RICK WILKING/REUTERS Donald Trump is accompanied by his pregnant daughter Ivanka as he addresses supporters in New Hampshire on Monday. Ted Cruz and former Florida governor Jeb Bush in a tight battle for second in New Hampshire and Christie a few points behind.
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But it was Marco Rubio who got all the buzz (and most of the bounce) from Iowa with his unexpectedly strong third place finish.
“We raised more money after this debate than any debate we’ve ever had and we’re excited about it”, Rubio said. “The memorized 25-second speech”. Marco Rubio of Florida when it comes to foreign policy.
New Hampshire is the neighbor to Vermont, and he maintains a solid double digit lead over Clinton heading into the Primary.
Donald Trump appears to hold an ample lead on the Republican side.
Energized by the last Republican presidential debate, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie dashed across New Hampshire Tuesday hoping to reshape the GOP race. In an interview with NBC on Monday, Rubio seemed to be giving up on his hope of becoming the clear establishment alternative to Trump and Cruz after New Hampshire, saying the race was going to go for a while longer. “If he were to somehow lose, or have a close race, that would hurt his position”.
Rubio and Cruz are neck-and-neck for second place.
Rubio needs a big win in New Hampshire to stay in contention here.
The sleeper favorite may be Kasich, who has been less ready to throw negative punches than Christie and Bush and thinks he could spring a surprise with a strong finish in the New Hampshire primary.
More significantly, Moore and Smith found that the candidates who camp out in the state are seldom the ones who win.
“America has a cancer and he is chemotherapy”, Jones said.
New Mexico’s primary election is not until June 7, well after the point when modern-day presidential nominating contests have typically been decided.
On the Democratic front, the Clinton campaign has been launching all-out attacks on her insurgent challenger, Senator Sanders.
“I have no idea what they’re talking about or who they are talking to”, Clinton said of the Politico report. But a big loss in New Hampshire to Sanders, an underdog candidate and self-described socialist, would be an embarrassment for Clinton.
Bernie Sanders is way up on Hillary Clinton, polls in the Democratic race show, though Clinton eked out a victory in Iowa.
“Young women are active, mad as hell about what’s happening to them”, Steinem wrote.
“We’re running a very radical campaign because we are telling the American people the truth and that’s something that is not often told in the political world”, Sanders said Monday as he urged supporters to help him pull out a win. But it has also left him more vulnerable to mood swings among the New Hampshire electorate. Hoping to avoid any last-minute misstep, he stuck to core campaign themes as he addressed cheering supporters in Nashua.
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Cruz came in with 12 percent support.
