Both results shocked the party establishments, virtually guaranteeing bitter and drawn-out races to the Democratic and Republican nominations.
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All signs now point to a drawn-out battle in the state-by-state contests following billionaire businessman Mr Trump’s resounding victory in New Hampshire.
“They are throwing everything at me except the kitchen sink and I have the feeling that the kitchen sink is coming pretty soon as well”, he said.
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders take part in a Democratic candidates debate in January. “If you campaign against Donald saying, ‘Hey, I’m more liberal than you”. After the Nevada caucus and SC primary this month, the Super Tuesday contests of March 1 tend to reward candidates who come armed with the conventional weaponry of political campaigns, rather than Mr. Trump’s unorthodox style.
The Ohio governor – and former congressman – on Wednesday defended his foreign policy experience at an appearance in SC, citing his long tenure on the House Armed Services Committee.
South Carolina, meet nice guy John Kasich.
“That’s the thing Bernie Sanders and myself have in common”.
Seeking to bolster his credentials among the black voters who could decide those duels, he met rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton in NY on Wednesday.
Over at Trump headquarters, the crowd chanted “U-S-A, U-S-A”.
“We love God, we’re gun owners, military veterans and we’re fed up with what’s happening in Washington”, he said. Democrats will vote in SC on February 27.
For some Republican leaders, back-to-back victories by Trump and Cruz, an uncompromising conservative, add urgency to the need to coalesce around a more mainstream candidate to challenge them through the primaries. Trump was enrolled as a Democrat from 2001 to 2009, while Sanders is the longest-serving independent in US Congressional history and only joined the Democrats past year.
Republican officials have already had early discussions about such a July scenario, which could be triggered if no candidate secures a majority of delegates by convention time.
After a drubbing [in New Hampshire] so serious as to call into question every aspect of her campaign from her data operation to her message, the wounded front-runner and her allies are actively preparing to retool their campaign, according to Clinton allies. With a minimal SC operation compared to his rivals, Mr Kasich must work quickly. At his first rally after arriving here, he boasted of having almost 10,000 volunteers in SC, a reprise of the intensive field organization that won him Iowa. The governor also appears to have knocked Rubio from the slot of establishment favorite, after his withering criticism of the senator during Saturday night’s Republican debate.
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Though he was placed fourth on Tuesday, Mr Bush was hoping that Mr Rubio’s slump would forestall his own removal from the race.
