What They're Saying About Marco Rubio at the CNBC Debate in Boulder, Colorado

What They're Saying About Marco Rubio at the CNBC Debate in Boulder, Colorado

FOX & Friends: Marco Had a Stellar Night

FOX’s Brian Kilmeade: “I want to bring up Marco Rubio. I thought he had a stellar night last night. You said this was the moment that stood out for him.
FOX’s Clayton Morris: “When he attacked the mainstream media and talked about Super PACs basically being in the back pocket of the Democratic party, that's what this moment was.”
CBS’s John Dickerson: Marco Grabbed His Moment

CBS’s John Dickerson: “I think [Marco Rubio] did, for this reason: a candidate wants to grab a moment, and they want to grab it while they are on the rise. He was clearly on the rise. A lot of people were talking about him as the head of that alternative lane. There are two lanes: one lane is Trump/Carson, the other is all the rest of the candidates. And he grabbed his moment, and for him it was really that exchange with Jeb Bush. It was not only a moment where he bested a competitor, but for a young senator who has no executive experience, it was a moment for voters where he kind of showed he had some strength. And that is really good for a candidate.”
FOX’s John Roberts: Marco the “Clear Consensus Winner”

FOX’s John Roberts: “Marco Rubio who appears to be the clear consensus winner scored big points with the audience when he voiced to millions of people a belief that Republicans have long held that Democrats get more favorable treatment by the mainstream media.”
CBS News: Universal Agreement Marco Had An Excellent Night

CBS’s NORAH O’DONNELL: “The reviews are almost universal this morning that Senator Marco Rubio had an excellent night.”
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FRANK LUNTZ: “Rubio has the perfect formation in a debate. You begin the first sentence with what everybody wants to hear. Then you tell them what they need to know. Then you close with what everybody wants to hear. The key is the first 20 words, and the last 20 words. And nobody is a better debater, including Ted Cruz, no one is a better debater than Marco Rubio because it's plain speaking and it's clearly not rehearsed. And he took on some of the toughest challenges and very tough questions but he always had a solid beginning and a solid end and that is why voters liked him.”
NBC’s PETER ALEXANDER: Rubio a Winner Last Night

NBC’s PETER ALEXANDER: “Among the night’s winners, two ambitious senators, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, and also the Governor from New Jersey Chris Christie, all setting themselves up to rise. … Rubio turning in what many consider the best night of his campaign, blasted that as a convenient criticism.”
ABC’s TOM LLAMAS: The Big Winner Last Night: Marco Rubio

ABC’s TOM LLAMAS: “Jeb Bush, going after the man he mentored—Senator Marco Rubio—attacking him for missing votes in the Senate. … But Rubio, standing his ground, delivering a line that left Bush silent and the audience cheering.”