“If Trump becomes the Republican nominee my expectation is that I’ll look for some 3rd candidate – a conservative option, a constitutionalist”, Sasse wrote on Twitter.
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However, as against Trump or Cruz, Rubio has bagged maximum number of endorsements from sitting Governors, Senators and Congressmen.
The New York Times reported Saturday Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said if Trump is the party’s nominee, “We’ll drop him like a hot rock” and encouraged vulnerable senators to run against him. “I’m representing a lot of anger out there”, he said on CNN.
“The governor is mistaken if he believes he can now count on my support, and I call on Christie’s donors and supporters to reject the Governor and Donald Trump outright”.
Trump, a part-time resident of Palm Beach, received 44%, well ahead of Rubio (28%), Cruz (12%), Kasich (7%), and Carson (4%).
Rubio, who has criticized Trump for resisting releasing his tax returns, had not released his own by Saturday afternoon.
Cruz said Trump “may well be unstoppable” if he “steam rolls” through Super Tuesday. Almost half say his campaign has been dirty – making him the only remaining GOP candidate whose campaign tactics are seen as negative.
Their back and forth came while voters went to the polls in South Carolina’s Democratic presidential primary between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, coming a week after South Carolina’s Republican primary.
Breakdown: Trump’s campaign doesn’t appear to have a presence in the state, but he does have the endorsement of ex-governor Sarah Palin. “We can not be a party that nominates someone who refuses to condemn white supremacists and the Ku Klux Klan”. Honesty is an even bigger concern when it comes to Hillary Clinton: though two-thirds of Democratic voters say Sanders is honest, just over a third of voters say the same for Clinton.
That realization spurred bitter clashes between Trump and Rubio on Friday and over the weekend and has Cruz also gunning for the billionaire. “I mean, this guy has not offered a single serious policy proposal, which is important if you want to be president of the United States….so I think there’s kind of a weird bias here in the media rooting for Donald Trump because they know he’s the easiest Republican to beat”.
In a sign of confidence, Trump plans to spend Tuesday campaigning in three states that won’t even be voting March 1: Ohio, Kentucky and Florida. “So as a result, that gives me some credibility to make recommendations and suggestions over time, when appropriate, for him to consider”, Christie said.
The contests on Tuesday, across 12 states, herald several weeks of nationwide skirmishes that will be decisive in determining who gets to face off for the White House in the fall. Kasich admitted Sunday on NBC that “if I don’t win OH, then, you know, ballgame over”.
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“We’re really winning with everybody and I am really thrilled by it. I think we’re going to do well on Tuesday”.
