Team Rubio Says He Doesn’t Need to Win Early

Palm Beach Post: “Rubio’s campaign says he’s competing to win in all four of the states that hold caucuses or primaries next month — Iowa (Feb. 1), New Hampshire (Feb. 9), South Carolina (Feb. 20) and Nevada (Feb. 23) — but doesn’t need a first-place finish in any of them to win the nomination.”

Said Rubio spokesman Alex Conant: “We compete to win everywhere. But in a field this big I think we’re going to be competing in March regardless of what happens in February.”

Stuart Rothenberg: “No Republican has been nominated for president since 1976 without winning either the Iowa caucuses or the New Hampshire primary.”