What They Are Saying About Marco Rubio at Tonight's CNBC Debate in Boulder, Colorado"Rubio steals the debate show"
Hey - Marco stole the show. The moderators and even another candidate came to the debate ready to attack Marco, but Marco turned the tables and knocked their ridiculous attacks out of the park. Don't take my word for it, though, see what others are saying below:
POLITICO: “Trump? Carson? Rubio steals the debate show.” “Donald Trump and Ben Carson may have stood at the center of the stage at the Wednesday debate, but Marco Rubio stole the show. … One of the defining moments came early, when Bush, Rubio’s onetime mentor, tried to go after Rubio for his Senate attendance record, telling him that if he wanted to continue skipping votes he should ‘just resign and let someone else take the job.’ ‘Marco, when you signed up for this, this was a six-year term,’ Bush lectured. ‘And you should be showing up to work.’ Rubio was ready, dismissing Bush as a political opportunist turning on an old friend. ‘Someone has convinced you that attacking me is going to help you,’ he said. It was the end of discussion.” (Trump? Carson? Rubio steals the debate show, Politico, 10/28/15)
REUTERS: “Rubio turns the tables on Bush for his missed votes.” “Under fire for missing more votes than any other senator, presidential candidate and Florida senator Marco Rubio blamed liberal media for hyping the issue. CNBC debate moderator Carl Quintanilla presented a Florida newspaper’s position this morning that called for Rubio to resign his Senate seat while seeking the presidency. Rubio called the editorial by the Sun Sentinel, ‘evidence of the bias that exists in the American media today.’ He noted that former Florida Senator Bob Graham and Secretary of State John Kerry missed Senate votes when they were seeking the presidency during the 2004 election, but the media did not call for their resignations. And yet, Rubio’s chief rival for establishment support, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, glommed on.” (Rubio turns the tables on Bush for his missed votes, Reuters, 10/29/15)
WASHINGTON EXAMINER: “Rubio: Mainstream media Dems' 'ultimate super PAC.'” “Sen. Marco Rubio ripped into the mainstream media during the third GOP debate, calling them the ‘ultimate super PAC.’ ‘The Democrats have the ultimate super PAC. they're called the mainstream media,’ Rubio said before ripping them for praising Clinton's performance in front of the House Select Committee on Benghazi last Thursday. ‘Last week, Hillary Clinton went before a committee. She admitted that she sent emails to her family saying, ‘Hey, this attack in Benghazi was caused by al Qaida-like elements,’’ Rubio said. ‘She spent over a week telling the family of those victims and the American people that it was because of a video.’ ‘And yet, the mainstream media is going around saying it was the greatest week in Hillary Clinton's campaign. It was the week she got exposed as a liar,’ Rubio said. ‘But she has her super PAC helping her out — the American mainstream media.’” (Rubio: Mainstream media Dems' 'ultimate super PAC,' The Washington Examiner, 10/28/15)
