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Grand Vol said:
Rubio finished less than a percent off your boy Trump. You keep touting the "3rd place" finish and all, but he got a huge surge to close the gap on what was considered the front runner going in. Same with Cruz.
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I understand about the very close third place finish. I am comfortable with either Trump or Cruz as the nominee.

My question was, which state besides Florida does Rubio win?
 
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Franklin Pierce said:
Rubio finished THIRD in Iowa. Rubio will not win in New Hampshire, South Carolina, or Nevada.

Rubio will not win a state until he gets to Florida, his home state, which doesn't mean much.

Eventually Rubio must win a state other than Florida. Finishing second and third continuously will get him nowhere.

Now, Rubio boys, tell us which states Rubio wins.
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Rubio's challenge has always been getting nominated. It's the general where he has the biggest advantage over the rest of the GOP field.
 
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theutvolunteers said:
As a 32 year old I know way more people than I'd like that have no problem identifying with socialism.
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Well, maybe this is a good thing, because I will be retiring in about 10 years so then they can support me for the rest of my life. Glad they are willing to do that.
 
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DinkinFlicka said:
No ****, Sherlock. You still have to respect the process if the vote swings that way.

The Republic wasn't made to unconditionally please you.
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I don't have to respect it.

The Republic wasn't made to have those who actually work and pay taxes support those who sit home, sleep til none and smoke pot all day either.
 
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Franklin Pierce said:
I understand about the very close third place finish. I am comfortable with either Trump or Cruz as the nominee.

My question was, which state besides Florida does Rubio win?
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The answer will be chartreuse. I don't think anyone would have expected him to finish within a point of Trump. Nor did they expect Cruz to pull out that significant of a win. Iowa changed the game entirely in this election IMO.

Is Rubio winning New Hampshire a possibility? No, but a strong finish is likely with the groundswell of support he's gotten in Iowa. Can he clean up in other States? Very possible during Super Tuesday.

I won't make any predictions on what he can or will win. But it's certainly not like he's the last kid being picked at kickball.
 
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volfanjustin said:
I don't have to respect it.

The Republic wasn't made to have those who actually work and pay taxes support those who sit home, sleep til none and smoke pot all day either.
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It also wasn't made to spend trillions of dollars for wars they had no business being in and bailing out businesses and banks that were and are too big to fail.
 
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volfanjustin said:
I don't have to respect it.

The Republic wasn't made to have those who actually work and pay taxes support those who sit home, sleep til none and smoke pot all day either.
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I agree that you don't have to respect it, but yeah...the republic was made this way. It wasn't the intention, but they created a system that allows for this.
 
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n_huffhines said:
I agree that you don't have to respect it, but yeah...the republic was made this way. It wasn't the intention, but they created a system that allows for this.
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at some point if we don't start electing people to make drastic changes, we can't be saved we may already be to that point.
 
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Grand Vol said:
The answer will be chartreuse. I don't think anyone would have expected him to finish within a point of Trump. Nor did they expect Cruz to pull out that significant of a win. Iowa changed the game entirely in this election IMO.

Is Rubio winning New Hampshire a possibility? No, but a strong finish is likely with the groundswell of support he's gotten in Iowa. Can he clean up in other States? Very possible during Super Tuesday.

I won't make any predictions on what he can or will win. But it's certainly not like he's the last kid being picked at kickball.
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It is highly contingent on Kasich, Bush, and Christie dropping after NH. I think Christie will, but Bush is too stubborn and wants to put one over on Rubio. Kasich is doing very well there.

Rubio needs most of those voters.
 
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Franklin Pierce said:
Rubio finished THIRD in Iowa. Rubio will not win in New Hampshire, South Carolina, or Nevada.

Rubio will not win a state until he gets to Florida, his home state, which doesn't mean much.

Eventually Rubio must win a state other than Florida. Finishing second and third continuously will get him nowhere.

Now, Rubio boys, tell us which states Rubio wins.
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He could still be in the lead with delegates if he only wins Florida of those four since Florida has a ton of delegates.

I'm not sure if any of these states are winner take all but I'm pretty sure the early states divide delegates based on what you got. So in delegate count so far, Rubio is not at all far behind Cruz. If he finishes ahead of Cruz in NH he may even over take him in delegate count. If he wins FL big and performs in NV and NH like he did in Iowa he'll be in the lead or a very close second to Trump who appears to have a sizable lead in NH.
 
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UTCVol said:
It is highly contingent on Kasich, Bush, and Christie dropping after NH. I think Christie will, but Bush is too stubborn and wants to put one over on Rubio. Kasich is doing very well there.

Rubio needs most of those voters.
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Agree to an extent. I don't think Bush drops yet (agree with you there) but not entirely where the votes come from.

I'd imagine he could pull a significant portion of Christie voters as well as Carson. I know Carson is the Washington outsider, but I could see his voters moving towards a moderate candidate like Rubio.

Also agree on Kasich. For a person that really wasn't polling that well going into the first debate, he's done pretty well getting things rolling.
 
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Grand Vol said:
Agree to an extent. I don't think Bush drops yet (agree with you there) but not entirely where the votes come from.

I'd imagine he could pull a significant portion of Christie voters as well as Carson. I know Carson is the Washington outsider, but I could see his voters moving towards a moderate candidate like Rubio.

Also agree on Kasich. For a person that really wasn't polling that well going into the first debate, he's done pretty well getting things rolling.
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Cruz may have done himself a huge disservice with Carson voters last night considering Carson is all over the place today saying the Cruz campaign cheated. That's probably the natural flow for evangelical voters, although Rubio started really pressing that bloc over the last week.
 
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UTCVol said:
It is highly contingent on Kasich, Bush, and Christie dropping after NH. I think Christie will, but Bush is too stubborn and wants to put one over on Rubio. Kasich is doing very well there.

Rubio needs most of those voters.
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As other candidates drop, I don't see many of those voters flocking to Trump or Cruz. It'll either be those voters siding with Rubio or choosing not to vote at all.
 
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