For Marco Rubio, Bad Timing Was Great Timing | Washington Monthly

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : It's a stunning comeback for Rubio, a meteor in Florida politics until he crashed and burned after a close encounter with Donald Trump in the 2016 GOP presidential primary.
64% : He lost to Trump in 2016 but he's living his best life as Secretary of State, approved unanimously by his Senate colleagues.
51% : This wasn't an echo of Trump, who believes God saved him so he could be president again.
44% : But as Trump caught on, Rubio, elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010 as a Tea Party darling, was being cast as just another Washington pol sipping lattes with Chuck Schumer as they worked on, of all heresies, a bipartisan immigration bill.
36% : No, not Donald Trump giving three inaugural addresses -- the first semi-normal, although he forgot to put his hand on the Bible, perhaps noticing that it wasn't the King Trump version available for $59.99.
32% : Trump branded him with nicknames that stuck and taunts that got personal, like how sweaty Little Marco got when he was nervous.
25% : With Rubio's strong third-place finish in Iowa, he quickly moved to position himself as the candidate the GOP establishment could get behind to stop Trump.
24% : However, only Trump can do Trump; the type of attention he was getting was wrong, and it was too late.
17% : The worst losses are the ones we bring on ourselves, and Rubio's poor imitation of Trump was a doozy.

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