That Time When Marco and Teddy Made Fools of Themselves on the Way to Defeat

Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz are running around the country crowing about Donald Trump's tax returns, how he "might have mob ties," and all other sorts of madness. They are hoping to derail Donald Trump, something they thought they had done in the other night's debate- though it's now clear that no one was moved by that.

Let's be clear- Rubio and Cruz are losers. Let's be more clear- they're actually more extreme than Trump, even if they are more politically correct. Ted Cruz has actually had to campaign in his home state for their primary on Tuesday, a true embarrassment if I've ever seen one. Marco Rubio hasn't won anywhere yet, and isn't really favored to win anywhere either. A couple of key points here:

• Marco Rubio has made "victory" speeches in Iowa and South Carolina, states where he got a lower percentage of the vote than Bernie Sanders did last night in South Carolina, and Bernie had left the state already when the polls closed. Despite these pre-packaged, canned victory speeches that the Beltway Republican class then tries to artificially turn into momentum for their guy, he just doesn't sell. He wasn't very close to winning in Iowa, he finished third. He finished fifth in New Hampshire. He finished more than ten points behind in South Carolina, despite finishing second. He lost by over 20% in Nevada as well, also finishing second. He claims he is the strongest suited candidate to appeal to Hispanics and youth, and yet Trump crushed him in both in Nevada, the first state with a good percentage of both. Marco is just a bad candidate. 
• Ted Cruz did win Iowa, as he reminds us all. Since then, he hasn't been very good. He's finished third in New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Nevada. His share of the Evangelical vote has gone down in each state since Iowa. He has not a single endorsement from within the Republican conference of the U.S. Senate, and really no establishment support at all, despite being a sitting U.S. Senator. He hasn't defeated Marco Rubio in either of the last two states, which is closing in on a month ago. His one win, while convincing, was also aided by his campaign telling caucus goers that Ben Carson was dropping out. He couldn't even win that cleanly. His campaign is in disarray, firing his communications director. Again, he's had to campaign in Texas this week- his home state.

So as these two losers continue to campaign, I find them both rather sad and pathetic. If they are the "future" of the Republican Party, not having the White House for 12 years is the least of their worries. Beyond all of this, I'm amused by the Republicans who really want to nominate these guys. Rubio is picking up establishment support without a single victory, while saying things like how he wants a confrontation with the religion of Islam. He's just as nuts as Trump, if not more, and really wouldn't do much better in November. Same for Cruz. In fact, they are less dangerous to Democrats in the Fall, because they are both heavily scripted, career politicians, who won't fire up the GOP base the way that Trump does. In short, these guys should stop throwing wild accusations out, and perhaps step back and contemplate where they really are politically, because they aren't where they think they are.