Here's the thing about Rubio picking off Minnesota.

[KamaAina]

They already have experience with "Drumpf Lite" -- Jesse "The Body" Ventura -- and they consigned Drumpf to third, behind Cruz. That ought to tell you something.

[femmocrat]

1. I was kind of happy to see Rubio live to see another day.

I must admit I have enjoyed his attacks on drumpf.

[joeybee12]

2. Did you see that Jesse said he couldn't decide between tRump and Bernie?

Yeesh! Two ends of the spectrum!

[Johonny]

3. Not Trump is currently winning the delegate count. The winner takes all states are must wins

for Trump to take nomination at this point.

[Agnosticsherbet]

4. That result surprised me. It keeps him in the race, and keeps the big money pushing him

as the anti-Trump.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. I don't think that's it.

Ventura is an egotistical goofball, but as governor he was nothing like Trump. He's pretty much a garden-variety center-left-libertarian who did and said some stupid things - but he's never been a hater. During the time he was governor I don't remember him ever saying anything racist or anti-immigrant; he doesn't have Trump's fascist tendencies. The only similarity that I can think of was his tendency to desire the spotlight and to become irritated at criticism from the press; Jesse was thin-skinned and had a war going with the local media. Otherwise they are very different characters.

I have no idea why Minnesota GOPers went for Rubio over Trump but I doubt it had anything to do with Weird Jesse. Maybe they aren't quite as hateful, overall, as GOPers elsewhere.