Senator Sanders is said to have a hometown advantage in New Hampshire, which neighbours his home state of Vermont.
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But because of a quirk in how the state party allocates delegates and how fractured the “establishment” field is, it could mean that an anti-Trump vote will actually be a vote for the NY billionaire. Ted Cruz of Texas and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.
The longstanding feud between real estate mogul Donald Trump and former Florida governor Jeb Bush has escalated to a particularly nasty level on the eve of the Republican presidential primary here in New Hampshire, as the two publicly traded insults Monday that were decidedly more personal than political.
“For those of you who are still deciding, still shopping, I hope I can close the deal”, she said at a campaign event in Manchester on Monday. If I’m wrong, and he dominates his opposition taking a larger than 35 percent vote share, watch for him to continue to win in the South.
The enmity was mutual.
During Trump’s interview on CBS This Morning, the incident came up when he was asked to respond to a video of Bush attacking him over his remarks about McCain, among other comments, and Trump accused Bush of mischaracterizing what he said.
Just last week in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Trump said USA companies that have relocated overseas can go “f*** themselves”, and that China is “ripping the s*** out of the sea”.
Ben Carson, third from left, speaks as Rand Paul, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush and John Kasich listen during a Republican presidential primary debate, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016, in Des Moines, Iowa. At Saturday’s debate, he slammed the senator for repeatedly reciting anti-Obama “talking points”.
Rubio insisted his repetitions were part of his plan.
“This is now crunch time!” “Hillary Clinton doesn’t want to run against me”, he said.
Sensing Mr Rubio’s vulnerability, almost everyone seemed to be on the attack. Kasich and Bush need the boost most. Christie and Bush both piled on Rubio, claiming he hadn’t been tested the way that governors have. On Monday, he chose instead to highlight his campaign’s stronger presence in upcoming primaries in SC and the Deep South, in an attempt to lower expectations on how he’ll do in New Hampshire. There is talk of a campaign shakeup after New Hampshire. The new numbers bring the Clinton’s race total to a historical $130 million, with Sanders at $105 million.
His mother, former first lady Barbara Bush, has been influential in his campaign thus far. “I’m not insane about what he says about women”. “What do I take a commercial for?”
Wary of upsetting a race trending his way, Mr Sanders stuck to core campaign themes as he addressed cheering supporters in Nashua.
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Lederman reported from Washington.
