POLITICO: … “He had a really bad debate performance last week,” Rubio told Kentucky Sports Radio. “He takes shots at everybody that gets anywhere close to him, in terms of a poll, or anytime he hits a rough spot that’s what he does.”
Hours later, Rubio made sure his criticisms were broadcast to a national audience during a Thursday interview on Fox News’ “The O’Reilly Factor.” Trump was supposed to be on the influential primetime show that night, but he was canceled in a dispute. Rubio jumped at the opportunity to take Trump’s spot and bash him…
For Rubio, it’s a gamble. It ends a long-term strategy of trying to ignore slugging it out with Trump. Rubio wants to avoid fighting on Trump’s terms. Rubio is a skill puncher. Trump’s a brawler. Polling in the middle of the pack, Rubio has been running a low-key campaign that has allowed him to pick friendly media outlets for interviews and has kept him largely out of the spotlight of a more critical mainstream media… (more)
