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“Barack Obama Knows What He’s Doing. I Will Put A Stop to That.”

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Given the viable alternatives, Marco Rubio is probably the best shot the Republicans have of re-taking the White House. This could be problematic for Republicans in that he’s essentially a few gallons of stale air in a suit. The best you can say for Rubio’s catastrophic debating performance tonight is that, unlike Rick Perry, he at least was able to memorize his one talking point:

Marco Rubio went into repetition mode during Saturday night’s debate, going back to the same line over and over again to defend against comparisons to Barack Obama.

“Let’s dispel with this fiction that Barack Obama doesn’t know what he’s doing,” the Florida senator said. “He knows exactly what he’s doing. He’s trying to change this country.”

Rubio would go on to reiterate that argument, nearly word-for-word, several times over the course of a single exchange with Chris Christie, who said that Rubio’s inexperience mirrored Obama’s. “This notion that Barack Obama doesn’t know what he’s doing…” Rubio continued again before Christie interjected to accuse Rubio of being overly scripted.

The performance came after a week in which Christie insisted the senator is wedded to his talking points but can’t get beyond that, and the New Jersey governor pounded that point as the two argued.

“There it is, the memorized 25-second speech,” Christie said. “There it is, everyone.”

This has been Christie’s primary mode of attack against Rubio for a while. Indeed, people have made fun of him for being a mindless, robotic talking-point reciter for years. The fact that Rubio would fall into this trap anyway is pretty astounding. And if I was going to mindlessly repeat one talking point, I can’t see the value of this one.

Whether this will hurt Rubio much, I can’t say. But this could become a legendary debate disaster on a par with Perry’s, and given that his second-place standing in the New Hampshire polls isn’t exactly robust, this could be Excellent. News. for Trump and Cruz. It’s also Excellent. News. for the Democratic Party either way.

…Elias has more along similar lines.

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