I've been saying from the beginning Rubio is a very mediocre candidate. The media just adores him because he's physically good looking, young, and has a charming sounding voice.
When you get past all the vanity...there really isn't much there to go on. But the media doesn't care and keeps lifting him up for even the most trivial accomplishments. They've been talking about a "surging Rubio" for months now even when he hasn't been.
I really hope this performance puts an end to the wet dream the Media has for this guy. He's mediocre at best....and a straight up amateur at worst.
Rubio has been surging in the polls, I don't know what news sources you use. He articulates his views very well too. You are free to disagree with them but saying there's nothing there just make you look stupid.
For now it looks like he's the most electable candidate because the presidency is won by bring in the middle, especially Republicans since they are outnumbered. You can always tell who's moving up in the polls by the left wing smear machine. It's going full steam on Rubio right now.
Rubio cannot speak impromptu at all. He gives out a quick 10 second hit job remark, and moves onto his now infamous 25 second canned speech. That's been his game from the beginning, now it's just being exposed.
What makes this performance stand out so much is that it cements the image that he's been forming for months now...that he relies heavily on scripted speeches and that he can't think on his own two feet much at all. The water bottle gag and now this just heavily cement the "amateur" image he's created. Even if he is the nominee you can be guaranteed the Dems will be playing "MarcoBot" ads against him like crazy, and they'll be very effective.
Rubio surged a bit from Iowa last week, which I expect now will be short lived. Other than that he's just been stagnant for most of the past 4 months. He's surge from Iowa is probably the result of the establishment votes coalescing around him.