Rubio Tries to Recover After Robotic Debate

Sen. Marco Rubio “confronted what may have been the most challenging moment of his presidential campaign as he tried to put to rest questions about his sure-footedness as a candidate and readiness for the presidency,” the New York Times reports.

“As his rivals seized on images of the Florida senator mechanically repeating himself in Saturday night’s Republican debate, Mr. Rubio defiantly told voters here that he would continue hammering at President Obama’s leadership. It was a critique he made again and again during the debate, inviting vicious ridicule from Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey.”

“Yet other Republicans who have staked their candidacies on New Hampshire almost gleefully sought to capitalize on Mr. Rubio’s seeming malfunction in the debate.”