Trump is backed by 34% of those likely to vote in New Hampshire’s February 9 GOP primary, more than double his nearest contender, Cruz, who has 14% support. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., businessman Donald Trump, Sen. “Every time you are doing that it is telling conservatives all over the country where you stand and who stands with you”. John McCain, who has frequently clashed with Cruz on Capitol Hill, said questions regarding Cruz’s eligibility for the presidency given his Canadian birth – an issue Trump has raised on the trail – were legitimate.
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Former Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole is warning GOP voters that putting Texas Sen. Of those who watched 35% said Trump won the debate with 20% saying Cruz won the contest. The rest of the Republican field are stagnating with four percent or less. Ted Cruz is spending some of those precious finals days making a swing through New Hampshire. Those numbers of course could change if Cruz gets some wins and momentum and as a result, the establishment chose to attack Cruz with new vigor in hopes of denying him an Iowa victory.
With the Iowa caucuses less than two weeks away and the nation’s first primary in New Hampshire a week later, battles for the top slot in both parties are heating up.
Struggling to catch up to Iowa front-runners Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, Gov. Chris Christie’s presidential campaign today announced that the governor had secured the endorsement of former U.S. Sen.
“Donald seems to be a little rattled”, Cruz told reporters before a town hall in Washington, New Hampshire on Monday.
On Wednesday night, Cruz’s remarks appeared to be an attempt to help that process along, and to bolster skepticism among voters that any of the other candidates outside of Trump are viable.
“The imbalance in perceived personal qualities may give Cruz a higher ceiling, a key metric entering the home stretch”, Brown said.
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“I know I’m out there”, he said. Cruz’s campaign has been building a grassroots network and recently made a campaign swing through March 1 states, including Alabama, Georgia and Virginia.
