Talk Elections

Yes, that dumbf[inks] will never hold political office ever again once his Senate term ends. He might try to do something like run for Governor in 2018...and then crash because no one will take him seriously and he will be thought of as a pathetic joke eternally.

He still has a great chance to be VP

He tried for the top spot far too soon. However, he's pretty young. I wouldn't say it's over just yet.

lolno. He's still going to be the next president.

His trustworthiness numbers have crashed in Florida, as well as his approvals and the all important "cares about people like me" category. He won't win there in 2018 and he won't win the nomination.

He's got a one way ticket to K Street and maybe an ill-advised and destined-for-failure run for Congress when he's 72.

Denial isn't just a river in Egypt it seems.

I agree with this.

MARCO POLL-LOW

Kinda seems like he's done.   

in Brutal, my god.

Pretty much -no one will ever take him seriously again. 

He's crashing hard in NH...he'll be lucky to get 4th place at this point.

I've overestimated him thus far, so I'll say yes.

I never thought I would see this moment.

Thank God.

No, Trump will reward the man who slayed his strongest rival yet!

No, he still has a future and I still think he'll be President one day. Sadly it's likely not this cycle.

He might be.  They really need to get the other establishment candidates out of the race, soon.  They are dividing up the vote, while Trump cruises along with his 20 to 35%.

Right...cause all of Cruz's votes would go straight to the establishment...

No, Rubio will run for Governor in 2018 and lose the primary to some tea party up and comer because he's seen as an empty suit establishment stooge. Sweet irony.

He's a young guy who had a bad week in a national campaign. The potential candidates for statewide office in Florida aren't necessarily going to be on the level of the opposition here.

Rubio should have just endorsed Jeb and then gone right back to the Senate. Shouldn't have run until 2020 or 2024.

His political career? Probably not. His presidential campaign? Probably soon.

The thing is, there are already two statewide officeholders who have been preparing for this race for years. From what I've been hearing, Adam Putnam has already nailed down commitments from the establishment while Jeff Atwater has been getting a lot of the Tea Party people revved up to support him. Where is Rubio, who never had much moneyed Florida support ANYWAY, supposed to get his resources and organization from? His support came from being a not-Crist Republican, not his own popularity; now that the party has left him behind what will he have left?

The people of Florida know he's not interested in actually serving them after his transparent ambition was on full display this year so there's no point in electing him over other dedicated public servants.

Nationally he's clearly finished.

Time for a career change.

President of … what?!

His strategy was 3-2-1.

He ended up 5th here.

I don't see a path forward.

No, but it took a stunning blow in the past week. He could still win but is now an underdog for sure. I just hope he beats out Bush. I'll be pretty disappointed if out of this historically deep and talented field, the best we can come up with is another Bush.

I'm switching to Cruz if Rubio shows further signs of non-viability.

He basically tied for third, and his primary rivals remain deeply flawed. Not a good week for him, but his campaign isn't over, and his career certainly isn't over.

No. He's 44, relax.

Jumping the gun a bit? (I've noticed a bit of a tendency for this forum to do that). The betting markets still him have at ~20% to win the nomination. That's a big hit from post-Iowa when he was over 50%, but still respectable.

What's going for him is there's no other obviously superior candidate in the establishment wing. Kasich did well in NH, but will likely struggle in closed primaries and conservative states. Bush beat Rubio, but not by very much, and he did do much worse than Rubio in Iowa and still has all his baggage.

What is the case is that the "establishment coalesces around Rubio" scenario that seemed eminently possible a few days ago has failed to come to pass. Kasich and Bush are going to stick around, when in a different world they could have both dropped out and endorsed Rubio. So Rubio's back to approximately the pre-Iowa status quo. He has the potential to become the establishment standard bearer, but will need to find a new opportunity for his big break.

For the nomination? Yes. If Rubio can't beat Jeb ing Bush, what is the purpose of his candidacy? He's done.

Entire career? Nah. He's young, and the thing that knocked him out this time was people knew after that debate he was not ready to be President. He can rebound.

If it takes until after the SEC primary for the "establishment" to consolidate, it's already too late.

Unless Trump hasn't quite got enough delegates and even then we'll probably get this man...

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Instead of RUBOTO.

Let us immediately dispense with the notion that Marco Rubio does not know what he is doing.  Marco Rubio knows exactly what he is doing.  :P

No, hes still got time a Florida Governor for a term could really help his stock for 2024.

However , if the GOP insists and  pushes him at all costs for this years election he will be damaged goods.  Its actually something Rubio should consider because he's not beating Hillary(unless shes DQed by the FBI)

I don’t think so. I think he’ll end up as the nominee with a 40% chance to beat Hillary. If he loses in November, he’ll move on to be elected governor in 2018.