It was clear to everyone who watched the GOP presidential debate in Houston, Texas that both Senators Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio landed significant blows to frontrunner Donald Trump.
Especially Rubio, who took the billionaire businessman to task on the failed Trump University, and the settled lawsuit against him for apparently hiring illegal Polish workers during the construction of Trump Tower.Trump countered Rubio by reminding everyone how terrible he did when he tangled with Chris Christie a couple of debates back, but Rubio’s smack down of Trump in Houston gave Christie’s gutting of Rubio a run for its dinero.
Here is what The Washington Post wrote about Trump University:
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Oh, and being the litigator that his is, Cruz pointed out that Trump could very well be called as a witness in an ongoing lawsuit regarding Trump University.
That would not be good.The best line of the night was delivered by Rubio when he was accusing Trump for lying about hiring those polish workers 38 years ago.
“I guess there’s a statute of limitation on lies.”-Senator Marco Rubio
But with this all said, and with Rubio clearly coming out on top as the winner of the debate because of those relentless digs against Trump, the latest polls in Florida show that Trump is trouncing Rubio in his home state.
The latest Quinnipiac University poll has Trump leading Rubio 44-28. Another poll conducted by Associated Industries of Florida shows Trump still leading Rubio, but only by 7 points.
Both Rubio and Cruz are banking on winning their homes states, but either of them loses home field advantage, it’s over for them.Next weeks Super Tuesday elections could give Trump an insurmountable lead over the arroz con pollo dynamic duo of Rubio and Cruz, as his pre-debate momentum appears unstoppable.
March 15 is Ohio’s and Florida’s winner take all primaries. If Trump wins either one, or both of those states, then it is really over.