The Internet is a fickle place. For weeks, it lavished attention on the storyline that Jeb Bush was destined to play the role of chief antagonist to Donald Trump — Jeb would be Sherlock Holmes to Trump’s Professor Moriarty, bravely calling out Trump’s vile demagoguery and basking in accolades from it.

But Jeb’s efforts to challenge Trump failed to capture the imagination. Now, suddenly, the internet is abuzz with talk about how Marco Rubio is the one who is drawing blood from Trump, and talk of Rubio having a plausible shot at the nomination is on the rise.

The chatter about Rubio’s skillful engagement of Trump grew louder on twitter today when Trump, addressing the Values Voter Summit, called Rubio a “clown,” only to be met with loud booing.

“Tide turning?” tweeted National Journal’s Josh Kraushaar, as if to suggest that Rubio may have found the key to unlocking the forces that would finally bring down Trump.

Read the article “Has Rubio Figured Out How to Take on Trump?” on washingtonpost.com.