“Let me say something at the outset. The questions that have been asked so far in this debate illustrate why the American people don't trust the media. This is not a cage match. And, you look at the questions - "Donald Trump, are you a comic-book villain?" "Ben Carson, can you do math?" "John Kasich, will you insult two people over here?" "Marco Rubio, why don't you resign?" "Jeb Bush, why have your numbers fallen?" How about talking about the substantive issues the people care about?” PeopleLooksHas BeensTwoBookCareNumbersTalkingIssuesMediaTrumpLet MeMathDebateComicFallenInsultVillainComic BookCagesDon't TrustMarcosBen Carson Author:Ted Cruz
“Donald Trump lied about criticizing Mark Zuckerberg.Ben Carson lied about Mannatech.Carli Fiorina lied about the size of the tax code.Marco Rubio flatly refused to answer a question ("discredited attacks from Democrats") that I guess he didn't think he could just lie about. This is quite a debate.” ThinkingLyingAnswersTrumpTaxesMarkDemocratSizeDebateCodeCriticizeLiedMarcosZuckerbergBen Carson Author:Kevin Drum
“We don't know yet but so far the three candidates that have dealt with [Donald] Trump most adeptly are [Ted] Cruz, [Chris] Christie, and [Marco] Rubio. But they've all avoided him in one form or another.” KnowsFormThreeTrumpCandidatesAvoidedCruzMarcosChristie Author:Dalia Mogahed
“Marco Rubio calling [Donald] Trump`s ban all Muslims proposal, quote, "offensive and outlandish," it`s the same Rubio who was one upping Trump`s promise to shut down mosques. Mr. Rubio was saying he would shut down not just mosques but any place where Muslims might be radicalized - cafes, diners, any place.” MightTrumpCallingPromiseOffensiveProposalBansMosquesMarcosCafesDinersOutlandish Author:Rachel Maddow
“I think Steve King is absolutely wrong and I just hope that we can try to reach higher ground, because when you are spewing this kind of nonsense, things that Donald Trump says, Ben Carson says, but also [Marco] Rubio and [Ted] Cruz and even Jeb Bush have said.” ThinkingTryingKindSaidTrumpKingsHigherNonsenseCruzMarcosHigher GroundBen Carson Author:Steve King
“You have [Donald] Trump and [Ted] Cruz battling it out, and the moderate establishment candidates like Chris Christie or Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, John Kasich - they have formed a circular firing squad.” TrumpCandidatesEstablishmentModeratesFiringCruzMarcosSquadChristie Author:Mara Liasson
“We`re seeing something fairly remarkable happen on the political train. We`re seeing the Washington establishment abandoning Marco Rubio. I think they`ve made the determination that Marco can`t win. And they`re rushing to support Donald Trump.” ThinkingMadeHappensPoliticalWinningSupportSeeingTrumpDeterminationTrainRemarkableEstablishmentRushingCan't WinMarcos Author:Ted Cruz
“I`ve heard this theory that this is basically Jeb`s [Bush] people trying to get their supporters to basically put the stake in Marco Rubio because if people are talking about accepting [Donald] Trump over [Ted] Cruz, what they`re really saying is Marco Rubio`s no longer viable.” PeopleIfsTryingTalkingAcceptingHeardTheoryTrumpStakesSupporterCruzMarcos Author:Chris Hayes
“When people floated this idea that this was a conspiracy by the [Jeb] Bush campaign to undermine [Marco] Rubio, at first, it was like it`s too complicated, wheels within wheels but as I thought about it more I did buy that, that this is part of a campaign by Jeb to make it look like there`s no backup plan to Donald Trump, try to blow everything up and then all that will be left is Donald Trump and Jeb who nobody really likes but who has a ton of money and then he`s the only option left.” PeopleTryingFirstsLooksIdeasLeftPlansTrumpBlowComplicatedCampaignsLikesWheelsConspiracyMarcosBackupBackup Plan Author:Josh Barro
“There are kind of four people up at the top, [Donald] Trump,[Marco] Rubio,[Ted] Cruz,[Ben] Carson, and then there's me and about three governors. I'm perfectly happy with that position right now, honestly, because when I started this race, I was 17 out of 16. The pollsters didn't even ask my name, because so few people knew me.” PeopleKindThreeAsksNamesRaceFourPositionTrumpRight NowHonestlyGovernorsCruzMarcosBen Carson Author:Carly Fiorina
“I'm not going to impugn anyone's integrity. I'm not going to attack their character. And, in fact, I will happily praise both Donald Trump and Marco Rubio as men who I admire, as people who I'm not going to go personal with them.” PeopleMenCharacterFactsTrumpIntegrityPraiseAdmireMarcos Author:Ted Cruz
“Marco Rubio is a talented young man, but record trumps rhetoric.” MenYoungRecordsTrumpYoung ManRhetoricMarcos Author:Tom Ridge
“What we saw with both Donald Trump and Marco Rubio, that their response, whenever you point to anything in their record, is just to yell, "Liar, liar, liar," and to get very personal and to make direct character attacks. And my approach, from the very beginning of this President's campaign, starting a year ago in 2015, is that I will not respond in kind. I do not intend to insult any of the candidates.” YearsKindCharacterPresidentRecordsSawsTrumpApproachYears AgoDirectResponseStartingCampaignsCandidatesInsultLiarsMarcos Author:Ted Cruz
