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Btw, Rubio is not going to win Florida. He's just there for the show and then he'll try to run for the Senate again.

The other day Rubio said the he would either win the presidency or go back to private life. I cannot give you a link, I just remember seeing/hearing on the TV.

There are so many stories flying around about secret meetings and such, I really don't know what to believe.

More Bad News for Marco Rubio: He Just Lost the Support of Fox News

http://nymag.com/daily/intelli...t-lost-fox-news.html

In his role as the donor class's darling, Marco Rubio has enjoyed support from the Republicans' media arm, Fox News. Throughout the primary, Fox provided Rubio with friendly interviews and key bookings, including the first prime-time response to Barack Obama's Oval Office address on ISIS.

Many of the network's top pundits, including Stephen Hayes and Charles Krauthammer, have been enthusiastic boosters. Bill Sammon, Fox's Washington managing editor, is the father of Rubio's communications director, Brooke Sammon.

But this alliance now seems to be over. According to three Fox sources, Fox chief Roger Ailes has told people he's lost confidence in Rubio's ability to win. "We're finished with Rubio," Ailes recently told a Fox host. "We can't do the Rubio thing anymore."

Ailes was already concerned about Rubio's lackluster performance in GOP primaries and caucuses, winning only one contest among the 15 that have been held.

But the more proximate cause for the flip was an embarrassing New York Times article revealing that Rubio and Ailes had a secret dinner meeting in 2013 during which the Florida senator successfully lobbied the Fox News chief to throw his support behind the "Gang of 8" comprehensive immigration-reform bill. "Roger hates seeing his name in print," a longtime Ailes associate told me. "He was appalled the dinner was reported," the source said.

Already, there are on-air signs that Fox's attitude toward Rubio has cooled. This morning, anchor Martha MacCallum grilled Rubio about his poor Super Tuesday performance. "Is that a viable excuse at this point?" she asked, when he tried spinning his second-place finish in Virginia.

Fox's corporate support of Rubio has also been a growing source of tension with the network's more conservative talent. Sean Hannity was furious that the Times article reported how he went along with Rubio's immigration proposal.

During an interview with Trump on Monday, Hannity barely defended Fox while Trump trashed Rubio backers like Hayes. "He shouldn't be on the air," Trump said. The best Hannity could muster was to change the subject. "Have you ever watched MSNBC?" he said. "They suck."

Ailes is now back to searching for a candidate the channel can rally behind. "He's thinking, What do we do about the whole damn thing?" one of the news executive's friends said.

Fox News spokesperson Irena Briganti did not return a call for comment.

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Btw, Rubio is not going to win Florida. He's just there for the show and then he'll try to run for the Senate again.

The other day Rubio said the he would either win the presidency or go back to private life. I cannot give you a link, I just remember seeing/hearing on the TV.

Maybe someone could talk Allen West into running for his seat.

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Originally posted by Himiko:

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Btw, Rubio is not going to win Florida. He's just there for the show and then he'll try to run for the Senate again.

The other day Rubio said the he would either win the presidency or go back to private life. I cannot give you a link, I just remember seeing/hearing on the TV.

Oh, well, maybe there is an upside to his unlikely candidacy.

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Rubio said the he would either win the presidency or go back to private life.

As a lobbyist, I reckon.

He'll fit in nicely.

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secret meetings

At this point, probably everybody is jockeying for position. Or positions.

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Originally posted by olfuzzy:

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Originally posted by Himiko:

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Btw, Rubio is not going to win Florida. He's just there for the show and then he'll try to run for the Senate again.

The other day Rubio said the he would either win the presidency or go back to private life. I cannot give you a link, I just remember seeing/hearing on the TV.

Maybe someone could talk Allen West into running for his seat.

Maybe he'll run for Cornyn's seat, since he lives in Texas now.

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Maybe someone could talk Allen West into running for his seat.

Adam Putnam.

He's clean.

Until he proves otherwise, I see him as another Elliot Richardson.

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The best Hannity could muster was to change the subject. "Have you ever watched MSNBC?" he said. "They suck."

Haha, that was good.

And I saw right away the switch last night with regards to FNC and Rubio. They were actually speaking favorably of Trump a bit and mocking Rubio. Was happy to see that.

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Originally posted by Himiko:

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Btw, Rubio is not going to win Florida. He's just there for the show and then he'll try to run for the Senate again.

The other day Rubio said the he would either win the presidency or go back to private life. I cannot give you a link, I just remember seeing/hearing on the TV.

Maybe someone could talk Allen West into running for his seat.

West for Sec of Defense.

Wait a minute. David Gregory on FNC's "All Star Panel" on Special Report?

Whaaaaaaaat...

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
Wait a minute. David Gregory on FNC's "All Star Panel" on Special Report?

Whaaaaaaaat...

He probably works for extra cheap these days.

Melania seems like a smart girl, and far classier and Pro-America than our current first lady.
And, Greta seems very ill at ease interviewing her.
Warms my cockles.

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Melania seems like a smart girl, and far classier and Pro-America than our current first lady.
And, Greta seems very ill at ease interviewing her.
Warms my cockles.

Wow, she's towering over Greta. Tall girl.

And I agree, she shows a lot of grace.

big wind change !!

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-...-around-trump-if-hes

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch argued Wednesday that Republicans would be "mad" not to rally around Donald Trump should the businessman become the GOP presidential nominee.

Murdoch, who suggested earlier this week that Republicans should "close ranks to fight real enemy," shared a tweet Wednesday saying Trump is "reaching out to make peace" with members of the party.

"If he becomes inevitable party would be mad not to unify," Murdoch wrote.

Greta: What makes Donald angry? What does he hate?
Melania: Stupidity.


Oh, snap!

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Just heard someone on the radio claim they talked to four people in line at a Republican polling place who said they were Democrats and would vote for Hillary in the general, but that they were voting for Trump in the Repub. primary because they thought she'd whip him in the general. Trump scares me, just like the rest of the candidates to some degree or another, but what sweet irony if he did win in spite of such shenanigans.

Of course, the story is probably false, because we all know voter fraud is completely non-existent, as the left says.

No, there was an active campaign in VA to use the open primary to throw the race: Dems were voting for Trump for exactly the reason you stated. I know a few people who did was the radio caller said.

I voted for Hillary in the Democrat primary in 2008 because the Republican primary was decided for McCain by the time it got to Virginia, and I figured anybody but Obama.

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I voted for Hillary in the Democrat primary in 2008 because the Republican primary was decided for McCain by the time it got to Virginia, and I figured anybody but Obama.

Did you ever get rid of the stench?

I've seen the light, boys. I've just ordered one of these to wear on my head.

Make America great again