A new poll for CBS News found that Florida senator Marco Rubio bested Donald Trump in Saturday night’s GOP debate:
Immediately after Saturday night’s Republican debate, CBS News interviewed a nationally representative sample of debate watchers assembled by GfK’s Knowledge Panel who identified themselves as Republicans or independents. Thirty-two percent of these debate watchers say Marco Rubio won the debate, beating out Donald Trump (24 percent) and John Kasich (19 percent), who are ranked second and third, respectively. Further down on the list are Ted Cruz (12 percent), Ben Carson (8 percent), and Jeb Bush (5 percent).
As Michael Warren wrote last night, Rubio seemed to bounce back from his terrible New Hampshire debate performance.
