It was the biggest stage Senator Marco Rubio had ever been on and he froze like a side of beef in a Kansas City meat locker. Following his surprising third place finish in Iowa and 5 days of ever rising poll numbers in the Granite State, Rubio had an opportunity to soar. Instead, he crashed and burned, leaving both his supporters and opponents wondering if he could recover. The probable beneficiary of Rubio's self inflicted wounds will be Ohio Governor John Kasich who very well might surge past Rubio to take second place on Tuesday. Kasich's poll numbers had been gradually rising the last six weeks to where his support is now in the low teens. His non-controversial debate performance didn't hurt his chances for second place. But it was the face off between New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Rubio and exposed the many flaws of the Florida Senator. Politico: Rubio awkwardly pivoted four times to a well-rehearsed line that President Barack Obama...(Read Full Post)