That was before Saturday night’s Republican presidential debate, in which New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie delivered blistering attacks on Rubio.
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“In the 21st Century it’s become harder than ever to instill in your children the values they teach in our homes and in our church, instead of the values they try to ram down our throats in the movies, in music, in popular culture”, he said, without missing a beat. “I think after last night, that’s over”.
MI voters will head to the polls on March 8, one week after Super Tuesday.
After finishing behind Cruz in Iowa, Trump has spent the past week stepping up more traditional campaign activities.
White House hopefuls Donald Trump and Jeb Bush opened political hostilities on Monday as Republican and Democratic candidates stormed across New Hampshire in a final flurry of events before the state’s crucial first-in-the-nation primary.
The poll shows that only 46 percent of likely Republican voters have definitely decided who they will vote for, while 24 percent are leaning toward a candidate and 31 percent are still trying to decide.
Mr Rubio’s tough moments may breathe new life into the campaigns of Mr Christie, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and Ohio Governor John Kasich, three experienced politicians who, like Mr Rubio, represent establishment Republicans. The Monmouth survey indicated that just 9 percent of N.H. Republican voters are undecided.
Asked whether his father’s confidence had been shaken at all by his second-place finish in Iowa, Donald Jr. described his dad as a man with plenty of fight left. Rival campaigns conceded privately in the days leading up to the debate that he was pulling away from the governors.
The results on the GOP side were broadly in line with averages of recent polling in New Hampshire, with Bush and Kasich doing a little better they perform in the averages and Rubio doing a little worse.
“She was our secretary of state for four years, that gives her a lot of experience”, Sanders said.
However Mr. Rubio did not backtrack Sunday. “Change the country, not fix it”.
“We’re going to continue to attack Barack Obama’s record over and over and over again”, Harris said.
Google also polled throughout the debate on who members of the public thought was winning. “I think he tried to be too much of an entertainer”, Alderman said. The fundraising numbers were unverifiable.
“This is incredible”, he said to the crowd. “I want to just tell you right now, ma’am, you’re reprimanded, O.K.?”
“It’s fine”, Trump said of waterboarding. There is a three-way tie for last place between Jeb Bush, Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ), and Carly Fiorina, who grabbed 3 percent each.
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But when Rubio appeared on ABC’s “This Week” with George Stephanopoulos, he defended his debate performance and touted it as a success after Stephanopoulos played a video clip of Rubio’s repetitions put together for him.
