David Frum, Senior Editor for The Atlantic, gave a blow-by-blow account of Marco “Marcobot” Rubio’s performance from the most recent Republican debate held in New Hampshire – just days before the first-in-the-nation primary. His breakdown is a blistering 20-tweet review of the Senator, and suggests – early on – there are reasons why pols adhere to talking points:

2) But the normal reason to adhere to talking points is determination to advance a controlled message – and to avoid an unhelpful quotation

— David Frum (@davidfrum) February 7, 2016

You can read all the tweets in sequence over on Storify.