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While teaching at Florida International University in 2011, Marco Rubio told his students there were two ways a candidate could be successful: He or she had to be a self-funder or the candidate needed to be “a sensation, a symbol larger than themselves”.
The two Democrats will debate Sunday night on CNN at 8 p.m. ET in Flint, Mich.
It was a weekend of split decisions for the Democratic and Republican primaries.
Cruz won caucuses in Kansas and ME, with Trump winning Kentucky in addition to Louisiana. Fla. Sen. FAU plans to release another Florida presidential primary poll on March 14, one day before Florida voters will cast their vote.
Instead, Kansas voters chose Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders, respectively, as their parties’ favorites for the White House.
ALVIN BAEZ/REUTERS Marco Rubio’s campaign has been ailing; he now has only 128 delegates. “What we’re seeing is men and women who love freedom and love the Constitution uniting and standing as one behind this campaign”.
Rubio came back on Sunday with a win in Puerto Rico and he’s promising to stay in.
Granted, the week featured a primary in Cruz’s home state of Texas, an obvious advantage for the Texas senator.
The Democratic primary saw about a 23.3 percent turnout, with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton taking 71 percent of the vote to U.S. Sen.
Trump still has a substantial lead in the race for delegates who select the presidential nominee at the nominating convention in July.
But if Rubio could win the state’s 99 delegates, Trump’s lead would be only 240 delegates.
Clinton had at least 1 117 delegates to Sanders’ 477, including super delegates – members of Congress, governors and party officials who can support the candidate of their choice.
In the week’s 15 states, Trump collected 9 gold medals (for first-place finishes) and 5 silvers (for second-place finishes), Cruz won 5 golds and 6 silvers, Rubio won 1 gold and 2 silvers (plus his win in a territory), and Kasich won 2 silvers.
Analysts say that could be risky for Mr. Trump, because Kasich and Rubio supporters are more likely to jump to Mr. Cruz than they are to the billionaire businessman. Rubio had 123 delegates and Kasich had 33.
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Asked whether he would reject the nomination if drafted, Romney said such a scenario would be “absurd” but left the door open to it, in an interview with CBS’s Face the Nation.
