Risch: Don’t quit on Rubio, yet

Just as I was ready to go “all in” for Sen. Marco Rubio … along came his awful debate performance in New Hampshire in which Rubio allowed himself to be Chris Christie’s punching bag. Rubio could have stopped Christie easily by reminding the audience that serving as governor of New Jersey is not the same as being president of the United States, and that foreign policy is not conducted out of Hoboken. Instead, Rubio allowed himself to be pushed around by a schoolyard bully with all of New Hampshire watching. He countered by repeating one of his 25-second Obama-bashing talking points four times, and made matters worse by continuing to use the line right up to voting day. Boring. If Rubio can’t defend himself, then how can he be expected to defend anyone else – or his country?/Chuck Malloy, Idaho Politics Weekly. More here.

Question: Did Rubio fatally wound himself in that infamous New Hampshire debate?