CARTOON: “The Incredible Shrinking Rubio”

From cartoonist Clay Jones on “The Incredible Shrinking Rubio,” Marco Rubio losing to someone who isn’t even running, and great deals on heels

You’re not going to get much of a column today. I have a tiny cold, and it’s really hard to care about much when you feel like giant rat turds. At one point, I actually drooled on the drawing paper for this cartoon. As bad as I feel, I’m sure Marco Rubio feels worse.

Marco had a bad night. Correction: Marco had another bad night. The only primaries he’s won has been Minnesota and Puerto Rico. He didn’t just lose on Tuesday night. He lost big. There were four states holding Republican primaries which included Michigan, Idaho, Hawaii, and Mississippi (where my career started) where Rubio was coming in fifth behind Ben Carson, who’s not even in the race anymore. Rubio came in fourth in Michigan and Mississippi. At this writing, Hawaii’s returns haven’t come in yet, but you really don’t want to be clinging all your hopes on Hawaii (where my career went after Mississippi).

Next Tuesday, the race goes to Ohio and Florida. Rubio should be fighting for Ohio since he’s been endorsed by almost every establishment figure in the party. Instead, he’s fighting desperately for his home state of Florida. That tells us a lot about his tenure as Florida’s senator since the voters of that state aren’t impressed enough by his service to give him more votes than Donald Trump. If Florida, who knows him, doesn’t want him, then why should the rest of the country? Quite frankly, can anyone name an accomplishment of Rubio’s … other than finding great deals on heels?

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