When it comes to playing ‘dominance politics‘, it is all about showing, not saying. And boy did Chris Christie ever show it with his surgical disembowelment of Marco Rubio on Saturday night. (He removed so many of Rubio’s organs that it almost turns into an issue of co-pays and insurance coverage.) But I wanted to flag the Trumpesque, tough guy language he used the next day on CNN’s Sunday show … (emphasis added)
Mr. Trump has been where he’s been in New Hampshire and been fairly steady there. The fact is that Senator Rubio is unprepared to be president of the United States. Now, there could be a time where I go after Mr. Trump as well. But, you know, those are decisions for me to make. As I said to — to someone recently, I said, you know, I engage at a time of my choosing. And that when I did it. And I chose last night to engage with Senator Rubio, because the stakes are so high here in New Hampshire. We cannot nominate what the Democrats did eight years ago, a first term senator unprepared for the world, unprepared for the race
