According to National Journal columnist Ron Fournier, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's campaign is "really worried about" the political threat posed by Sen. Marco Rubio, who announced his 2016 presidential candidacy Monday.
Appearing on Fox News' "Special Report" on Monday
Fournier also compared the Florida Republican to Bill Clinton, saying his talk about "building the bridge to the 21st century" was a lot like Clinton’s message in 1996.
The Clinton campaign "is really worried" about Rubio, Fournier said. "They really are."
Every time Rubio "said 'yesterday, yesterday, yesterday, past, past, past,'" in announcing his candidacy, "he may as well have said 'Clinton, Clinton Clinton, Bush, Bush, Bush,'' Fournier opined.
This language "was a not too subtle hit at Jeb Bush as well," Fournier said, agreeing that the approach was "very Clintonesque" — in this case referring to Bill Clinton.
As he prepared to launch his presidential campaign on Monday,
Politico reported that Rubio is regarded "as significantly more electable by early state insiders of both parties" than two other freshman Republican senators running for president: Ted Cruz and Rand Paul.
This week’s survey of "The POLITICO Caucus" — described by the website as "a bipartisan group of key activists, operatives and thought leaders in New Hampshire and Iowa" — found "that three in four Republicans think the Florida senator could defeat Hillary Clinton in a general election."
By contrast, just 6 percent thought Cruz could carry their state against Clinton in a general election, and only one-quarter thought Paul could.
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