“I will sing their praises, I'll sing Donald's [Trump] praises and Marco's [Rubio] praises and everybody else's praises. But I'm going to keep the focus on substance and records. And there's a reason why they scream "Liar." Because when you point to their own records, their own voting records, their own words, they don't like their records because their records are inconsistent with what they're running on.” ReasonRunningRecordsFocusTrumpPraiseSubstanceReason WhyVotingLiarsScreamInconsistentMarcos Author:Ted Cruz
“I was then and am now very much a happy warrior, very much joyful. Not engaging in character attacks myself, just putting out, "Here are the facts, here are the evidence."And I noted, for example, that both of them [Marco Rubio and Donald Trump] were relying on fabrications.” CharacterFactsExampleTrumpEvidenceWarriorJoyfulEngagingMarcosFabrication Author:Ted Cruz
“It's really remarkable to see two candidates,[Donald] Trump and [Marco] Rubio, making things up and putting things out for which there is no evidence and no basis.” TwoTrumpEvidenceBasesCandidatesRemarkableMarcos Author:Ted Cruz
“The difference there is that the [Donald] Trump number on change is so much larger than the lead that the other two have in their lanes. And that's going to be the challenge for those other two going forward. The other challenge for Marco Rubio, and this assumption that you're just going to get all those Bush and Kasich voters.” TwoChallengesDifferencesNumbersTrumpAssumptionVotersLanesMarcos Author:Amy Walter
“Marco Rubio has felt the wrath of Chris Christie and proved that he has a glass jaw. And I think that the question is going to be could he withstand a similar barrage from Donald Trump, who is relentless in going after the people he thinks are a threat to him.” PeopleThinkingFeltTrumpThreatGlassesWrathRelentlessMarcosChristie Author:Joy-Ann Reid
“Donald Trump does represent a smashup of Washington D.C. He represents a total leveling of everything that people are angry about. And he has Ivanka [Trump]. And I must say, she was there last night, and she is the generational bridge that he needs, because Marco Rubio, the "children of Reagan" line is a good line.” PeopleNeedsChildrenDoeLastsNightLinesTrumpAngryBridgesLast NightMarcos Author:Hugh Hewitt
“The former secretary of State is the nominee. She is also the Willie Sutton of classified data. And there is going to be a long-term effort of Republicans, whether it's Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, or Ted Cruz, to paint her into the corner.” LongStatesTermEffortTrumpRepublicanPaintCornersFormerDataLong TermSecretaryCruzMarcos Author:Hugh Hewitt
“I think voters are very sophisticated, very strategic. They know that Hillary Clinton can be beaten. And so they will look at Donald Trump, and they will look at Marco Rubio, they will look at Ted Cruz, and maybe John Kasich and say, "Who can beat her? Who's the best matchup?"” ThinkingKnowsLooksTrumpBeatsClintonVotersSophisticatedBeatenStrategicCruzMarcos Author:Hugh Hewitt
“I think the establishment donor class has begun to crumble. They`re searching for [Marco] Rubio, trying to get some momentum there. But the establishment in terms of the official elected leadership of the Republican Party, when you look at [Kevin] McCarthy, they`re starting to wrap theirselves around the idea of [Donald] Trump, holding back on an endorsement.” ThinkingTryingLooksIdeasTermPartyClassTrumpRepublicanStartingOfficialsEstablishmentRepublican PartyWrapsMomentumKevinDonorsMarcosEndorsementsHolding Back Author:Ted Cruz
“[Donald] Trump faces the perhaps accumulation of all the wealth in the world on the head of [Marco] Rubio, because Rubio's the last gasp of hawks and establishment Republicans.” WorldLastsFacesWealthTrumpRepublicanEstablishmentAccumulationHawksMarcos Author:Chris Matthews
“I'm interested in - in that his power, if that is the word, is such that he has actually been able to be in a way a one-man wrecking crew in the area of deportment and how one proceeds politically on the stump. Marco Rubio is - is attempting, as you know, to a - to give [Donald] Trump a fight in Trump's own style. I'm not sure how that works, but - but certainly the indices are good.” IfsKnowsMenWayGivingAbleFightingStyleTrumpAreasNot SureOne ManCrewAttemptingMarcosStumps Author:Bernie Sanders
“You asked Marco Rubio if it was too little too late. I think there's a little bit of too much too late, which is, he is just getting down in the muck with Donald Trump. And when you get down in the muck, you get up with muck on you.” IfsThinkingLittlesBitsToo MuchTrumpLateLittle BitGet UpToo LateMarcos Author:Bernie Sanders
“It's not something where you can say, one time you said this and now you said this. That doesn't peel off any of his people. The only way that you can do it is by out alphaing [Doanld] Trump, and I think that's what Marco Rubio's attempting to do.” PeopleThinkingWaySaidCan DoTrumpOne TimeYou Can Do ItAttemptingMarcos Author:Bernie Sanders
