Rubio May Consolidate Support as Alternative to Cruz, Trump
- Third-place Iowa finish boosts senator as mainstream candidate
- Rubio could peel away support from Bush, Christie, Kasich
Upbeat Marco Rubio Says He’ll Unify Conservative Movement
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Florida Senator Marco Rubio’s third-place finish in the Iowa caucuses positions him as the mainstream Republican with the best chance of blunting the outsider campaigns of the candidates who finished ahead of him: Ted Cruz and Donald Trump.
Rubio, the 44-year-old son of Cuban immigrants, could peel away supporters of Jeb Bush, Chris Christie and John Kasich, the three other Republicans whose backing from newspapers, elected officials and financial firms gave them the imprimatur of the establishment.