Republican George W. Bush on Monday will seek to give a fresh burst of enthusiasm to his brother Jeb Bush’s White House bid in SC, marking the former president’s first appearance on the 2016 campaign trail.
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And while he called on his party to unite behind his candidacy Thursday in South Carolina, Rubio seemed to offer a broad definition of “quickly”.
“This is a bit of a showdown now, not just for votes but for donors nationally”, said Republican strategist Bruce Haynes, a SC native and expert on presidential politics in the state. “The only place to go is to each other’s donors”. “They were learning from that experience”, he said. Below Trump, the “establishment lane” contenders – Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, John Kasich and Chris Christie – battled for plausibility, perhaps outright survival.Rubio’s bump from a solid third in Iowa dissipated before the first New Hampshire vote was cast after a struggling debate effort. Rubio and Bush twisting arms and making threats to flip Florida once the legal obligation to follow the primary results expires.
The Ohio governor has set his sights on later contests in Midwestern states.
The former HP executive promised to “continue to serve in order to restore citizen government to this great nation so that together we may fulfill our potential”, while New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie came in sixth place, reflecting that he had not “an ounce of regret” for the experience in New Hampshire.
He had been riding high after a better-than-expected third-place finish in the Iowa caucuses.
Several weeks ago in Iowa, Jeb Bush didn’t find any bargains, spending $5200 for each vote he received. On Wednesday his voice was heard on a radio ad in SC.
Let’s see how this premise worked out this week in New Hampshire. And a few days before the New Hampshire primary, Trump dropped an f-bomb on businesses that outsource jobs from the U.S.to overseas:”You can tell them to go [expletive] themselves”.
“In my mind, you learn from it, you take lessons, and you move on”.
I imagine he said this though clenched teeth while pounding his fists on the table repeatedly, causing a carafe of orange juice to spill onto his campaign manager’s lap, as he often gets visibly angry when attacking his opponents for being too negative.
Nearly all the Republicans have spent months building complex campaigns and blanketing airwaves in SC, which heralds the start of the GOP campaign’s foray into the South. After that primary on February 20, seven Southern states including Georgia and Virginia will anchor the Super Tuesday primaries on March 1, with oodles of delegates at stake.
“I am as conservative as anyone in this race. Of course I think I can compete”, Kasich said. “But I am the conservative that can unify this party”.
Rubio also targeted former Florida Governor Jeb Bush’s foreign policy credentials.
However, New Hampshire has completely changed this setup.
Over the course of the campaign Trump has used foul language on more than one occasion: In November, he said he would “knock the [expletive] out of ISIS”, the organization also known as Islamic State group. “But he has to beat Rubio”. At its press conference on Thursday, Representative John Lewis offered this withering assessment of Sanders’s role in the civil-rights movement: “I never saw him”.
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He accused the real estate mogul and reality TV star of being a divisive figure just like President Obama, and slammed him for declaring bankruptcy four times for his business.
