“Jeb is only doing this because I committed to run as a Republican last night – so dishonorable”.
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“Leadership is not about attacking people and disparaging people, leadership is about creating a serious strategy to deal with the threat of our time”.
Cruz (Tex.) said at the debate that he has never supported legalization for undocumented immigrants and, “I do not intend to support legalization”, drawing a distinction with Rubio, who supports a path to citizenship.
Led by Family Research Council president Tony Perkins, about 50 evangelical leaders held a closed-door meeting at a hotel in Virginia earlier this month and selected Cruz to be their candidate after conducting several votes, the National Review reported.
“In this instance there are millions of peaceful Muslims across the world, like in India, where there is not the problems we are seeing in nations that are controlled by al-Qaida or ISIS”, he said.
Cruz told Baier that although he wanted his amendment to pass, it didn’t mean he “supported other aspects of the bill” and went on to defend his strict stance on immigration by referencing the support he has from Alabama Sen.
Neurosurgeon Ben Carson came in fifth at 7.7 percent, followed by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie at 6.1 percent, and the rest of the field registering less than 3 percent. My goodness, what we want in a leader is judgment, not someone who is so reckless as to stand on the stage and say, ‘Yes, I’m jumping up and down. Unfortunately, King Hussein died 16 years ago; his son, King Abdullah II, has ruled since then.
“If your eyes are glazing over like mine, this is what it’s like to be on the floor of the United States Senate”, Christie said of the bantering among Rubio, Cruz and Paul. He said that very simply because he has failed in this campaign.
THE FACTS: The Florida senator and many of his presidential rivals speak with one voice in saying the border must be brought under control before any leniency is granted to those in the county illegally. “Every parent is wondering, how do we keep our kids safe?”
But so far, there’s no evidence for that claim.
Donald Trump, left, and Sen. A few pundits tried to declare Rubio the victor.
Rubio has two events in Iowa Thursday.
RUBIO: Dana, may I interject here? He may have the (relative) youth of Barack Obama, but none of his stunning campaign organization.
MCCAMMON: Well, you know, we did see that sparring between Rubio and Cruz.
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Hispanic voters are important in the home states of the two senators and will be again in the general election. Rubio didn’t do much in the debate to move up into the top tier, unless GOP voters are itching for a Syrian ground war, which he promised.
