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Politics Unpacked

Is Marco Rubio the only Republican hope?

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2016

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Host Matt Chorley is joined by Chief Leader writer Giles Whittell and columnists Jenni Russell and Phil Collins. Giles Whittell:Hillary Clinton is going to be the next president of the United States. Of course a lot of people are going to spend a lot of time analysing this [Tuesday] morning's Iowa caucus results, but the facts are these: Trump and Cruz are unelectable in a national race. Only one mainstream Republican has a chance of squeezing past them. That is Marco Rubio. He has already torpedoed his image with Latinos by betraying them on immigration reform. Bernie Sanders is a socialist. Hillary beats Bernie, and then beats whoever the GOP puts up. Simple.Jenni Russell:Is David Cameron simply the luckiest prime minister ever, or is there an element of skill in his performance which we rarely credit? He beat the SNP and crushed the LibDems. Now Labour is distracted and divided and even the Eurosceptic threat is evaporating as they are consumed by vicious internal fights. With no coherent...

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Welcome to the Opinion podcast from The Times. I'm Matt Chorley. On this week's panel we've got colonists Phil Collins and Jenny Russell and chief leader

1:00.2

writer Giles Patel. Here is what we're talking about this week.

1:04.3

Hillary Clinton is going to be the next President of the United States.

1:08.2

Of course, a lot of people are going to spend a lot of time analyzing the Iowa

1:12.0

caucus results, but the facts are these. Trump and

1:15.5

crews are unelectable in a national race only one mainstream Republican has a

1:19.7

chance of squeezing past them. That is Marco Rubio. He has already torpedoed his

1:24.7

image with Latinos by betraying them on immigration reform. Bernie Sanders is a

1:29.1

socialist. So Hillary beats Bernie and then beats whoever the Republican Party puts up.

1:34.5

Simple as that.

1:35.3

Is David Cameron simply the luckiest Prime Minister ever?

1:38.9

Or is there an element of skill in his performance which we rarely credit?

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