UFC middleweight fighter Vitor Belfort poses with presidential candidate Ben Carson at the OTB Fight gym in Coconut Creek, Fla. Belfort is endorsing Carson.
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Or will Mr. Trump reserve his challenges to take down former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who has had a rough week retooling his campaign and trying to reassure donors he remains the establishment’s bet? CNBC’s full coverage begins at 5 p.m. EDT. With 10 candidates on the stage for two hours, there simply won’t be enough time for everyone to stand out – and a few of them need to. Slower-than-expected fundraising has led Bush to slash spending and overhaul his campaign structure, and he’s voiced frustration with the way the unusual race has progressed. “And you know it’s about time Iowa could have a victory and let that person go on to a total victory. OK?”
Rubio sharply dismissed Bush’s critique as a political ploy by a struggling candidate. “I’m going there (to Iowa) actually today and I have tremendous crowds and I have tremendous love in the room and, you know, we seem to have hit a chord”.
Taken together, it’s a Republican field that remains crowded and unwieldy with less than 100 days until the Iowa caucuses. But when it comes to medical marijuana and” cannabidiol, also known as CBD oil, “I think politicians should embrace what makes sense.
The CNBC debate Wednesday night, officially titled “Your Money, Your Vote”, will serve as a more thematic debate than previous iterations hosted by Fox and CNN. A scrum of reporters gathered around as the soft-spoken retired neurosurgeon gave brief answers to several questions.
Though he didn’t mention anyone by name, Kasich said Carson’s idea to “abolish Medicaid and Medicare” and replace them with savings accounts was “crazy”. “That may make your campaign more agile, sure, but I am not sure that equates to strength”.
The dozen-plus national Hispanic Republicans who gathered in Boulder on Tuesday had one very clear message for the presidential candidates: A hard line on immigration might boost their chances in the primary race but it won’t help in the general election. And he defended his record in the private sector despite having to declare bankruptcy, casting it as a business technique. “I’m certainly not going to get into that, no matter what anybody says”, he said. I’m totally opposed to it, because it is a scourge in this country.
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Texas Sen. Ted Cruz broke through with his comment on the mainstream media. At one point, he descended from the stage to join the audience so that he could speak directly to Todd Landen, a U.S. Army veteran seriously wounded by a roadside bomb in Iraq. Despite his multiple divorces and remarriages, longtime support for abortion rights (until recently) and prideful self-aggrandizement, Trump has emerged as the favored candidate of evangelical voters.
