Amid attendance attacks, Rubio focuses on Iowa

It’s doubtful Rubio will be voting at a better clip as the campaign moves into the primary stage.

Although there are other presidential candidates, such as former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, and Florida Sen. “I’m not running against them, I’m running for president”, Rubio said Wednesday on Fox News’ “Fox and Friends”.

Rivals have tried to make an issue of Rubio’s attendance in the Senate.

“What’s happening, unfortunately, I think with some of these folks that you’ve mentioned, they’re growing increasingly desperate and increasingly nasty and that’s OK”. His unflashy campaign operates under the assumption that as other establishment-friendly options like Jeb Bush fade away, Rubio will become the natural destination for the politicians, donors, commentators, and activists who have helped choose the past several nominees.

“Dude, show up to work and vote… and if you don’t want to, then quit”, Christie huffed at a campaign stop in Iowa, picking up an attack that Trump also has used.

– Attorney General Ken Paxton, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz and teams from FEMA are in North Texas Wednesday touring the areas hardest hit by a deadly EF-4 tornado. “And I asked people there what’s the difference between regulators and locusts”, Cruz said.

Right to Rise PAC, a super-political action committee supporting Rubio’s one-time political mentor, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, released an ad that it intends to air in Iowa, a state where Bush isn’t making a strong push but Rubio is. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) in Iowa. There, the presidential candidate said it was important to rally conservatives, including evangelicals, who are anxious about America.

While supporters say Rubio just needs to stay in the top cluster in the first few states, some see his approach as risky.

Cruz must first win the Republican nomination and faces an upward battle to displace presidential candidate Donald Trump as the current Republican front-runner. “And if I’m elected president, under no circumstances will a nation lead by a theocratic zealot who leads chants of “Death to America” be allowed to acquire the weapons that could murder millions of Americans”, he said. After Boehner was hounded into resigning by an ultra-conservative insurgency, some Republicans called on Gowdy to take over in order to unite the party. Haley, who has been mentioned as a possible vice-presidential candidate, would likely make an endorsement closer to the state’s primary if she were to do so, her office has said.