Christie Surge Could Sideline Rubio

Josh Kraushaar: “All told, many party op­er­at­ives fear that a Christie vic­tory—or strong second-place fin­ish in New Hamp­shire—would be a worst-case scen­ario for the GOP, side­lin­ing the es­tab­lish­ment’s best hope in Flor­ida Sen. Marco Ru­bio, and po­ten­tially split­ting the cen­ter-right wing of the party in­def­in­itely.”