Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders won the Democratic primary in New Hampshire yesterday easily defeating former secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton to become the first Jewish candidate ever to win a presidential contest.
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) is starting to more aggressively attack business mogul and Republican front-runner Donald Trump on the presidential campaign trail.
The former Hewlett-Packard executive announced the decision on Facebook Wednesday after finishing seventh in New Hampshire’s primary.
No candidate who came out of Iowa with a boost got much of anywhere in New Hampshire.
Cruz expects that this narrowed field will be a benefit to him.
Jeb Bush’s campaign is hopeful that his big brother can help win over skeptics in a race where insurgent candidates have grabbed the most attention. Trump went on to win the state’s primary the next day, ahead of the third-place Cruz by a 3-to-1 margin. “I don’t think we have the luxury any longer to basically say look, ‘I don’t want to argue with Republicans”.
Rubio peaked at around 16.5% in the polls, and finished with about 11%, in a virtual tie with Jeb Bush.
“He will obviously need to do well in SC or he will have a hard time continuing on”, said Steve Duprey, a Republican national committeeman from New Hampshire. Marco Rubio is the pink or purple line that was rising rapidly, then took a fall beginning Saturday night.
Rubio should return to the fluid but disciplined style that worked well for him in the first seven debates, said Tom Rooney, a Florida congressman and Rubio confidant.
For Clinton, it’s a shocking loss because New Hampshire, where she lost by 20 percent has traditionally been very supportive of the Clintons.
Tuesday night, Christie told supporters he was heading home to New Jersey to “take a deep breath”, await the final tally of results from New Hampshire and decide what to do next. The New Jersey governor had pinned most of his hopes on New Hampshire, but stepped up his Iowa efforts late in the campaign.
U.S. Republican presidential candidate and Ohio Governor John Kasich talks with his wife Karen outside a polling place at Broad Street Elementary School in Nashua, New Hampshire, February 9, 2016.
The radio ad is already airing in SC.
While issues vary by party representatives say voters are listening for solutions to South Carolinian problems. Spokesman Justin Barasky responded in an e-mail that the group will defend Clinton from attacks by GOP candidates and ensure that “as many voters as possible know she’s the only candidate strong enough to beat the Republicans”.
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That’s what happened in 2012, when former House Speaker Newt Gingrich won the SC primary thanks to an aggressive debate performance two days earlier.
