Rubio now most likely GOP nominee in predictions market (voters, salary, campaign)
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Looks like the bookies have Rubio taking the lead, with Bush second and Trump a relatively distant third. So much for Bush's "inevitability," which has been the key to his and Hillary Clinton's campaigns right from the jump. And so much for the leftist media led promotion of Donald Trump's campaign.
Having to put your money where your mouth is tends to cut through the clutter in a way that a cable news political shill never really can.
For the past week, Jeb Bush’s campaign advisers have been using a new data point to convince nervous donors that he’s still the candidate to beat: Bush’s lead in the political prediction markets. Just one problem: Beginning Sunday night, PredictIt, the biggest of the online sites and the one referenced last week by top Bush advisers and confidants, placed Florida Sen. Marco Rubio ahead of Bush at the head of the GOP pack…
“I don’t know if it’s panic or paranoia in Miami, but they are losing [Scott] Walker people to Marco, and if you say what’s true, they get mad,” said one Bush donor, who spoke to POLITICO on the condition of anonymity.
PredictIt has Rubio at 38 cents, Bush at 35, and Trump at 19.
That's too bad. Hopefully and most likely they are wrong. Rubio just doesn't have what it takes, maybe in 8 or 12 years down the road but not now. I just don't see who would be voting for him. It seems to me that they throwing different candidates against Trump, Carson - down, Carly - down and get ready for Rubio to go down. Once the name gets out there as doing well, people take a good long hard look at the candidate and, down they go, well, except in Trump's case. Trump 2016!
Frankly, what I noticed about Rubio in the debates was that he was as "nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs". I would say he is probably an overachiever and, like I said, could be a viable candidate on down the road.
That's too bad. Hopefully and most likely they are wrong. Rubio just doesn't have what it takes, maybe in 8 or 12 years down the road but not now. I just don't see who would be voting for him. It seems to me that they throwing different candidates against Trump, Carson - down, Carly - down and get ready for Rubio to go down. Once the name gets out there as doing well, people take a good long hard look at the candidate and, down they go, well, except in Trump's case. Trump 2016!
Frankly, what I noticed about Rubio in the debates was that he was as "nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs". I would say he is probably an overachiever and, like I said, could be a viable candidate on down the road.
Why, because he does not have enough experience? He clearly has more experience than Barack Obama had when he took office.
Of course Barack Obama is a minority, which was his Trump card among Democratic voters.
Oh, wait.... So is Marco Rubio. Hmmmmm.
Honestly, it appears to me that Marco Rubio is the candidate that Democrats fear the most of any in the Republican field.
I guess I'm surprised it's not Trump but I like Rubio.
Trump has his rabid 23% support, which appears to be gradually declining. However, you need 50% of all the delegates to win the nomination, and a higher percentage of Republicans than that loathe Donald Trump. Despite the leftist media's promotion of the Trump campaign - he would be the candidate that the Democrats would pick for the Republicans in order to provide them with the easiest path to victory - he does not appear to have a path to acquire the necessary delegates to win the actual nomination.
Trump's supporters in the media appear to have neglected to mention this little detail.
Rubio continues to collect his taxpayer funded salary yet does not even bother to show up and vote. He has the worst attendance and voting record in the Senate. Despite this being made public, both he and Lindsay Graham refused to vote for/against the recent Planned Parenthood defunding. Can't be bothered or don't want to go on record? Either incredibly spineless or just too lazy - not good either way.
Anyone who does not do their job at a lower level does not deserve to be elevated to a higher one.
Rubio continues to collect his taxpayer funded salary yet does not even bother to show up and vote. He has the worst attendance and voting record in the Senate. Despite this being made public, both he and Lindsay Graham refused to vote for/against the recent Planned Parenthood defunding. Can't be bothered or don't want to go on record? Either incredibly spineless or just too lazy - not good either way.
Anyone who does not do their job at a lower level does not deserve to be elevated to a higher one.
You mean like when Barack Obama was absent on many occasions and did not vote when he was a State Senator or a US Senator? Or when he routinely abstained from votes because they were too hard for him?
You mean like when Barack Obama was absent on many occasions and did not vote when he was a State Senator or a US Senator? Or when he routinely abstained from votes because they were too hard for him?
Yes, exactly like that. We all know why Obama voted "present" instead of taking a stand. He was being groomed for his presidency and didn't want any history of past votes. Despicable behavior, but at least he showed up and voted....Rubio cannot even be bothered to do that much.
Yes, exactly like that. We all know why Obama voted "present" instead of taking a stand. He was being groomed for his presidency and didn't want any history of past votes. Despicable behavior, but at least he showed up and voted....Rubio cannot even be bothered to do that much.
Rubio's vote is not a difference maker in any of these votes. And he is clearly taking positions on all of these issues. He is not ducking any of them, a-la Barack Obama.
As far as missing votes, this has been done by presidential candidates for many decades now. It is a phenomenon that may deserve its own thread, but it is certainly not a phenomenon that is new or particularly novel as it applies to Marco Rubio.
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Hopefully and most likely they are wrong. Rubio just doesn't have what it takes, maybe in 8 or 12 years down the road but not now. I just don't see who would be voting for him. It seems to me that they throwing different candidates against Trump, Carson - down, Carly - down and get ready for Rubio to go down. Once the name gets out there as doing well, people take a good long hard look at the candidate and, down they go, well, except in Trump's case.
Trump 2016!
Rubio now most likely GOP nominee in predictions market
