Tonight the GOP contenders for the White House will take the debate stage in Miami for the 12th time this election cycle as rumors swirl of Marco Rubio’s impending demise.
There’s plenty of dark chatter surrounding the Florida Senator, but the most interesting — at least for the next four days — is whether or not he’s going to stay in the race long enough to face the voters from his home state. Here are two scenarios:
Scenario A: Rubio stays in through Florida in hopes of a miracle victory which would deny Mr. Trump a swath of delegates. A likely scenario, but a win here for Rubio is seemingly more unlikely. Nate Silver, the arid political statistician of FiveThirtyEight.com, puts Rubio’s chances of winning the Sunshine State at 18%. Under this scenario, Rubio is hoping for a contested convention that needs him to be part of an anti-Trump unity ticket.
Scenario B: Rubio takes tonight’s debate stage tonight with one goal in mind: ‘Destroy the Donald’. After his sacrificial debate performance, Marco Rubio delicately bows out of the race to avoid embarassment on Tuesday and any potentially more devastating drama. He hops onto the the ‘Anyone but Trump’ train and hopes the eventual GOP nominee is someone that needs him as his running mate. This scenario has been suggested by some of Rubio’s donors, but often times donors aren’t briefed with the internal campaign strategy.
We don’t know exactly what’s going to happen, but we can promise you that it’s going to be just as hot and humid inside tonight’s debate as it will be outside in Miami.
What are your thoughts? Will Rubio drop out soon? Weigh-in in the comments section below.
AAN Staff
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