“But I don’t want his endorsement”.
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Six weeks from Election Day, and with advance voting already underway, the opening debate is one of the few opportunities left for the candidates to motivate supporters and sway a narrow band of undecided voters. Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton remain locked in a tight race as both struggle to unite their party’s behind them.
I’ve made this decision for two reasons. “I think it would be great to keep that conversation going and have Hillary Clinton on campus”. In a speech at the Republican convention in July, Cruz pointedly refused to endorse the GOP nominee, drawing boos from the pro-Trump crowd.
“Second, even though I have had areas of significant disagreement with our nominee, by any measure Hillary Clinton is wholly unacceptable – that’s why I have always been * a class=”_58cn” href=”https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/neverhillary?source=feed_text&story_id=10154476728267464″ data-ft=”{“tn”:”*N”,”type”:104}” *#NeverHillary.
America’s first black President took issue with the Republican nominee’s suggestion this week that “African-American communities are absolutely in the worst shape than they’ve ever been in before, ever, ever, ever”.
Dismissing Mr Cruz’s early overtures, Mr Trump had attacked the Texas senator, dubbing him “Lyin’ Ted” and suggesting he was not eligible to be president because he was born in Canada.
The idea is that watching people react to Trump helps voters see themselves in those individuals’ shoes, a Clinton campaign official said. “However, Ted Cruz’s approach was also based on political calculation”.
Also, many on Wall Street worry about the uncertainty of what Trump would do as president, as well as his sometimes contradictory proposals at odds with mainstream Republicans, such as his protectionist stance on worldwide trade.
An Associated Press/GfK survey conducted last week showed Clinton with 48 percent of likely voters under 30, while Trump had 27 percent, Libertarian Gary Johnson had 14 percent and Green Party candidate Jill Stein 3 percent.
Kaine said he was “not completely surprised” that Cruz endorsed the Republican presidential candidate Friday after several months of holding out.
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And Americans are much more likely to say they trust Clinton than Trump to do a better job handling the USA image overseas. The “prebuttal” cites media accounts pointing to the many, many incidences where Trump’s remarks have fallen short of any recognizable version of reality. Twenty-nine per cent of registered voters have a favourable and 27 per cent have an unfavourable opinion of Trump’s running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, with 44 per cent saying they don’t know enough about him to say. Their public stance would only embolden and perhaps strengthen Trump. They are also similar in age to many Trump backers: some 54 percent are at least 55 years old. “And once you win the Republican primary statewide in Texas, you’re a virtual lock in November, so he will have effectively, by his endorsement today, enhanced his odds of obtaining re-election in 2018 to somewhere in the 90-95 percent range”. Trump said Perry would do well, though Trump said he didn’t know whether Perry would run. Kelly Ayotte, have taken similar positions. Hillary Clinton needs a moment to connect with Americans who question whether she can be trusted.