“I think the way for [Marco] Rubio to say to [Donald] Trump supporters, hey, essentially he's conned you. He's a con man. That's what they do. You pour gold people.My goodness, that's not the way to bring them in.” PeopleThinkingMenWayTrumpGoodnessGoldHeySupporterOld PeopleMarcos Author:Bernie Sanders
“After a battle royale debate, the fight between [Marco]Rubio and [Donald]Trump gets ugly.” FightingTrumpBattleUglyDebateMarcos Author:Chris Hayes
“Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz did their best Donald Trump impersonation. All three unleashing an unprecedented string of insults and attacks fit more for a barroom than a presidential debate stage.” ThreeStageTrumpFitDebatePresidentialInsultStringsUnprecedentedCruzMarcosUnleashingPresidential Debate Author:Chris Hayes
“[Donald Trump twitts] "Lightweight Marco Rubio was working hard last night." This is true. "The problem is he's chalker and once a chalker, always a choker," I guess that's what he meant to say. He spelled choker, c-h-o-k-e-r.” HardProblemLastsNightTrumpLast NightMarcosChokers Author:Marco Rubio
“I think that [Chris] Christie`s endorsement is, you know, it`s a sign that - you know, he is who we thought he was in so many different respects. He`s someone who ambition is the only thing that I think is bigger than his appetite.I think in this case, it`s a situation where he saw the one guy who he thinks he can maybe get a cabinet post with if he wins in Donald Trump. I think, you know, he kind of went out the door doing a number of favors in beating up Marco Rubio the way he did.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayKindDifferentGuyWinningNumbersSituationCasesSawsDoorsTrumpAmbitionBiggerFavorsPostsAppetiteCabinetsMarcosEndorsementsChristie Author:Ben Domenech
“Marco [Rubio] made reference earlier to the litigation against Trump University. It's fraud case. I want you think about if this man is the nominee, having the Republican nominee on the stand in court being cross examined about whether he committed fraud. You don't think the mainstream media will go crazy on that?” IfsThinkingMenWantMadeCasesCrazyMediaTrumpRepublicanCrossesCourtUniversityCommittedFraudMainstreamI Want YouMarcosMainstream Media Author:Ted Cruz
“Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz opened up a new line of attack on Donald Trump, targeting his involvement in Trump University, a for-profit, non-licensed now defunct institution which triggered lawsuits from individuals who claimed they were defrauded by him, as well as a suit alleging fraud from New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman.” WellsIndividualLinesNew YorkTrumpInstitutionsUniversityProfitSuitsFraudInvolvementAttorneyEricCruzMarcosLawsuit Author:Chris Hayes
“We got the clearest picture of Donald Trump`s weaknesses and liabilities in a general election. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz finally gave up on trying to convince Republican primary voters that Trump is not a real conservative, attacks that have failed to resonate.” TryingRealTrumpRepublicanWeaknessElectionConservativePrimariesConvinceVotersGave UpLiabilityCruzMarcosGeneral Elections Author:Chris Hayes
“[Marco] Rubio, in particular, focused on something far more elemental. Trump`s character and record as a businessman, and in the process perhaps added a few chapters to the Democrat`s play book against [Donald] Trump.” BookPlayCharacterProcessRecordsParticularTrumpDemocratFocusedChaptersBusinessmanElementalsMarcos Author:Chris Hayes
“People are taking a closer look at Donald Trump. I think the best look they got was at the last debate. I think Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio prosecuted their case effectively. Donald doesn't have some great answers. When they talk, for instance, about immigration and releasing those tapes from The New York Times, we began talking about flexibility and immigration.” PeopleThinkingLooksLastsAnswersTalkingCasesNew YorkTrumpDebateImmigrationInstanceTapeFlexibilityNew York TimesCruzMarcos Author:Mitt Romney
“Donald Trump is not the real deal. I think as Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio made that very clear.” ThinkingMadeRealDealsClearTrumpCruzMarcos Author:Mitt Romney
“If you closed your eyes during that [Donald Trump] conference and you didn`t pay attention to who was saying those words, it could have been Jeb Bush saying those words last year, Jeb Bush. It could have been Marco Rubio saying those words last year during the primaries, because that`s the position of, well, those two Floridians, you know, no pathway to citizenship according to Jeb Bush, pathway to citizenship in the long term, according to Marco Rubio, but talking about the need to brush up on the border.” IfsKnowsNeedsYearsWellsLongHas BeensTwoEyeLastsTermPayAttentionTalkingPositionTrumpPrimariesPay AttentionBordersLong TermLast YearCitizenshipBrushesConferencesCould Have BeenPathwaysMarcos Author:Jose Diaz-Balart
“Has anyone asked Donald Trump recently like how exactly does his current position differ from [Marco] Rubio`s or even Jeb Bush`s?” DoePositionTrumpCurrentsMarcos Author:Michelle Goldberg