ana, by many accounts, rubio was the star last night. he s your friend. your money has been on jeb bush. athena reported a fundraising e-mail today. is it going to work? did marco rubio just simply outshine jeb bush again last night? there is no doubt that marco rubio and ted cruz are incredible debaters. they are also senators. that s a lot of what u.s. senators do, spend their days debating on the floor of the u.s. senate. and, you know, let me not pretend that marco rubio does not have sheer, raw political talent. you ve heard me say it over and over again. he is a very, very talented political candidate. as it ted cruz. they are very smart, they think outside the box, quick on their feet, humorus and witty. they have consistently
you raise the issue earlier, errol, what are jeb s people looking for? they re looking for that. he gets up on a stage and distinguishes himself in a positive way. it s important to know, zeke, the national poll does not fully embrace the debate in terms of its timing. it was done a couple days before. it only got a slice of that which may explain this inconsistency for rubio. he didn t actually do anything in the national poll. he went down a little bit. in the new hampshire poll which is definitely after the debate he pops. do you believe this is something he will sustain or go down and fiorina-esque flames? if you look at marco rubio throughout this entire cycle, he s topped the list of people in this race with raw political talent. you watch him work a room on the stump with donors, with grass roots supporters, kids on the street at a parade. he s good at politics. you see it on the debate stage time and time again. he picks his moments just right. that s the type of thing that w