Rubio's Persuasive Speech

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This was Rubio's second nonvictory moment: In Iowa, Rubio had finished third, yet it was in some ways declared a win, since he "overperformed expectations," as The Washington Post put it. A slew of media outlets concurred: Rubio was clearly the GOP candidate with the broadest appeal. New Hampshire had been a disaster, of course, but then Rubio rebounded – "Marcomentum!" Here at the podium beside him stood his three local surrogates, Rep. Trey Gowdy, who is white; Sen. Tim Scott, South Carolina's first African-American senator; and the state's popular Indian-American governor, Nikki Haley, one of the GOP's rising stars. Over the past two days, the three had barnstormed across the state with Rubio, providing a feel-good image of an inclusive