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From The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/05/u...up-against-boy-in-the-bubble-marco-rubio.html
Resentment, vindictiveness, and a quest for the destruction of one's opponent are not leadership attributes, unless one is defining leadership under Trumpian standards. Is it any surprise that Mr. Christie and Mr. Bush have made no meaningful headway in the race? I think not.
With all due respect, Senator Rubio never advised Gov. Christie to absurdly declare that he'd shoot down Russian aircraft (Chris Christie Defends Saying He’d Shoot Down Russian Planes « CBS New York). Rubio did not lead Christie to underfund New Jersey's pensions further exacerbating that State's structural imbalances (N.J. credit rating cut record ninth time as Moody's cites pension shortfall | NJ.com). Senator Rubio also is not responsible for Bush's inability to articulate a compelling rationale for voters to support him.
All said, Christie and Bush further make, or to use Christie's oft-repeated terminology, "prosecute" the case that neither of them is Presidential material. I expected such conduct from Christie, but not so much from Bush. In doing so, they reveal the timelessness of Scottish poet James Thomson's keen observation, "Base Envy withers at another’s joy, And hates that excellence it cannot reach."
During Saturday's debate, Rubio should only rebut specific attacks, but conduct himself in a Presidential fashion. If Christie or Bush choose to make shrill attacks, they will only further close the door on their failing candidacies.
rustrated and flailing as his candidacy threatens to slip away, Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey is embarking on a scalding effort over the next week to discredit Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, the man he blames for undermining his campaign and whose ascendancy he deeply resents...
The shared concern has even prompted the opening of a back channel: Members of the Bush and Christie campaigns have communicated about their mutual desire to halt Mr. Rubio’s rise in the polls, according to Republican operatives familiar with the conversations.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/05/u...up-against-boy-in-the-bubble-marco-rubio.html
Resentment, vindictiveness, and a quest for the destruction of one's opponent are not leadership attributes, unless one is defining leadership under Trumpian standards. Is it any surprise that Mr. Christie and Mr. Bush have made no meaningful headway in the race? I think not.
With all due respect, Senator Rubio never advised Gov. Christie to absurdly declare that he'd shoot down Russian aircraft (Chris Christie Defends Saying He’d Shoot Down Russian Planes « CBS New York). Rubio did not lead Christie to underfund New Jersey's pensions further exacerbating that State's structural imbalances (N.J. credit rating cut record ninth time as Moody's cites pension shortfall | NJ.com). Senator Rubio also is not responsible for Bush's inability to articulate a compelling rationale for voters to support him.
All said, Christie and Bush further make, or to use Christie's oft-repeated terminology, "prosecute" the case that neither of them is Presidential material. I expected such conduct from Christie, but not so much from Bush. In doing so, they reveal the timelessness of Scottish poet James Thomson's keen observation, "Base Envy withers at another’s joy, And hates that excellence it cannot reach."
During Saturday's debate, Rubio should only rebut specific attacks, but conduct himself in a Presidential fashion. If Christie or Bush choose to make shrill attacks, they will only further close the door on their failing candidacies.
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