Triangulation
Marco Rubio Chooses Untravelled Road to Republican Nomination
Some strategists doubt it will get him there, questioning his lack of an early-state focus.
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U.S. Senator Marco Rubio returned to New Hampshire for a three-day swing on Monday with a lot of ground to make up before the first primary ballots of the Republican presidential race are cast. A promising young favorite of party elites, he faces concerns about the wisdom of his campaign strategy and lack of a clear path to the nomination.
The Floridian's strategy appears to involve unifying the GOP's establishment wing behind him and siphoning enough votes from his Senate colleague, Ted Cruz, to prevent the Texan from consolidating the party's conservative wing. That would enable Rubio, rather than Cruz, to emerge as the party's alternative to Donald Trump, the billionaire businessman who has been leading national polls since the summer.