Florida Sen. Marco Rubio would be acceptable as president, but Texas Sen. Ted Cruz or businessman Donald Trump would do a far better job of changing the culture in Washington, Citizens United President David Bossie tells
Newsmax TV.
"I've known Marco since before he got elected to the United States Senate, so I don't hold him out as a liberal," Bossie told "The Hard Line" host Ed Berliner on Wednesday. "I hold him out as somebody who is coalescing the establishment around him, or at least attempting to right now coming out of a third-place finish in Iowa."
Rubio finished third in Iowa to Cruz and Trump, whom Bossie described as "change agents."
"Those are the two candidates who are most likely to do very well in New Hampshire and again in South Carolina," he said. "I'm looking forward to one of them being the nominee because that's the change agent we need."
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Rubio wouldn't be as bad as those in the "Washington cartel" who don't listen to what the American people want but instead benefit their "crony friends," Bossie said.
"Don't get me wrong. He will not be terrible, but will he be an active change agent?" Bossie said of Rubio.
Rubio's unexpectedly good showing in Iowa will position him to do well in New Hampshire and South Carolina, but New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Ohio Gov. John Kasich and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will split the vote among the establishment wing of the party, and will keep Rubio from rising above Cruz or Trump, Bossie said.
That, he said, is a "good thing for conservatism."
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