Uh-oh, Marco. It looks like Ted Cruz is making a move to win Florida and its 99 delegates:
Inbox:
Cruz for President Campaign Announces 10 Office Locations in Florida— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) March 4, 2016
Cruz effort in Florida: >12 offices, >300 county coordinators, volunteers in thousands, Cuban American coalition TK https://t.co/Teht9aoCQ4
— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) March 4, 2016
Smart move?
Cruz wants to be the guy everyone rallies around, so of course he's trying to stop Rubio in FL. It's a smart strategy.
— Nick Jacob (@nicktjacob) March 4, 2016
Or not?
Cruz playing in Florida might be an example of Cruz's tendency to imagine himself a master political strategist
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) March 4, 2016
Keep in mind, hundreds of thousands of Floridians have already voted in the primary so the fight is on for the undecideds:
Politico Florida Playbook is out. Here's what's driving the day in the Sunshine State https://t.co/yQDX5uhx7w pic.twitter.com/bw1vbI8F7X
— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) March 4, 2016
And Trump announced a $1 million ad buy in the state:
Yes. 470k FL GOP ballots cast (20% of 2.3m?). Trump wdnt announce $1m in FL advertising if race were over https://t.co/rV5p7RRAW0
— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) March 4, 2016
The thought going in to Florida and Ohio on March 15 is that to stop Trump, Rubio has to win Florida and John Kasich has to win Ohio. But according to Nate Cohn of the New York Times, even that might not keep Trump from amassing a majority of the delegates necessary for the nomination:
Trump on pace to amass majority of delegates, even without Ohio and Florida https://t.co/I8J16wfoJY pic.twitter.com/M6RLF1j87k
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) March 4, 2016
Trump currently holds a 19-point lead in the state according to the Real Clear Politics poll average and is set to attend a rally in Orlando on Saturday:
In addition to the Wichita and Orlando rallies tomorrow, Trump will now hold a press conference in West Palm Beach at 9 p.m., per release.
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) March 4, 2016
So my Saturday went from one event in Orlando to watching a Kansas rally, Orlando and now Trump adds West Pam Beach press Conf 9pm. Groovy
— John Santucci (@Santucci) March 4, 2016
Stay tuned!
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