Super Tuesday ended Marco Rubio's campaign — despite supporters spending as much as $100 million on the Florida senator's effort to try to stop big winner Donald Trump, political consultant Roger Stone told
Newsmax TV.
"It's very clear, based on these results, that Marco Rubio is done," Stone told host J.D. Hayworth during an interview as part of Newsmax TV's Super Tuesday coverage. "The Koch brothers induced the billionaire hedge fund manager, Paul Singer, to put $25 million into Rubio and another $75 million into another stop-Trump campaign.
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"Those ads are very heavily on the air now, radio and television," Stone said. "He appears to have had no effect so far. Marco Rubio really has to win in Florida on March 15, his home state, or he is entirely done.
"The establishment now shifts to another game, stall Donald Trump short of the magic number to go over on the first ballot," Stone continued. "Mitt Romney can still get in the race and run in California, New Jersey, a few other late states in order to keep votes away from Donald Trump."
The former Massachusetts governor "has a ready-made organization," he added. "He has the ability to raise money instantly.
However, if John Kasich takes Ohio, his home state, especially since Ted Cruz won his own state, Texas, "it is possible for Donald Trump to still win most of the primaries with a plurality — but get to Cleveland short of the magic number," Stone said.
"That's when the party bosses go to work," he said. "It's not the situation you want to be in."
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