GOP consultant Mike Murphy — who was last seen flying the well-funded Jeb super PAC Right-to-Rise USA into a mountain — has some thoughts on Marco Rubio’s chances against Ted Cruz and Donald Trump.
First up, don’t use the Nevada results showing a blowout victory from Donald Trump “as a model” for the rest of the Republican primaries coming up:
https://twitter.com/murphymike/status/702483294831644672
And here’s Rubio’s path to victory!
https://twitter.com/murphymike/status/702480417480433665
https://twitter.com/murphymike/status/702483771317207040
https://twitter.com/murphymike/status/702484169696354305
https://twitter.com/murphymike/status/702484682374512640
OK, but we’ve heard this before, no?
People have predicted this for months. What changes on 3/1 that suddenly gets establishment to consolidate vs Trump? https://t.co/lIhOSEGr1L
— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) February 24, 2016
Murphy has an answer for that, too:
https://twitter.com/murphymike/status/702488097829888000
We shall see.
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