Luntz: Going After Rubio Was a ‘Big Mistake’ for Jeb

KING: “What did your group say about the exchange between Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush?”

LUNTZ: “Big mistake for Jeb Bush. And I don’t understand why the candidate with one of the highest unfavorability ratings would go after the candidate with one of the highest favorability ratings. They thought that Jeb Bush was doing the job of the moderators, they thought that was an unfair attack. It almost sounded like the Democrats have been invited into the debate. And Rubio had an answer for him, challenged him. Never try to kill the king — never try to go after the king, unless you can kill him. Jeb Bush is weaker today because of it. And I’ve heard last night, based on responses I was getting, personal responses that there is some big Bush fund-raisers who are now looking to move over to Rubio.”

O’DONNELL: “All right. Frank Luntz, thank you.”