Here’s Marco Rubio’s effort to put the best spin on his repetitive statements in Saturday Night’s debate, in a fundraising e-mail hitting mailboxes this morning:

I went into Saturday night’s debate — like I’ve approached this whole election — with one clear goal: Make it about my vision for America, and the importance of undoing the damage President Obama has done to our country.
So I pointed out a few times that President Obama has been very deliberate about achieving his bad policies — they’re no accident; he’s really trying to change this country for the worse.
And then the media pounced. They know our campaign is building momentum, and they are desperate to defend Obama’s legacy.
They’re not going to succeed, of course, but I will need your help to fight back.
I don’t care how much it outrages the media, I’m going to keep saying it: Barack Obama is trying to change the United States of America.
This isn’t the first time the media has tried to distract people from the real stakes of this election — and criticism of their hero, President Obama. In the past, they’ve tried to make stories out of the fact that I once bought a boat, or got some traffic tickets once upon a time.
I know Americans want something different — they’re tired of President Obama’s attempts to make America more like other countries, they want a leader with new ideas, and they don’t want to hear about silly media narratives or petty attacks from my opponents.
If you agree, and you want to see this election be about real issues and ideas, rather than whatever narrative the media is trying to throw together to take me down, go here to make an immediate, secure donation to my campaign right now.
We can’t afford to let the media get away with this. This election is too important for that.
This election needs to be about who will be able to take back the White House for conservatives, and who has the ideas and the vision to build a New American Century. I know I’m that candidate.
And you know what? The media knows it too — that’s why they’re trying to make this election about something else, because they know I’ll be able to beat their candidate: Hillary Clinton.
I’m going stay focused on my 21st Century ideas for America. I hope you’ll support me right now as we head into the most intense stretch of this campaign yet.
The media isn’t going to stop going after me — and I’m not going to stop telling the truth about our President.
Sincerely,
Marco Rubio

If you’re a Rubio fan, this is relentless media hype, an effort to demonize Rubio for message discipline, and a total non-factor that won’t sway any voters. If you’re a Rubio foe, it’s an epic, instantly-memorable gaffe, one that will define him as a scripted, rehearsed “bubble boy” who can’t think on his feet. If you’re in between… it probably depends upon whether you think Rubio is right about Obama’s deliberate approach to the presidency — as Andy McCarthy and Jay Nordlinger argue below — and whether you think point needs to be repeated early and often.