Though I did predict Rubio would edge him out.

on the Republican side. None. No insight. I can't put myself in their mindset.

Rubio has a plan- 3, 2, 1. Come in 3rd in Iowa, 2nd in New Hampshire and 1st in South Carolina. As more republicans dropout, I think he'll accrue a substantial chunk of that vote. The republican establishment is solidly behind him. They despise both Cruz and trump. His donations and SuperPacs will start raking it in.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/marco-rubio-iowa-caucuses-218596

Online here is what I consider bickering with people I mostly agree with.

Right after the Iowa Caucus results, the betting odds for Trump to win the nomination tanked, and Rubio shot up.

Really dramatic movement, basically they switched places, a 25% swing (or 50% swing total, 25% each in opposite directions) over the course of an hour or so.



http://predictwise.com/

But the Iowa shocker can change that. We'll have to see how the results of Iowa change the polling picture there.

which will knock each other off...

Look at his graph:

http://predictwise.com/

I lived most of my life in FL. That's why I thought it was so important to stop him when he ran for the senate in 2010. I knew he would become a national figure.

Trump will go after him and fail because in doing so it will look obvious and desperate.

Wow.

I am a huge sports fan.

You can see wild swings during a seven game series.

I havent paid him enough attention, I'm going to have to dig deeper and figure out what he's about.

caucuses, Presidents Santorum and Huckabee. Oh wait.

If he can win in New Hampshire in eight days Trump is back on track.

This was certainly a blow to Trump, but if he can win New Hampshire then that sets him up for a landslide win in South Carolina and it's off to the races.

It's not that he lost, anybody can lose, it's that his whole being is predicated on being a winner, or more accurately saying he's a winner.

He may stay in and only talk about what losers the Iowa voters are. Hopefully, the media will stop their Trump 24/7 coverage now.

I think it will depend on trumps ego and if he wants to play. Didn't see his speech last night, but heard he was fairly gracious. It's all surreal. I was actually rooting for a Republican - granted it was for any Rep to knock him down a bit yesterday.... but still!

I just couldn't miss Iowa. I'm going to avoid the news and stay away from the pre-NH warfare here, then come back for the show if I can.

Hope all is well in livetohike land!

You have been missed by many

As in, I would prefer a harder fight with Rubio than an easy fight with Cruz having a platform for his hate. It does its own damage.

I don't usually have reactions like that to people I haven't met.

Cruz. So I don't think you're really right.

If he was a stock he would be Enron circa 2001:

People despise Ted Cruz.

You could see the Bushies were Rubio people when Nicole Wallace was talking him up yesterday.

He's the guy.

That has to sting, even more than the Trump attacks.

hoping that Cruz can get the nomination if it isn't Trump.

Such a vacuous, sanctimonious, robotic little pile of programmed hate and cliches.

Ugggghhhhh...Next to him Cruze actually seems almost like a human being. (By comparison, only, of course)

Cruz has a really odd face with a weird nose. He looks kind of like The Joker. Up against Rubio, Cruz won't be as appealing. Rubio looks like a well mannered, young, Christian white man - just what the country needs, in their opinion.

Cruz is smarter than he looks and had a great ground game. I knew he would beat Trump. Rubio hits the sweet spot for many conservative but not completely batshit crazy voters. He is their best GE prospect. Trump's voters are all talk, his ground game blows and it showed.

I kinda called the Dem race too. The last two polls I saw, one was +3 Clinton, one was +3 Sanders. There could have been an upset either way, with Sanders coming on hard with new voters or Hillary's deep party support on the ground. But the polls themselves, I thought, well they cancel each other out, and both are inside the margin of error, so REALLY close race. And it was.