rubio Bests Cruz in Head-to-Head Matchups with Hillary

A new Quinnipiac University poll, which shows Marco Rubio performing the best against Hillary Clinton in November, got me thinking. How consistent is this result? The newest poll, conducted February 2-4, shows Rubio…

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Four Post-Iowa N.H. Polls Out

Four new polls taken since Donald Trump’s Iowa loss have now come out. They don’t really show Trump taking much of hit yet in New Hampshire, if you do poll-to-poll…

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Christie Joins Graham in Attacking Rubio for Being Too Pro-Life

As Mary noted yesterday, a new line of attack by Senator Lindsey Graham, who has endorsed Jeb Bush, is that Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz are too pro-life because they oppose, in principle, abortion in the case…

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New PPP National Poll: Three-Way Statistical Tie Between Trump, Cruz, and Rubio

The latest New Hampshire poll shows Donald Trump continuing to lead, but the latest national poll by Public Policy Polling (a Democratic pollster) shows a huge drop in Trump’s support and…

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The Media ‘Forgot’ To Report Something Really Important From Iowa

Hey, uh, mainstream media folks? You forgot to mention something in your coverage Monday night. Ted Cruz is the first Hispanic-American to ever win the Iowa Caucus. And not only…

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