It’s a question a lot of people are asking, most recently, a couple of Washington Post reporters, who add a little bit to a piece we published here at National Review a couple of weeks ago. Rubio’s critics, who include some of his own supporters, are making two claims: first, that his ground game in the early states is weak, and second, that he himself isn’t spending enough time pressing the flesh in places like Iowa and New Hampshire, where voters expect to meet their candidates in person — sometimes multiple times – before going to the polls.
