George Will on Marco Rubio: "Absolutely, He Will Win"

went absolute yeah absolutely Illinois against the popular governor of Florida safely the look look what that like with the local

caucuses are saying on their straw poll look at who votes and I off your clothes primary will

be the ideologically intense and Rubio will get you know the problem of the civil war metaphors that applies to equal armies contesting on the battlefield there is not a civil war in the Republican Party you have a dominant conservative wing that

liberal but he's a little red I that that is declining in influence and and and the and the ability of the of

the moderate side of the party I think to kind of shape the definition or the or the image of the party is very limited I think what you saw yeah

I agree with you New York fighters a conservative place you can't read too much into it but I think it is part of an overall continuum in which after

bush after McCain the conservative part of the parties and look we lost not because we were too moderate because we were not

because you are and you can sort of because we're too moderate and I think they will I think there's going to be a tight leash on Republican leaders in terms of how far they can deviate from

a small government a message when I got over the years independence are moving to the right groves Gallup

says the number of Americans who identify themselves as liberal is down here twenty those identifying as conservative Reverend are up