She expects Bush to do well in New Hampshire, where he has “a well-organized, well-disciplined team”, and then move on to SC and Nevada.
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Uncertainties are mounting in New Hampshire as Republican presidential candidates fail to sway the state’s many fence-sitters one way or the other, despite months of outreach by the various campaigns. “I’m just a governor of OH, so this is a place we thought we could really gain traction, and we are”.
Campaigning at an Elks Lodge in Salem, New Hampshire, Kasich said cutting regulations that kill small businesses would be a priority of his first 100 days.
The Cruz campaign, meanwhile, apologized Tuesday afternoon to Ben Carson for spreading rumors at caucus sites in Iowa that the retired neurosurgeon was quitting the race.
On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton only barely escaped a second straight embarrassment at the hands of an upstart movement candidate by effectively tying with Vermont Sen.
Chris Christie is largely looking past Monday’s Iowa caucuses, where he barely registers in preference polls, to New Hampshire, where he’s staked his flag in the 2016 race for the Republican presidential nomination.
“We are running for President of the United States”, he stated.
Even if they fall short in New Hampshire, they are increasingly banking on a big showing in SC to turn around a campaign that has underperformed so far.
Christie has focused much of his attention and resources on New Hampshire, and his advisers said they are confident that he will finish strong enough in the February 9 primary there.
Terry Miller, of TM Strategic Consulting and a former Lee County Republican Party chairman, said he was not surprised at the night’s results because they bore out his conclusions about polling.
Donald Trump’s voice is hoarse but he still has lots to say.
One bright spot Tuesday evening was the number of newly registered Republicans the event attracted, Jordan said.
The Republican candidate held his 88th town hall event in the state in Portsmouth.
The plan is to leave Iowa on Monday night in hopes of getting ahead of a winter storm.
The Florida senator’s solid showing increases pressure on other establishment Republicans to deliver victories here or be forced to rally around Rubio’s candidacy in an effort to thwart Cruz and Trump – who have earned the enmity of party stalwarts.
Nearly 4 in 10 say the most important quality in a candidate is someone who shares their values.
“I hope we’ve learned from that lesson that we need someone with proven leadership skills to disrupt the order in Washington, D.C.”, Bush said.
A CNN/WMUR poll released Sunday found Sanders leading Clinton 57% to 34%. First, he would have to run an outstanding campaign, galvanize a large turnout among white voters and win the majority of that group. The other candidates will still be pressed to internalize the lessons offered by Trump’s candidacy. Ted Cruz is “a talented guy”.
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Christie has been hit by a super political action committee backing U.S. Sen. He also poked fun at Cruz, whom Branstad recently said needed to be defeated because of his opposition to federal ethanol mandates that benefit Iowa farmers. Those, primarily focused on deriding Rubio as an inexperienced first term senator, included calling Rubio “Barack Obama with a Republican pedigree” in an interview with CNN on Saturday.
