Heading into SC, where his team believes Bush family allies in the state could help him come out with a strong showing, the governor now says he has “reset his campaign” and is better prepared for the bloodbath that will likely ensue. George W. Bush, who is slated to campaign for his brother on Monday, left the White House in January 2009 with low approval ratings.
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“President Bush has been incredibly supportive of his brother’s campaign and Governor Bush is excited to have him out on the trail”, said Kristy Campbell, a spokeswoman with the Jeb Bush campaign, via email. “He is the most popular Republican alive”. “I don’t know what’s thinking”.
Clinton was scheduled to campaign in SC on Friday, after which, the two Democratic rivals were scheduled to attend a dinner event in Minnesota.
Why mess with what works? For variety, Trump is mixing in more rural rally sites, such as a Clemson livestock arena and a Walterboro farm.
The contest has in some respects been clarified into two parallel battles: between Mr Trump and Senator Ted Cruz, the anti-establishment duo, and among three establishment-friendly hopefuls.
Marco Rubio is unloading on almost all of his presidential rivals, Trump and Bush included, declaring them unprepared for the national security responsibilities of the job.
Also on stage Saturday will be Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon who has struggled to stay relevant in the debates as his standing in the race sharply slipped. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is performing worse than Bush is. His challenge now is to use the exposure of the debate to build a campaign in SC virtually from scratch and to emphasize a theme he previewed Friday: Building a political legacy should be based on implementing change, not “stopping stuff”. In March’s primary schedule alone, 58 per cent of the Republican Party’s delegate total will be at stake.
“You guys got room for one more?” Don’t be surprised if he drops out and endorses someone, possibly Jeb Bush, after SC.
Rubio’s poor performance has created a potential opening for Jeb Bush, who has declared that SC is where it all begins for him.
The robocalls were reported on Thursday by The Washington Post, which talked with voters about the calls that sounded at first like surveys and then grew sharply negative about Rubio, a Florida senator, and billionaire businessman Trump.
The picture looked rosy for U.S. Sen.
“We very easily could be looking at May – or the convention”, Sullivan said as Rubio’s charter jet traveled from New Hampshire to SC this week.
Carson had more individual donors than any active GOP candidate in the state a year ago.
The US senator from Texas, who won the Iowa caucuses last week and placed third Tuesday night in New Hampshire, wasted no time slinging mud against Trump as a fake conservative, as Cruz fights to be the evangelical and right-wing standardbearer for the 2016 Republican nomination.
While a pro-Kasich super PAC has opened six S.C. offices since the summer, his campaign has not had a large presence in the state.
Should Mr Trump win in SC, it could grow exceedingly hard for his rivals to slow his momentum as the race moves into conservative states across the south in the next few weeks.
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