Advisers for This GOP Candidate Are Reportedly Urging Him to End His Campaign
By B. Christopher Agee. Though the Florida senator has put much of his primary election stock in a strong home-state finish, CNN is reporting that some advisers within the Marco Rubio camp are urging the third-place candidate to drop out of the race prior to the March 15 Florida primary. The reports come just days after Rubio won his second primary, picking up all of Puerto Rico’s 23 delegates.
Quoting an unnamed campaign source, CNN reported that Rubio remains optimistic of his chances in the Sunshine State election even if some on his staff are starting to worry.
“He doesn’t want to get killed in his home state,” said the insider, suggesting a loss in Florida could “hurt his political future.”
Contradicting the network’s claims, however, was Rubio communications director Alex Conant, who appeared on CNN’s The Situation Room to call the story “fiction” and “100 percent false.”
Conant explained to host Wolf Blitzer that he “was sitting in a senior staff meeting planning out next week’s schedule” when he saw CNN’s claim. (Read more from “Advisers for This GOP Candidate Are Reportedly Urging Him to End His Campaign” HERE)
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Some Rubio Advisers Say Get out Before Florida
By Jamie Gangel and Tal Kopan. A battle is being waged within Florida Sen. Marco Rubio’s campaign about whether he should even remain in the Republican presidential race ahead of his home state primary on March 15, sources say.
Rubio himself is “bullish” on his odds of winning the critical primary, despite some advisers who are less hopeful and believe a loss there would damage him politically in both the short- and long-term.
Publicly, the campaign is maintaining they are still a contender in this race, touting a Sunday win in Puerto Rico’s primary that delivered Rubio 23 delegates. But privately, the campaign is having a debate about whether he should remain in the mix — even for his home state of Florida’s primary. (Read more from “Some Rubio Advisers Say Get out Before Florida” HERE)
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