Podhoretz: If Rubio’s Claim Is ‘Electability,’ He ‘Has To Explain Why Trump Is Unelectable’

‘You have to say this country doesn’t need a jerk’

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SCARBOROUGH: "It is absolutely mind boggling to me that you get two guys that are stuck in the 20s, that are always fighting each other for second place, another guy approaching 50 percent and they keep hammering each other and not touching the guy that's approaching 50 percent." 
PODHORETZ: "Yeah. The logic is even crazier if you look at it this way, which is let's say that we're going forward, there were another 12 primaries next week, another eight primaries after that in the coming -- in the coming two weeks and the polling was showing that it was all up in the air, right? So you could say, okay, they can play delegate game. You know, Rubio wins half the delegates of trump in Nevada and do this and do that, but that's not what's happening. Trump's ahead almost everywhere, which means if he keeps winning then his winning -- the likelihood of him winning elsewhere increases. It makes him more thinkable as a candidate and so the logic of their strategy has been blown out of the water for probably a week. And not just that, by the way, because Rubio's claim is electability, he has to make the argument that Trump is unelectable. It is not simply the case that the public is supposed to bring to the table, the Republican electorate to the table, that Trump is unelectable. You have to explain why Trump is unelectable. You have to say this country doesn't need a jerk. The way he's talked about women and the things he's done for women will make it impossible for Republicans to get female votes. You have to talk about what sorts of things trump is doing --"
BRZEZINSKI: "But he can't do that, John, because the hammer comes down and he won't get his vp spot." 
PODHORETZ: "If he's too scared of the hammer, if he's worried he's the man with the hammer, you might as well quit now." 

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