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Originally Posted by QuikSand
Based on what I'm hearing from GOP types I know (insiders but not local to NH at all) we might see Rubio as a historical burst bubble right there at that debate. In the space of an hour he goes from the guy to buy to the guy to sell. Not sure how many tickets get punch southward after NH, but Rubio honestly could be done already. Even if he beats each of the other establishment guys just on pure momentum from Iowa, I now think he's a longshot to win the nomination, after the curtain got pulled back like that. Fascinating.
Honestly good for the party, though, because if there's no there there, that would surely have come out in the general.
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He was the guy to dislike - the professional politician who had never done anything. That feeling has been nagging at me for about a month now, but during the debate, it was full-force. I know there were some who felt that way about Obama around the time he started to lead in the polls.
Is it too late for Kasich and Christie? Does Jeb! get another look (or at least a different punctuation mark)?
The prepared bit is essentially that America is exceptional and Europe isn't, and Obama doesn't see that and wants to emulate Europe. I can go along with it to a certain extent, but the nefarious spin Rubio puts on this speech is off-putting.
I'm also a little irritated with the moderating. The Republicans have spent forever talking about frustration with the "king-like" issuing of executive orders. OK, so naturally the candidates will use executive order to undo executive orders that they feel violate the Constitution. That's a given. But, pin these elusive politicians down. Would you govern the same way? Or would you pledge only to use executive order for procedural issues? This is an important distinction and no one asks that question in that way.