Marco Rubio (Lucy Gellman photo)
February 5, 2016 - Portsmouth, N.H. – “Talk to me,” an undecided New England Republican implored Marco Rubio, “about the war on drugs.”
In the process, he handed the ascendant Republican presidential candidate an opportunity to speak to New England moderates while holding on to his conservative base — the challenge that Rubio faces as he seeks to clear the field of party establishment-backed contenders in next Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary on the heels of a strong showing in this week’s Iowa caucuses.