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    Rubio bows out

    Sen. Marco Rubio suspended his presidential campaign on Tuesday after he failed to win his home state of Florida, forced to bow out after Republican frontrunner Donald Trump trounced him in his own backyard.

    Rubio tried to position himself as the mainstream alternative to both Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. He picked up endorsements from establishment Republicans and pitched himself as the only one who could win the November election.

    Yet he fell victim to the same anti-establishment tide that propelled Trump to victories in more than a dozen other races across the nation, including a resounding victory Tuesday in Florida. Rubio, meanwhile, only won the caucuses in Minnesota and the votes in Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico.

    "We should have seen this coming," he said in his concession speech in Miami.

    He blamed the GOP furor for a political establishment that "looked down at conservatives as simple-minded people," but said he resisted the urge to play to voters' fears.

    "I chose a different route and I'm proud of that. That would have been, in a year like this, the easiest way to win. But that is not what's best for America," he said. "The politics of resentment against other people will not only leave us as a fractured party, it will leave us as a fractured nation."

    He added: "It is clear that we are on the right side this year, we will not be on the winning side."

    Five major states vote on Elimination Tuesday, which is shaping up to be the most pivotal day in the primary calendar. Florida, Ohio, Illinois, North Carolina and Missouri hold primaries, and hundreds of delegates are up for grabs. It's also the first time huge troves of delegates are at stake in winner-take-all Republicans contests.

    For Republicans, the day could shape up to be a last gasp of the establishment as it searches for a way to halt Donald Trump's march to the nomination. And for Democrats, it could be a day for Clinton to flex her muscles – or another troubling sign that the party has failed to coalesce around her.

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    Rubio dropping out

    Well....my vote was wasted:

    Marco Rubio is dropping out


    Following a devastating loss in his home state of Florida tonight, Sen. Marco Rubio announced he was dropping out of the presidential race.

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    hmmmm....now to try my button pushing skills at merging our two threads.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lista View Post
    hmmmm....now to try my button pushing skills at merging our two threads.
    Late again.

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    dude!!!! I was just trying out my button skills. maaaannnnnnn......

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    Quote Originally Posted by fuego View Post
    Late again.




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    Bye bye little Marco

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    In head-to-head matchups, Senator Rubio is second best against the likely Dem candidates. (Kasich is the best.) : http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epo...tial_race.html

    Trump vs. Clinton: Clinton +6.3
    Cruz vs. Clinton: Cruz +0.8
    Rubio vs. Clinton: Rubio +4.0
    Kasich vs. Clinton: Kasich +7.4

    And Senator Sanders does better than Clinton against all of the Republicans!
    Trump vs. Sanders: Sanders +10.0
    Cruz vs. Sanders: Sanders +9.7
    Rubio vs. Sanders: Sanders +3.3
    Kasich vs. Sanders: Sanders +0.5

    So, if the hope is to preserve a Republican-controlled Supreme Court, the best outcome of the primaries would be Kasich and Clinton!

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    Quote Originally Posted by njtom View Post
    In head-to-head matchups, Senator Rubio is second best against the likely Dem candidates. (Kasich is the best.) : http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epo...tial_race.html

    Trump vs. Clinton: Clinton +6.3
    Cruz vs. Clinton: Cruz +0.8
    Rubio vs. Clinton: Rubio +4.0
    Kasich vs. Clinton: Kasich +7.4

    And Senator Sanders does better than Clinton against all of the Republicans!
    Trump vs. Sanders: Sanders +10.0
    Cruz vs. Sanders: Sanders +9.7
    Rubio vs. Sanders: Sanders +3.3
    Kasich vs. Sanders: Sanders +0.5

    So, if the hope is to preserve a Republican-controlled Supreme Court, the best outcome of the primaries would be Kasich and Clinton!
    looks like Pres. Obama has already submitted a nominee to the Supreme Court. The good thing is, he appears to be more of a Centrist (if that's a word) or a middle of the line party guy, with slight leanings to the Democratic side.

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